Con desechos de la minería, industria de madera de balsa y de palma aceitera, los ríos e y la gente de la comunidad de Barranquilla siguen contaminadas. La comunidad ubicada en Esmeraldas, hace más de 20 años, disputa sus tierras con la empresa de palma aceitera Energy & Palma, parte del grupo empresarial La Fabril.
A loan from the World Bank's IFC will enable the firm to develop a 536-hectare shrimp farm in the Guayas coastal province and discussions are underway for the potential addition of 500 hectares in Panama.
- Undercurrent News
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08 January 2024
Mitsui & Co. has invested US$360 million through a Singapore-based holding company in Ecuador-based Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila (IPSP), which controls 18,000 hectares of farming ponds.
The resistance processes of the communities of La Chiquita, Guadualito and Barranquilla de San Javier in the region of Esmeraldas continue to generate outrage and solidarity among other communities, and internationally.
El movimiento indígena de Ecuador propuso una nueva reforma agraria que redistribuya la propiedad de las tierras de cultivo y garantice a las comunidades nativas la titularidad plena de sus territorios ancestrales.
The first “Ecuadorian Fruits and Vegetables Export Investment Fund” for local and foreign investors has begun with 10 hectares planted in the canton of Batat.
- Aviation Analysis
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17 April 2022
Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ acquires fruit company that operates more than 14,000 hectares of farms across Chile, the Philippines, South Africa, Italy, Spain and Argentina
Energy & Palma has opened a SLAPP lawsuit against leaders in the Barranquilla de San Javier community after they tried to defend their land from invasion by the palm oil company
Esta carta abierta insta a las empresas de bienes de consumo a revelar y explicar plenamente su proceso de diligencia debida en la cadena de suministro con respecto a Energy & Palma.
- Forest People Programme
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03 December 2021
En este documento se presentan datos actualizados sobre Grandes Transacciones de Tierras (GTT) en Ecuador.
- Landmatrix
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03 August 2021
123 ex-laborers from the Japanese-owned Furukawa Plantaciones C.A. company – operating 30 plantations on than 2,300 hectares in Ecuador – went before a local judge who ruled their rights had been violated.
- Thomson Reuters Foundation
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05 February 2021
A Mongabay Latam series on the oil palm industry in several Latin American countries has revealed that the advance of oil palm monocultures in Latin America since 2000 has resulted in illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities.
