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Industrial palm oil investors struggle to gain foothold in Africa
- Mongabay
- 23 September 2019
Twenty-seven concessions intended for industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa have either failed or been abandoned in the last decade.
Indonesia: Indigenous peoples losing their forests
- Human Rights Watch
- 22 September 2019
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan and Jambi provinces, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch.
Au Cameroun, les riveraines exigent que les agroindustries respectent les cahiers de charges
- Scoops d'Afrique
- 21 September 2019
Au cours de la journée du 21 septembre déclaré journée internationale contre les monocultures d'arbres, le RADD a sensibilisé l’opinion publique sur les tactiques et les stratégies utilisées par les entreprises pour accaparer tes terres.
Ukraine proposes farmland reforms
- Producer
- 20 September 2019
Leah Soroka, program manager for Eastern Europe and central Asia agri-finance with the World Bank's IFC, said the President's proposal to privatise farmland would be a game-changer.
Perú, Ucayali: Autoridades trafican con 3.500 hectáreas de terrenos intangibles
- Servindi
- 20 September 2019
«El ingeniero Isaac Huamán nos convocaba para informarnos que había un empresario extranjero que quería adquirir de cuatro a cinco mil hectáreas, pero ese dinero no entraba a la caja de la DRAU, sino a los bolsillos de Huamán y su gente. Cada hectárea se vendía a 3 mil soles», señala uno de los testigos.
En Afrique, les communautés résistent à l'accaparement des terres pour la production d’huile de palme
- GRAIN
- 20 September 2019
Un nouveau rapport sur l’état des plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile en Afrique montre comment les communautés sont en train de faire reculer un accaparement massif des terres dans la région.
Communities in Africa fight back against the land grab for palm oil
- GRAIN
- 20 September 2019
A new report on the state of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa shows how communities are turning the tide on a massive land grab in the region
Palm oil giant Korindo silences critical report with cease-and-desist letter
- Mongabay
- 19 September 2019
Korindo, a major palm oil operator in Indonesia’s Papua region, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to delay the publication of a report highlighting its various violations there.
Brazilians go to a desert farm
- ANBA
- 19 September 2019
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.
Inversiones Cobra & CXI lawsuit (re illegal invasion of land & burning of palm oil, Guatemala)
- BHRRC
- 19 September 2019
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
Comunidades africanas luchan contra el acaparamiento de tierras para el cultivo de palma aceitera
- GRAIN
- 18 September 2019
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.
Villagers displaced by Neumann Kaffee's plantation face another land grab in Mubende, Uganda
- witnessradio.org
- 18 September 2019
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.
Feronia announces missed loan payment
- GlobeNewswire
- 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.
Lutte contre l’accaparement des bords de lagune, les pêcheurs du village Bidjan-Santai briefés
- Media Citoyen
- 17 September 2019
Un atelier communautaire a réuni les pêcheurs du village Bidjan-Santai (Yopougon) en Côte d'Ivoire pour leur faire connaitre leurs droits
Land conflict between villagers and PHC-Feronia in Lokutu, DR Congo: Violent arrest of many community leaders
- RIAO-RDC
- 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