Oakland Institute

It's 2 am in Africa -- Do you know what your pension fund is doing there?
- Oakland Institute
- 04 December 2012
New report from Oakland Institute looks at private equity funds betting heavily on agriculture
Take action to stop palm oil plantations from destroying Africa's ancient rainforests and local livelihoods in Cameroon
- Oakland Institute
- 21 November 2012
Send a message to Herakles Farms and All for Africa demanding they stop destroying tropical rainforest and local livelihoods and ask the Government of Cameroon to listen to the voices of the Cameroonian people.
Tanzanian villagers pay for biofuel investment disaster
- Redeye
- 16 October 2012
The financial collapse of a project by UK-based Sun Biofuels shows how the development dream can quickly turn into a nightmare for local people.
L'huile de palme, nouvel eldorado pour l'Afrique ?
- Le Monde
- 05 September 2012
Greenpeace et Oakland Institute publient deux rapports dénonçant les conditions dans lesquelles se font des investissements dans la production d'huile de palme en Afrique, critiquant en particulier le projet de la société américaine Herakles.
Oakland Institute, Greenpeace expose new US corporation’s land grab in Africa
- OI/Greenpeace
- 04 September 2012
An American owned company with a track record of illegality and links to private equity giant Blackstone Group is threatening to destroy rainforests and dislocate local communities in Cameroon, Africa.
Lives on hold
- Oakland Institute
- 09 July 2012
AgriSol's land deal in Tanzania creates an uncertain future for more than 160,000 people
Karuturi: Why the hype?
- Rural Modernity
- 07 April 2012
How corporate transparency encourages secrecy - the counterproductive role of many NGO's.
Concerns over land use in Salone
- Politico
- 04 April 2012
Meeting of delegates from eight districts and twenty chiefdoms affected by large scale land acquisitions for agribusiness in Sierra Leone ends with formation of a coalition to serve as a watchdog on land issues in the country.
Citadel touts African infrastructure projects, defends agribusiness investment
- Africa Assets
- 23 Mar 2012
Egypt’s Citadel Capital has been busy defending its work in Africa, such as in South Sudan where it has taken a number of measures to ensure its agribusiness project benefits the local community and doesn’t step on small farmer toes.
Atelier sur "la transparence dans les attributions et investissements dans les transactions foncières à grande échelle"
- Cicodev
- 19 Mar 2012
Rapport final de l'atelier organisé du 7 au 8 Février 2012, à Dakar, Sénégal
Behind African ‘land grabs’ by US institutions and universities
- WBEZ
- 06 February 2012
Entities such as USAID, the World Bank, and major U.S. universities are often the architects behind these land deals, which promise benefits for Africans but can often deliver food insecurity and displacement.
Understanding land investment deals in Africa
- Redeye
- 20 December 2011
Interview with Frederic Mousseau, policy director at the Oakland Institute in California.