Liberia

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.

Golden Veroleum, le 1er producteur d’huile de palme du Libéria, a quitté la RSPO en réaction aux nombreuses critiques dont elle faisait l’objet concernant le non-respect des droits des communautés locales

Report finds that Golden Veroleum Liberia violated the rights of communities to the customary ownership of their lands, violated the Liberian laws and international standards, and even breached its own policies.

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NGOs and solidarity organisations supporting the struggles of affected local communities assess the problems caused, and promises unkept, by the SOCFIN group, as shareholders meet for the rubber and oil palm giant’s AGM on 30 May.

A l’occasion de l’assemblée générale qui se tiendra au Luxembourg ce 30 mai 2018, les associations et ONG en soutien aux luttes des communautés affectées par les activités de SOCFIN font le bilan des problèmes générés et des promesses non-tenues par le groupe agro-industriel multinational spécialisé dans la culture de palmiers à huile et d’hévéa (caoutchouc).

Residents of Kahnkaye Chiefdom in Nyorwein District have selected new chiefs to lead a rejection of Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) from expanding its plantation on their land.

Chiefs across Liberia are petitioning lawmakers while activists prepare for a sit-in protest in the nation’s capital as they push to secure ancestral land rights.

Chiefs across Liberia are petitioning lawmakers while activists prepare for a sit-in protest in the nation’s capital as they push to secure ancestral land rights.

Research shows that the plantation model of development has failed to deliver promised benefits to Liberia’s rural people and that they benefit far more from retaining their traditional lands.

L’organe de la Table ronde pour une huile de palme durable chargé de recevoir des plaintes a reconnu que Golden Veroleum Liberia enfreint régulièrement les normes relatives au consentement libre, préalable et éclairé (FPIC)

RSPO rebukes Golden Veroleum for land grab in communities in Liberia, booking the company for not seeking the consent of communities and coercing locals into signing MOUs.