A group of 160 poor families from the Bunong indigenous community in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia have filed a complaint against their representative, accusing him of selling land earmarked for them as part of a social land concession. The 160 families were entitled to 2,400ha to be divided between them but as of now, most of the poor families had not received their plots.
À côté de ses propres plantations de 20 ha, la compagnie a acquis 500 hectares dans le cadre d’un programme ciblant 1 000 producteurs indépendants.
Odey Asset Management is understood to have sizeable stake in Brazilian agribusiness firm SLC Agricola which is linked to deforestation in the Amazon.
Posco International’s new zero deforestation policy comes after years of pressure from NGOs and the divestment of its shares by Dutch and Norwegian pension funds.
Olam has embarked on a pilot tomato farming project through its subsidiary, Caraway Africa Nigeria, acquiring 20 ha of land to set up farms in Karfi, Kano State, as well as Jigawa State.
Au Sénégal, les producteurs pointent un doigt accusateur sur une concurrence déloyale exercée par SENEGINDIA, qui bénéficie d'une concession de 10 000 ha
The Indonesian minister in charge of investments, Luhut Pandjaitan, has declared there will be no new permits for oil palm plantations in the country’s Papua region. Activists are skeptical about the minister’s U-turn, given that Luhut has been the government’s most vocal defender of palm oil industry.
Lo que hay es un fenómeno sin control de acaparamiento de tierras por parte de grandes terratenientes y ganaderos, algunos de ellos con presuntas conexiones con el bajo mundo, que incentivan la deforestación a gran escala.
Les populations victimes des accaparements des terres sont unanimes; il faut immédiatement interdire tous les futurs projets de grandes plantations de palmiers à huile.
El grupo empresario Cresud controla 370 mil hectáreas en la provincia de Salta, en los territorios ancestrales del pueblo wichi, allí donde en estos primeros meses del 2020 han muerto nueve niños por desnutrición y falta de agua. No podemos permitir que el agronegocio se siga cobrando vidas.
The ANZ bank has agreed to provide a financial package to Cambodian families forcibly displaced by a sugar company the Australian bank loaned money to in 2011.
More than 35,000 people from 20 villages are homeless after being evicted from about 9,300 acres [3,764 ha] of land in Kiryandongo District to pave way for large scale farming by foreign-held companies
