Liberia

Save My Future Foundation is calling for a separate regulator for large-scale concessions in Liberia it says will guarantee the rights of rural communities, protect concessionaires and increase government revenue.

Sime Darby has put up its oil plantation in Liberia on sale after failing to acquire all 220,000 hectares of land the government promised it as stated in a concession agreement signed about a decade ago.

EPO, société majoritairement detenue par le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme en provenance de son usine au Libéria où elle a une concession de 20 234 ha.

Green Advocates and Inclusive Development International have developed new advocacy tools that would be used by local communities to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations committed in Liberia.

Operations at one of Liberia’s major exporters of rubber, the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), have been paralyzed for days, because the workers are on a go slow action demanding permanent employment.

The Wee Statutory District Representative, Vicent Willie, told reporters that he and his partners from India and China have concluded talks to engage into large scale farming.

We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!

Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory,

La loi autorise pour la première fois des ressortissants étrangers à faire l’acquisition de parcelles de terrain, à condition que celles-ci soient utilisées dans le but déclaré lors de l’achat.

Au Liberia, on est sur le point de reconnaître les droits coutumiers sur les terres.

En réponse au verdict accablant rendu par le Comité des plaintes de la RSPO concernant Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) – verdict maintenu en appel – GVL a annoncé sa décision de « retirer temporairement » son adhésion à la RSPO.

Communities affected by Maryland Oil Palm Plantation in southern Liberia have called on banks to refrain from joining a $1.5 billion syndicated loan for the palm oil giant Wilmar International. They now been accused of being anti-development and opposing the newly elected Liberian government.