NGO working extensively in the forest region of Cross River State of Nigeria, expresses doubts about Wilmar International's new policy to protect forests and communities.
The debate over land grabbing in Colombia by European multinational companies has crossed borders and has aroused the interest of the European Parliament.
En una carta publicada recientemente, critican la ley de víctimas y restitución de tierras, 25 eurodiputados expresaron su preocupación por la acumulación de tierras y el intento del gobierno por modificar la ley, favoreciendo las grandes empresas.
Camerún también sufre el problema del acaparamiento de tierras. Cientos de miles de hectáreas han sido arrebatadas a comunidades.
A large Chinese investor is looking to secure a concession for 10,000 hectares of land on the Bolaven plateau in Champassak province, Laos PDR, for rice, small crops and cattle raising, according to provincial officials.
Wilmar, la plus grande société mondiale d’huile de palme, installe actuellement une gigantesque plantation sur des terrains forestiers qui ont été offerts de façon illégale à l’ancien président du Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. La communauté locale veut récupérer ces terres.
Ethiopian ambassador Mohammad Kabeera said his country has approved more than 361 investment projects to Saudi Arabia mainly in the agricultural sector.
Selon Mariam Sow, « L’accaparement des terres concerne 1/3 des surfaces cultivables du Sénégal ! » Emission sur RFI.
Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil processor, is building a massive plantation on forest lands illegally gifted to Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. The local community wants these lands back.
Western Australia signs agreement with Chinese-owned Kimberley Agricultural Investment on Ord Irrigation Scheme
Film chronicles the experiences of communities in PNG--giving a voice to those who are losing their land and natural resources to illegal logging operations and palm oil companies.
Wilmar says it will ensure that its own plantations and companies from which it sources only provide products that are “free from links to deforestation or abuse of human rights and local communities”.