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Rapport de développement insoutenable: Le cas Socfin au regard des communautés locales

Ce rapport vise à mettre en lumière les nombreux problèmes rencontrés par les communautés riveraines des plantations du groupe Socfin dans 5 pays, en faisant le parallèle avec les engagements pris par le groupe

31 May 2019 ReAct

Briefing for grass-roots organizations – Bridging the information gap: How access to land contracts can serve community rights

This briefing note explains how local organizations can use land contracts and OpenLandContracts.org to help communities.

31 May 2019 CCSI

Bolloré: manifestation pour dénoncer les agissements du groupe dans les exploitations d'huile de palme

Une dizaine de manifestants se sont rassemblés mercredi matin devant la tour Bolloré à Puteaux où se déroulait l'assemblée générale des actionnaires du groupe, pour dénoncer les «exactions causées par les activités des plantations agro-industrielles» de palmiers à huile, de la Socfin.

29 May 2019 AFP

SOCFIN et Bolloré sous pression : action en justice, assemblée générale perturbée et mobilisations publiques en Europe

La semaine aura été chargée pour Hubert Fabri, Vincent Bolloré et les autres dirigeants des deux multinationales

29 May 2019 FIAN Belgium

Huile de palme au Cameroun : le groupe Bolloré sur le banc des accusés

Marie-Laure Guislain commente la poursuite en justice du groupe Bolloré par dix associations pour des problèmes sociaux, environnementaux et fonciers au Cameroun, où l'entreprise ne respecte pas les engagements qu'elle avait pris en 2013

29 May 2019 RT

Lao authorities allow Chinese firm to plant on land promised to dam collapse survivors

A Chinese-backed firm is growing bananas on 2,000 hectare of land promised by the government of Laos as compensation to survivors of a 2018 dam collapse.

29 May 2019 Radio Free Asia

Liberia: Locals accuse Salala Rubber Company, Liberia Agricultural Company of land grabbing

Two major rubber plantation companies are under intense pressure from affected communities to immediately halt further illegal expansion and encroachment of their ancestral lands and withdraw from those illegally occupied areas.

29 May 2019 Front Page Africa Online

Des femmes battues accueillent les actionnaires de Bolloré

Pour dénoncer les violences faites aux femmes des communautés locales, des militantes se mobilisent devant l’Assemblée Générale du Groupe Bolloré.

29 May 2019 GRAIN

Argentina: Piden informes a la Provincia por la venta de tierras en Tinogasta

Pretenden conocer la propiedad y que se cumpla con la ley que limita la extranjerización de tierras rurales.

28 May 2019 El Ancasti

Feronia Inc. announces US$19.3 million private placement and related debt settlement

Canadian company operating oil palm plantations in the DR Congo announces new round of share sales to its existing shareholders, including the UK's CDC Group and the African Agricultural Fund.

28 May 2019 Globe Newswire

Vinamilk, Lao-Jagro partner in organic dairy farm and resort

Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, has teamed up with Lao and Japanese businesses to build an organic dairy farm and resort in Xieng Khuang province, Laos. The first phase of the farm will cover 5,000 ha and the second phase is expected to expand the farm to 15,000-20,000 ha.

28 May 2019 Vientiane Times

Bolloré faces lawsuit over Cameroon palm oil workers

As Bolloré Group heads to its annual shareholder meeting this week, the company is facing a new lawsuit against its Socfin interests, filed on behalf of Cameroonian palm oil workers by a group of NGOs demanding better working conditions for them.

28 May 2019 Africa Times

Quelle justice pour les riverains des plantations SOCFIN ?

Une action de solidarité avec les communautés affectées par les plantations de SOCFIN en Afrique et en Asie a été menée au Luxembourg ce 28 mai durant l’Assemblée générale de la multinationale. Une dizaine d’activistes ont directement participé à l’AG pour dénoncer ses agissements et réclamer des actions immédiates.

28 May 2019 GRAIN

What justice for local communities affected by SOCFIN plantations?

An action of solidarity with the communities affected by SOCFIN's plantations in Africa and Asia was carried out in Luxembourg today during the multinational's General Assembly. About 10 activists participated in the GA to denounce the situation and demand immediate action.

28 May 2019 GRAIN

SALIC leads round for UK crop analytics company Hummingbird Technologies

For Saudi state-based SALIC the investment in Hummingbird reflects its ambitions to evolve into a global agribusiness investment company, and is a strong strategic move after its string of farmland deals this past year.

27 May 2019 GAI

22 Liberian Indigenous villages file complaint against SOCFIN subsidiary at IFC

In a complaint filed today, 22 Liberian indigenous villagers say the Salala Rubber Corporation is using World Bank money to expand and operate its Liberian plantations through illegal land grabs, sexual violence and intimidation of human rights defenders.

27 May 2019 Green Advocates

Bolloré demandado por diez ONG y sindicatos

Su objetivo: obtener la aplicación de medidas para mejorar las condiciones de vida de los trabajadores y residentes de las plantaciones de aceite de palma en Camerún, gestionadas por una empresa de la que el grupo es accionista.

27 May 2019

Le groupe Bolloré attrait en justice par des ONG : une action judiciaire inédite

Huile de palme au Cameroun : les juridictions françaises doivent ordonner au groupe Bolloré de respecter ses engagements en faveur des riverains et travailleurs des plantations de Socapalm.

27 May 2019 GRAIN et al.

Bolloré group sued by NGOs in an unprecedented legal action

Palm oil in Cameroon: French courts must order the group to respect its commitments for residents and workers of the Socapalm plantations.

27 May 2019 GRAIN et al.

Hungary can't curb farm sales to EU foreigners, top court says

Hungarian restrictions on farmland investors from other European Union nations violate basic rights enshrined in EU law, the bloc’s top court said.

21 May 2019 Bloomberg

La cuestión agraria y los desafíos actuales

Los movimientos campesinos constituyen una fuerza social que promueve alternativas económicas de conciencia para lograr la supervivencia del planeta y la calidad de vida de millones de personas en el mundo.

21 May 2019 ALAI

Riz : le Sénégal veille au grain

Pour permettre aux paysans de la vallée de se développer, face aux grands exploitants privés étrangers, l’Etat a consenti à une annulation pure et simple de leurs dettes

20 May 2019 Bakel Info

Five from China charged over illegal banana plantation in Myanmar protected forest

China-backed banana tissue-culture plantations, banned in Laos and Thailand, began popping up in Myanmar about 12 years ago. A report issued earlier this year by Land Security and Environmental Conservation Network indicated that that there are more than 100,000 acres of banana plantations in Kachin state.

20 May 2019 Radio Free Asia

Lao villager dies after 8 years in jail over land grab protest

A Lao villager held in jail since 2011 as a leader of a land protest in the country’s Salavan province has died in custody. The seizure of land for development or agricultural use has been a major cause of protest in Laos and other authoritarian Asian countries