Philippines

Malaysian firm to develop 1,000-hectare for oil palm
- Sun Star
- 23 Mar 2015
An official of Davao City, Philippines said Monday that a Malaysian company is set to develop a 1,000-hectare property for oil palm in Marilog District.
#NoLandNoLife Philippines: Land grabbing through contract farming
- PAN AP
- 20 Mar 2015
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) and Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) declaring “Day of the Landless” and launch regional campaign “No Land, No Life!” on March 29, highlighting foreign investments facilitating agribusiness land deals that aggravated landlessness, food insecurity, poverty, and loss of livelihood.
Papua New Guinea firm, local gov't keen on growing PH hybrid rice
- Inquirer
- 04 February 2015
Philippines company is looking at business prospects related to a 300,000-hectare area for rice planting for export to the Philippines.
Mindanao eyed in 300,000-hectare oil palm expansion
- Davao Today
- 08 January 2015
The Philippine Palm Oil Development Council wants government to support its road map of developing 300,000 hectares for oil palm in the next ten years with Mindanao as a main investment area.
Palawan palm oil presence likely to grow, industry rep denies harmful impact
- Mongabay
- 23 December 2014
Plans to convert eight million hectares of land for palm oil production on Palawan island in the Philippines have been met with opposition from environmental and social advocacy groups, with a petition to cease development sent to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights by an anti-palm oil expansion group.
Advocacy group lashes out against palm oil expansion on Philippine island
- Mongabay
- 23 December 2014
The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary announce intention to convert eight million hectares of land to oil palm cultivation across the Philippines, including the island of Palawan. The announcement has proved controversial.
Washing out diversity
- ALDAW
- 15 December 2014
A report by ALDAW (Ancesteral Land/Domain Watch)on the impact of oil palm plantations on non-timber forest products (NTFPs), indigenous people’s livelihood and community conserved areas (CCAs)in Palawan, Philippines.
Salim preempts San Miguel, ties up with Malaysia’s Kuok
- Manila Standard
- 20 November 2014
First Pacific's partnership with Kuok may have virtually killed San Miguel’s planned $1-billion joint agriculture project with the Malaysian tycoon.
Tony Tiu's AgriNurture swings to loss
- ABS-CBN
- 17 November 2014
Farming revenues also plunged 64 percent, as AgriNurture closed its rice farming operations.
The Philippines: stop the palm oil rush in Palawan
- Rainforest Action Network
- 05 November 2014
The proposal to convert 8 million hectares of land in the Palawan Man & Biosphere Reserve into oil palm plantations casts a harsh light on the Filipino government. Call on the Governor of Palawan to save the reserve.
The march to progress in the Philippines
- Al Jazeera
- 04 November 2014
A tribesman leads his village in resisting the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone (APECO), a land development project that promises progress but threatens his tribe.
Tribes and farmers unite to end oil palm expansion in Philippines
- Survival International
- 22 October 2014
Tribal people and small-scale farmers in the Philippine province of Palawan have called for a halt to the expansion of oil palm plantations which are destroying the forests they rely on to survive.