About 100 community members locked in a long-running land dispute with the owners of Koh Kong Sugar Industry Company clashed with Chamkarmon district security forces after blocking the street in front of the Land Management Ministry
Villagers of Klong Sai Pattana, Thailand say palm oil company responsible for targeted killings and harassment of their community.
Agribusiness conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) is building a pig breeding farm for 500,000 pigs in remote western China.
The case is significant as it could change the way community displacement in the wake of large-scale land deals is tested and prosecuted
The case is significant as it could change the way community displacement in the wake of large-scale land deals is tested and prosecuted
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
Villagers from Koh Kong province delivered petitions to the government and European Union on August, 4, 2016 to lodge complaints about alleged land grabbing by two sugar plantation firms.
International Federation for Human Rights says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A “land grab” relates to taking land quickly, forcefully and often illegally.
In Cambodia, more than 15,000 people have been forcibly evicted to make way for sugar cane plantations.
State-backed Russia Direct Investment Fund announced plans on Wednesday to sign an agreement with Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group on joint investments in the construction of a $1 billion milk and dairy complex in the Ryazan region of Russia.
A Chinese-owned firm operating banana plantations has caused a water conflict in Chiang Rai's Phaya Meng Rai district.
The Thai government's much vaunted Special Economic Zones are under scrutiny amid reports of land grabs by foreign firms dodging the law on foreign acquisitions by having Thais act as nominees.
