Liberia: GVL violates villagers’ rights then sues them for palm theft
- FrontPageAfrica
- 09 Mar 2023
Five men were arrested and beaten on accusations of stealing palm from GVL plantation, but they deny any wrongdoing.
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Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars
- BBC
- 23 May 2022
The companies that sell oil palm to major firms like Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg's and Mondelēz are depriving indigenous communities of potentially millions of dollars of income, a joint BBC investigation has found.
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Liberia: Villagers struggle to honor the dead after losing graveyards to investors
- Daily Observer
- 21 Mar 2022
Many rural communities affected by agricultural concessions in Liberia have seen their ancestral gravesites leveled in some of the worst land-grabs in human history.
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Un nouveau rapport révèle la menace que font poser les grandes plantations agricoles sur l'accès à l'eau en Afrique
- Oakland Institute
- 15 Mar 2022
Une revue de 15 projets dans 11 pays tire la sonnette d'alarme sur l'accaparement de l'eau et appelle à une action urgente pour protéger le droit à l'eau en Afrique.
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Drying out African lands: Expansion of large-scale agriculture threatens access to water in Africa
- Oakland Institute
- 15 Mar 2022
A review of 15 large-scale agriculture projects across 11 African countries, exposes how these projects lead to the loss of streams and swamps and pollute water sources.
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The Comb - Climate of danger: Exile
- BBC
- 20 Feb 2022
Death threats and exile: Local environmental defenders are the front line of the climate crisis - protecting the land they live on when it’s threatened by powerful business interests.
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Former GVL workers receive settlement over illegal dismissal
- GNN
- 25 Oct 2021
16 former workers of Golden Veroleum Liberia received their severance benefits following a settlement with the company, one year and eight months after they filed a complaint with the labor Office over their illegal dismissals.
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Palm oil giant’s industry-beating ESG score hides razed forests
- Bloomberg
- 16 Sep 2021
In Liberia, a unit of the world’s second-largest palm oil company has admitted to destroying forests and violating the rights of indigenous people. Yet its parent is among the industry’s leaders in investor ratings for ESG policies.
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Golden Veroleum Liberia comes under spotlight again for not living up to MOU
- Independent Probe
- 12 Aug 2021
New analysis from community exercises indicate palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia structurally fails to comply with obligations and commitments from the MOUs signed in 2014 with affected communities. T
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The oil palm: a sad harvest
- Financieel Dagblad
- 13 Jul 2021
Investigation into the controversial palm oil sector in Liberia, the role of Dutch finance and impacts on local communities
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Liberia: Hundreds of sacked GVL employees still waiting for jobs; company blames the pandemic
- FrontPageAfrica
- 26 May 2021
“GVL came here and told our people to give it land so it can provide citizens with jobs and development. Now, we have given GVL land and the jobs have been taken away from us"
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Independent complaints panel finds Golden Veroleum liable of destroying Liberia’s forests
- FPA
- 17 Feb 2021
The company is also found to have violated the land and cultural rights of local communities, including the right to free prior and informed consent and social requirements on basic needs and grievance and remedy.
