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Civil society groups welcome decision of development bank complaints panel to proceed with complaint from DR Congo communities against palm oil company
- RIAO-RDC et al.
- 15 January 2019
A step forward to resolve a long-standing land conflict with PHC, a subsidiary of Feronia Inc
Les groupes de la société civile accueillent favorablement la décision d'une banque de développement de donner suite à la plainte déposée par des communautés de la RDC contre une société d’huile de palme
- RIAO RDC et al.
- 15 January 2019
Cela signifie un pas en avant pour résoudre un conflit foncier de longue date avec les Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), une filiale de la société canadienne, Feronia Inc.
Foreign fund buys its fifth farm in Denmark
- FarmCompany
- 10 January 2019
FarmCompany, a farmland investment company owned by investors from England, Hong Kong and the Netherlands, adds a 545 ha dairy farm to its portfolio of farms covering 1,605 ha across Denmark.
Brésil-Suisse. Les sans-terre, le messie des «investisseurs» et Nestlé
- Alencontre
- 16 November 2018
La décision d’expulser les 450 familles qui habitent Quilombo Grande est tombée peu après l’élection de Jair Bolsonaro à la présidence du Brésil.
Des communautés de la RDC déposent une plainte auprès d’une banque de développement allemande pour résoudre un conflit foncier centenaire avec une société d’huile de palme
- RIAO-RDC et al
- 07 November 2018
Neuf communautés de la RDC ont déposé une plainte auprès de la banque de développement allemande DEG
DRC communities file complaint with German development bank to resolve century-old land conflict with palm oil company
- RIAO-RDC et al
- 07 November 2018
The communities of the DR Congo want a resolution to a land conflict that dates back to the Belgian colonial period with a palm oil company that is currently being financed by a consortium of European development banks led by DEG.
ING vs ONG: Des investissements bancaires nuisibles aux droits humains
- RTBF
- 27 October 2018
« Ce qui est sûr, c’est que pour nous, l’autorégulation ne fonctionne pas. »
Sierra Leone: Investors and landowners reach consensus on land governance
- Awoko
- 23 October 2018
The peace agreement signed between Makpele chiefdom and Natural Habitat was as a result of concern over land grabbing where large tracts of land in the chiefdom are leased to the commercial investor by a small fraction of community stakeholders.
Que va faire Sifca de ses €90 millions ?
- Commodafrica
- 10 October 2018
L’agroindustriel ivoirien Sifca va bénéficier d’un prêt de €90 millions octroyé par Proparco, FMO et la Société Générale.
Dutch company indicates interest in building cattle ranches in Nigeria
- 17 July 2018
Cownexxion indicates its interest in building cattle ranches in Nigeria on sidelines of meeting between NIgeria's President and CEOs of Dutch companies at The Hague.
Dutch-based banks continue to finance deforestation and land-grabbing
- Milieudefensie
- 02 July 2018
Dutch-based ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank are structurally involved in scandals concerning destruction of rainforest and land-grabbing in Asia and Africa. Milieudefensie is calling on the banks to cease financing the industrial palm oil sector.
Dutch pension fund divests from Posco Daewoo over deforestation in Indonesia
- Mongabay
- 26 June 2018
APB, the Dutch pension fund for government and education employees, announced it would divest 300,000 euros from Posco Daewoo over deforestation in Indonesian Papua.

Sign the petition to stop the deployment of police/military and criminalisation of peasants struggling for their land against oil palm plantation company in Buol Regency, Sulawesi, Indonesia