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.
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.
En este documento se presentan datos actualizados sobre Grandes Transacciones de Tierras (GTT) en Ecuador.
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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.
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.
In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought land in northern Ecuador, home to Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi. Provincial court ruled in favor of the company and ordered evacuation of Wimbi community but they refused to leave. This is only one part of a long ongoing legal battle between company and community in Ecuador.
L'accord, que le Parlement de Wallonie s’apprête à débattre, risque de renforcer l'accaparement des terres pour la production d'huile de palme pour le marché européen
Las empresas públicas extranjeras en garantía de la soberanía alimentaria podrán adquirir, arrendar o tomar en usufructo, tierras rurales en el territorio nacional para proyectos de producción agraria, previa autorización de la Autoridad Agraria Nacional.
