Au Pérou, des menaces violentes et des cas d’intimidations ont suivi la publication d’une décision de justice prise contre une compagnie d’huile de palme responsable de l’appropriation et de la déforestation de plus de 7,000 hectares de terres ancestrales.
Está involucrado el Grupo Melka del empresario estadounidense Dennis Melka, que tiene antecedentes de acaparamiento de tierras en Ucayali y Loreto para el cultivo de palma aceitera y cacao.
Selon des témoignages recueillis par le quotidien britannique « The Guardian », les victimes auraient été abattues par un gang de criminels qui souhaitait s’emparer de leurs terres
The victims were targeted by a criminal gang who wanted to use their lands to grow lucrative palm oil, according to local indigenous leaders
Declaraciones en el marco de la presentación del libro: Acaparamiento de Tierras en la Amazonía Peruana, del autor Juan Luis Dammert Bello, por el caso Tamshiyacu.|
El conflicto por la tierra en Tamshiyacu, generado por la empresa United Cacao, a través de su filial Cacao del Norte Perú SAC, preocupa a los habitantes en la capital del distrito de Fernando Lores.
San Miguel has announced it is set to acquire major Peruvian mandarin producer Agrícola Hoja Redonda for US$64 million, including its two farms covering 1,700 ha.
Report gives an overview of the availability of information for land concessions in Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Congo, and Russia.
In its letter to the RSPO, Plantaciones de Pucallpa claims to have divested all its palm oil estates, land, related activities and equipment and PdP has no involvement in the Palm oil industry.
The head of Peru’s National Forest and Wildlife Service has revealed that deforestation by two illegal cocoa and oil palm plantations in the Peruvian Amazon has caused US$111 million of damage.
Expansion of palm oil producers into Latin America, the "new frontier for global expansion" is snagging on confusion over land rights – which is encouraging some groups to expand into rainforest.
The initiative is intended to cover 40,000 hectares of land and would be located in the Arequipa region
