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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Palm oil in Cameroon: French courts must order the group to respect its commitments for residents and workers of the Socapalm plantations.
Hungarian restrictions on farmland investors from other European Union nations violate basic rights enshrined in EU law, the bloc’s top court said.
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.
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
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.
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
While the Law on how to sell and buy agricultural land prohibits foreigners from buying land in Moldova, then the Land Code does not provide such restrictions.
