Durante as primeiras visitas, a delegação observou altos níveis de poluição agroquímica, diminuição dos recursos naturais, bem como impacto significativo sobre a saúde das comunidades tradicionais, resultado do monocultivo da soja.
In June, Environmental Rights Action/FOE Nigeria and representatives of the Owan and Okomu communities delivered a letter to the Governor of Edo State urging him to uphold a revocation Order on 13,750 ha of land expropriated by Okomu Plc.
Le président ivoirien Alassane Ouattara a déclaré ce mercredi à Abidjan, lors de l’ouverture officielle de la septième édition du Forum pour la révolution verte en Afrique, que la sécurisation et l’accès au foncier demeurent problématiques pour la plupart des pays africains.
On 30 August 2017, 40 people brought a petition to Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh calling for the withdrawal of sugar company Hengfu, that accused for grabbing tens of thousands of families land since 2011.
With its renewed promotion of what it calls the “Sunshine Industry,” the Philippine government is looking to cultivate another one million hectares of oil palm, 98 percent of which would be on the island of Mindanao.
The victims were targeted by a criminal gang who wanted to use their lands to grow lucrative palm oil, according to local indigenous leaders
The group, backed by European development banks, revealed it had sold 90% of its Zampalm operation to the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia, a state-backed fund, for $16m
The purchase of more Australian farms, agribusinesses and food processing plants is high on the agenda of one of the world’s biggest investment managers, the Chicago-based Nuveen.
Australian beef processor Bindaree Beef announced it has sold a 51 percent controlling stake in the family-owned company to Hong Kong-Australian billionaire, Hui Wing Mau, and Beijing-based equity fund Archstone Investment for approximately $120 million.
As of 2017, the UAE has invested $30 million in Armenia, with the investments made in agriculture used to plant fruit orchards
Women gathering in Sierra Leone from African communities affected by oil palm plantations say they want their lands and forests back so that they can have an agriculture that feeds their communities.
An international delegation will travel across the Brazilian region of MATOPIBA to document the social, economic, environmental and human rights impact of large-scale land acquisitions.
Une délégation internationale voyagera dans la région brésilienne de MATOPIBA pour documenter l’impact des acquisitions de terres à grande échelle.
Petition à signer pour demander aux grands distributeurs suisses qu’ils réduisent le nombre de produits contenant de l’huile de palme de leur assortiment.
Le désengagement du PCN belge du Dossier SOCAPALM montre non seulement les limites des Principes Directeurs de l’OCDE, mais aussi et surtout la faiblesse de nos pouvoirs publics devant la toute-puissance des multinationales
|
KKR acquires ProTen from Aware Super
|
