Deal between the Kebbi Government and the Spanish company GB Foods Africa will proceed when legal backing is given to cultivate 1,000 hectares of farm lands to produce tomatoes in the Ngaski local government area.

Today’s Human Rights Watch report concerning our shared investment in PHC/Feronia highlights the need for further investment to improve environmental and working conditions

NGOs call on the CDC Group and all the development banks involved in the Feronia-PHC oil palm plantations to publicly issue a clear statement of support for the mediation process and to ensure the security of participating community members.

Organisées par la BAD, ces assises ont pour objectif d'échanger les connaissances sur les enjeux liés aux droits fonciers en accordant une attention particulière à la lutte contre la corruption

Four European development banks are financing a palm oil company in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is violating workers’ rights and dumping untreated waste, says a report by Human Rights Watch.

The UK development bank has been accused of failing to protect workers from exposure to dangerous pesticides and paying “extreme poverty” wages on palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Quatre banques de développement européennes financent actuellement une entreprise d’huile de palme en République démocratique du Congo (Feronia) qui viole les droits des travailleurs et rejette des déchets non traités, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.

Cuatro grandes bancos de desarrollo europeos han invertido millones de euros en una compañía con sede en República Democrática del Congo (RDC) que se dedica a la plantación de aceite de palma en condiciones insalubres para sus trabajadores y el medioambiente, denunció hoy Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Holandesa Bema Agri: Desde 2008, la multinacional mantenía la explotación ilegal en la isla Irupé, sobre el arroyo Los Laureles. Había intervenido el humedal con un terraplén de 19 kilómetros y un drenaje. Levantó silos y un enorme galpón para sus maquinarias. La máxima instancia judicial entrerriana le bajó el pulgar.

The High Court of Sierra Leone adjourned the contempt of court hearing against the rights campaigner group, Green Scenery for the second time, after a heated debate between the rival counsels.

The Laos government has awarded land concessions to foreign and domestic companies for the use of about 11.7 million hectares. “But the amount of land actually being used for development is about 549,248 hectares,” Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Economy, Technology and Environment said.

The CDC Group says that it cannot release the findings of its investigation at this time but announces that the investigation found no evidence of a link between the homicide and Feronia.