Swedwatch report shows how local communities were affected when the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone stalled and when development banks exited from the project without taking steps to protect that the rights of local communities.
Swedwatch report shows how local communities were affected when the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone stalled and when development banks exited from the project without taking steps to protect that the rights of local communities.
A recent visit to the district of Salima uncovered how a senior chief displaced poor families when she made shabby land deals with the Dutch company Malawi Mangoes Limited, which is backed by the World Bank and the FMO of the Netherlands.
Fondos de desarrollo europeos y estadounidenses financian a la empresa palmícola Feronia Inc,a pesar de los conflictos laborales y por tierras en sus plantaciones de palma aceitera en la República Democrática del Congo (RDC).
En RDC, des fonds de développement européens et américain financent l’entreprise de production d’huile de palme Feronia Inc, malgré les conflits fonciers et les problèmes de droit du travail auxquelles sont confrontées ses plantations.
New report: European and US development funds are bankrolling palm oil company Feronia Inc despite land and labour conflicts at its plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Durante los últimos días, Feronia Inc., una compañía con sede en Canadá, cuya propiedad es en su mayoría de bancos de Desarrollo europeos y estadounidenses, ha estado presionando a las comunidades locales para que firmen un memorando de entendimiento, MOU, que respaldaría las operaciones en sus territorios de plantaciones de aceite de palma de la compañía continuadas y expandidas.
En mars, deux activistes qui s’opposaient au barrage d’Agua Zarca et à l’accaparement des terres ont été tués au Honduras.
Canadian company developing plantations in the DRC announces new financing from a syndicate of European development funds, backed by Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and the UK.
A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.
Jusqu’à maintenant, les efforts déployés pour réglementer les accaparements de terres étaient le fait des institutions internationales. Maintenant, le secteur privé s’engage à définir ses propres règles du jeu.
From the World Bank to pension funds, efforts are under way to regulate land grabs through the creation of codes and standards. Rather than help financial and corporate elites to "responsibly invest" in farmland, we need them to stop and divest.
