Dutch Banks ING Group, ABN AMRO, and Rabobank have provided 3.1 billion Euros (nearly US$3.5 billion) to agriculture projects that have led to deforestation, land grab and human rights violations around the world in the last five years, a new report has found.
- Liberian Observer
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24 December 2021
Emission "Land Voice" diffusée sur la radio communautaire Nkuli Makeli le 29 novembre 2021 sur le thème "Résponsabilité Sociale des Organisations".
Mediation between some Bunong indigenous community members in Busra and the European-owned rubber company Socfin Cambodia has concluded
- Khmer Times
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16 December 2021
In this video, Emmanuel Elong (SYNAPARCAM) makes the witness statement on the ING case at the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crime
- Framer Framed
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15 December 2021
Women in the districts of Bombali and Pujehun, affected by the large-scale land acquisition by multilateral companies have called on the government to ensure inclusiveness in decision- making and good governance of their lands.
- Politico SL
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14 December 2021
Depuis l’implantation sur leurs terres de Socfin-KCD, filiale minoritaire du groupe Bolloré, le mode de vie des Bunongs s’est métamorphosé. Une première audience de la procédure d’appel doit avoir lieu ce 13 décembre 2021, à Versailles, après un rejet en première instance. Reportage.
- Ouest France
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13 December 2021
Examples of large-scale land acquisitions in Sierra Leone (Addax/Sunbird Bioenergy and Socfin) and the DR Congo (Feronia) call for European and African governments and development banks to stop funding such operations
Trois nouveaux rapports sur les expériences autour de Addax (Sierra Leone), Socfin (Sierra Leone) et Feronia (RD Congo). Coordonné par CIDSE.
Aim is to defend human rights within rubber concessions, including Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and the Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC).
- GNN Liberia
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09 December 2021
Aminata Fabba is the Chairlady of the Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA), a farmer and a grassroots land rights defender in the southern provincial district of Pujehun. MALOA is a community movement resisting SOCFIN and other biofuel capitalists in Sierra Leone.
Emission d'Afrique Média TV
- Afrique Média
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04 December 2021
In September 2021, the signature of the final agreements between representatives from indigenous communities in Busra commune and the rubber company Socfin Cambodia concluded a five-year mediation process that started in 2016.