A Brazilian agro industry delegation visited Elite Agro - a major farming company in UAE, which also operates in Serbia, Morocco, Ethiopia and Mauritania - and prompted them to invest in Brazil.
A high court of Guatemala has found that two palm oil companies used the criminal justice system to criminalise indigenous Maya Q'eqchi' land defender Abelino Chub Caalun without any evidence
Un nuevo informe sobre el estado de las plantaciones industriales de palma aceitera en África muestra cómo resisten las comunidades están cambiando el curso del acaparamiento masivo de tierras en la región.
28 villagers from Mubende district in Uganda have been illegally detained, arraigned and remanded without trial in prisons outside their jurisdiction for opposing the grabbing of their lands.
- witnessradio.org
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18 September 2019
Feronia Inc. announces that its operating subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo, did not make its scheduled semi-annual principal and interest payment under its secured term debt facility with a syndicate of European Development Finance Institutions.
- GlobeNewswire
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18 September 2019
Un atelier communautaire a réuni les pêcheurs du village Bidjan-Santai (Yopougon) en Côte d'Ivoire pour leur faire connaitre leurs droits
- Media Citoyen
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17 September 2019
Police have arrested numerous villagers from communities involved in an international mediation process regarding the occupation of their land by the Canadian palm oil company Feronia Inc
- RIAO-RDC
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17 September 2019
There can be no denying that the Kuraz sugar plantation project has so far failed on its “development promises” made to the indigenous local communities.
- The Conversation
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17 September 2019
Entre le 12 et le 16 septembre 2019, la police congolaise a arrêté de nombreux villageois des communautés impliquées dans un processus de médiation internationale concernant l'occupation de leurs terres par la société canadienne de huile de palme Feronia Inc (PHC-Feronia à Lokutu).
- RIAO-RDC
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17 September 2019
Munich-based Agri Terra Group is among the top 1% of the largest cattle owners in Paraguay, the third largest grower of citrus fruit, and the company has the country's single largest greenhouse complex under construction.
- Agri Terra
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16 September 2019
Com frequência, os incêndios são usados para afugentar moradores das áreas visadas, além de valorizar as terras – artimanha muito usada na Amazônia. Pelo choque de tantos interesses, há tensão entre povos indígenas, quilombolas e posseiros ou arrendatários. Em geral, o resultado é a destruição do que ainda resta de Cerrado no Matopiba.
- De Olho nos Ruralistas
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16 September 2019
Un proyecto de ley que permite la venta de tierras a inversionistas extranjeros podría amenazar la soberanía brasileña e impactar en los precios de los alimentos, alertan analistas, citados hoy por Radio Brasil de Fato.
- Prensa Latina
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14 September 2019