Report uncovers an elaborate and coordinated scheme In Indoensia to establish shell companies, endow them each with licenses for thousands of hectares of land, and then sell them on to some of the region’s biggest palm oil conglomerates.
The department of lands in Siaya County has recommended that a portion of the contested Yala swamp lands currently occupied by US-based Dominion Farms be set aside for the community.
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister instantly offered 100,000 hectares for planting even starting tomorrow, but can develop easily 2 million hectares in government lands for rice farming with irrigation
Green Leader Holdings Group, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, announced the investment of $150 to $200 million to build 20 processing factories and develop farmland in Cambodia
Le groupe public a qualifié les procès intentés par le Groupe Bolloré de "procédures-baillons", visant à intimider les journalistes qui souhaiteraient enquêter sur ses activités.
The banana plantation in Monapo, Nampula, that was supposed to be a model for foreign farm investment and was promoted by Norfund, has finally gone bankrupt, at huge cost to Mozambique.
Aujourd'hui se tient au Tribunal de Commerce de Paris l'audience du procès intenté par Vincent Bolloré à France 2 pour un numéro de Complément d'Enquête consacré au milliardaire français.
La industria de la palma africana sigue siendo una amenaza para los territorios. El 75,5% de las ZIDRES planificadas por el Gobierno están en zonas aptas para su cultivo. El Conpes que da vía libre a estas zonas está plagado de amenazas.
The Ugandan government is in advanced discussions with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to extend the BIDCO oil palm project beyond Kalangala district.
El empresario británico es investigado en la Justicia por la "compra" de 11.000 hectareas.
“Day of the Landless” annual commemoration lead by Asian Peasant Coalition joint by People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty, 'No Land, No Life' campaign of PAN Asia Pacific and Youth for Food Sovereignty, on March 29 this year call for peasants of the world to intensify struggle for land and life.
The fact that fewer new investments are being publicly recorded does not mean we should be complacent. Past deals are now being implemented, and communities are feeling the squeeze. Helping them obtain redress when violations occur is a priority.
