Palm oil companies continue to criminalize farmers in Sumatra
    Criminalization is now the strategy being used by the Indonesian palm oil company PT Sandabi Indah Lestari, which supplies Wilmar International, to grab lands.
    • Mongabay
    • 14 January 2019
    Abia community leases 1040-hectare oil palm to Dufil Prima Foods
    A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.
    • Guardian Nigeria
    • 11 January 2019
    Walhi Imbau KPK untuk Awasi Izin Lahan Sawit di Buol
    Walhi meminta Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) memperhatikan pemberian izin pengelolaan sawit kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation, di Kabupaten Buol, Sulawesi Tengah. Sebelumnya, Bupati Buol pernah ditangkap karena menerima suap agar menerbitkan HGU kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation pada tahun 2012.
    • Tirto ID
    • 09 January 2019
    Acaparamiento de tierras, financiamiento ilícito y delitos corporativos: una actualización
    Los nexos entre el delito, la corrupción y quienes están involucrados en negocios que acaparan tierras agrícolas son reales.
    • GRAIN
    • 11 December 2018
    The secret deal to destroy paradise
    In December 2012, on the sidelines of Islamic business forum in Malaysia, a man made a bold claim said his company, Menara Group held the rights to 4,000 square kilometres of rainforest for oil palm plantations in Indonesia. The basis of his claim was Tanah Merah project in Boven Digoel, Papua.
    • The Gecko Project
    • 28 November 2018
    The toll of doing business on people and the environment in Indonesia
    New report from Oakland Institute, Indonesia: The World Bank’s Failed East Asian Miracle details how Bank-backed policy reforms have led to the displacement, criminalization, and even murder of smallholder farmers and indigenous defenders to make way for mega-agricultural projects.
    • Oakland Institute
    • 02 October 2018
    Huile de palme : Trois ans sans nouvelles terres en Indonésie
    Le président indonésien a signé le mercredi 19 septembre 2018 un moratoire de trois ans qui suspend la mise à disposition de nouvelles terres pour les plantations de palmiers à huile dans le pays.
    • La France agricole
    • 25 September 2018
    New report pushes back against global land rush
    After three years of intensive research, CPR-Namati launch resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
    • Namati
    • 31 August 2018
    New report pushes back against global land rush
    After three years of intensive research, Namati have launched Midcourse Manoeuvers: Community Strategies and Remedies for Natural Resource Conflicts in India, Indonesia, and Myanmar, a groundbreaking resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
    • Namati
    • 30 August 2018
    Le label «huile de palme durable» est-il sur une mauvaise pente?
    La récente confrontation entre le géant suisse de l’industrie alimentaire Nestlé et la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable (RSPO) met en lumière un fossé croissant autour de la certification.
    • swissinfo
    • 08 August 2018
    Video: The Bornean village chief dealing with the fallout from a corrupt plantation deal
    A video from The Gecko Project following an indigenous Dayak man who shows how a corrupt land deals for oil palm plantation affecting village life in the interior of Indonesian Borneo, including their access to clean water.
    • The Gecko Project
    • 31 July 2018
    Liberia's biggest palm oil project quits eco-certification scheme
    Golden Veroleum quits Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in response to accusations from a global watchdog that it failed to get consent from communities before expanding onto their lands.
    • Reuters
    • 23 July 2018

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