Greenpeace Africa joins a call for the release of five community leaders from villages affected by the plantations of Canadian multinational Feronia, whose scandalous practices have been exposed by GRAIN and Human Rights Watch.
- Greenpeace
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14 February 2020
Almost a decade since government of Cambodia granted 40,000 hectares land concession to five Chinese companies believed to be subsidiaries of a single Chinese owned firm, Hengfu. The whole project that affected indigenous Kuoy community has now fallen apart.
Les signataires d'une lettre appellent à la libération immédiate de 5 villageois emprisonnés depuis plus de 5 mois en RDC, pour des fausses accusations liées à un conflit foncier avec la société canadienne de plantation de palmiers à huile Feronia Inc.
Groups issue petition calling for the immediate release of 5 villagers in the DR Congo imprisoned for over 5 months on false charges related to a land conflict with the Canadian oil palm plantation company Feronia Inc.
A security guard for the Canadian oil palm plantation company Feronia Inc was acquitted on 4 February 2020 for the murder of Joël Imbangola Lunea, an environmental activist and member of the organisation RIAO-RDC.
- RIAO-RDC
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12 February 2020
Un chef de sécurité de la société canadienne de plantation de palmiers à huile Feronia Inc a été acquitté le 4 février 2020 pour le meurtre de Joël Imbangola Lunea, un défenseur de l'environment et membre de l'organisation RIAO-RDC en RD Congo.
- RIAO-RDC
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12 February 2020
Après avoir vendu l'électricité aux populations riveraines pendant plusieurs années, le directeur de la plantation appartenant au groupe Socfin a l'intention de vendre aussi de l'eau, selon un témoignage
- Cameroun Web
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11 February 2020
A new report by Profundo provides an overview of the ownership and holding structure of the SOCFIN group, a Luxembourg-based holding that has 400,000 hectares of plantation concessions in ten countries.
- Profundo
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11 February 2020
An agribusiness company supported by the governments of the UK, US and the Netherlands is pushing ahead with a land grab that will displace thousands of families in Uganda.
- witnessradio.org
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11 February 2020
IDI releases new resource to equip communities and the activists who support them with information that can help them protect their rights when their lands are threatened by projects funded by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
A spokesperson for Malaysian palm oil giant, Sime Darby, who labelled NGO critics as ‘toxic entities’ and called on the government to suppress them, has sparked fury among civil society groups all around the tropics.
The project specifically targets families that have been displaced by the activities of the European agribusiness firm, Socfin Agricultural Company.
- Politico SL
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08 February 2020
Le ministre sénégalais de l'Agriculture et de l'Equipement rural, le Professeur Moussa BALDE, a effectué une visite au périmètre agricole exploité par la société SENEGINDIA, sise à MBane, région de Saint-Louis.
- Dakar Actu
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08 February 2020
La marcha “por la soberanía del lago Escondido” comenzó el fin de semana pasado con una columna que inició el recorrido más largo a pie, por el Cajón del Azul. La segunda columna partió hoy por el camino vecinal en Tacuifí.
- El Patagónico
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08 February 2020
L’accaparement des terres par des sociétés financières étrangères suscite des questions des sénateurs en France
- Terre Net
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07 February 2020