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Rubber company suspends projects as World Bank investigates
- VOA
- 07 May 2014
A World Bank-supported rubber company accused of land grabs has suspended some of its projects in Cambodia, as an investigation by the bank continues.
Nigeria – RSPO legal opinion ignores core of the complaint against Wilmar International subsidiary Biase Plantation Limited
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
Wilmar International, one of the world’s largest oil palm companies, through its subsidiary, Biase Plantations Ltd acquired 5,561 hectares of land from the Cross River State government in 2011.
Liberia – RSPO’s inability to address root causes of the conflict related to Sime Darby’s operations
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
For the affected communities, this is a story of bad rather than “best practices”, an experience in which their “aspirations” as “stakeholders” were not at all addressed.
Resistencia en Liberia contra acaparamiento de tierras representa advertencia para conferencia Africana sobre inversiones
- Amigos de la Tierra
- 07 May 2014
Amigos de la Tierra Liberia advierten a los gobiernos e inversionistas que todas las inversiones deben respetar los derechos de las comunidades y su propiedad sobre las tierras.
Interview with Sawitwatch about the impacts of industrial oil palm plantations in Indonesia and the experience with the RSPO
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
Jefri Saragih talks about his organisation's long experience with the RSPO and the impacts of oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
RSPO: fake promises promoting further oil palm plantations expansion
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
The excessive consumption and the transnational company’s need to keep expanding to increase corporate profits that are pushing the continuous expansion of industrial oil palm plantations.
When our land is free, we’re all free
- SDI
- 07 May 2014
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan and other communities are resisting the corporate takeover of their land and they are winning. All over Africa people are sending a clear message to their governments; stop selling Africa to corporations.
The Lower Aguán in Honduras and the deadly battle over land rights
- Carnegie Council
- 06 May 2014
Within Honduras, the murder rate climbs as one travels north to the central Atlantic coast departments. In the heart of this region lies the lush Lower Aguán Valley, a center of deadly conflict over land rights.
Film: The Jogbahn Clan
- FOEi
- 06 May 2014
In Liberia, the Jogbahn Clan have been fighting against a palm oil company grabbing their land.
Resistance to Liberia landgrabs a warning to Africa investment conference
- FOEi
- 06 May 2014
The recent overturning of UK company Equatorial Palm Oil’s access to customary land in Liberia is a warning to all governments and investors that they must respect communities’ rights and ownership of land.
Brazil's 'chainsaw queen' takes on environmentalists
- The Guardian
- 06 May 2014
The head of Brazil's powerful agricultural lobby, Kátia Abreu, is rapidly becoming the country's most important – and dangerous – politician.
Co-op's £140m farms sale aimed at Chinese buyers
- The Guardian
- 06 May 2014
UK's Co-operative Group wants a single major corporate buyer for its portfolio of 15 British farms covering 17,000 hectares, and will not consider community buyouts.
Nigeria’s Cross River State plans to sell 5 cocoa farms
- Bloomberg
- 05 May 2014
The farms cover 12,129 hectares and produced about 50,000 metric tons annually.
The dirty business of palm oil
- Der Spiegel
- 05 May 2014
Much of the palm oil we consume comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed?
Moçambique: União Nacional de Camponeses diz que país vive “emergência nacional”
- SAPO Noticias
- 05 May 2014
A União Nacional de Camponeses de Moçambique (UNAC), a maior organização da classe no país, considerou hoje que se vive uma "emergência nacional" por alegadas violações sistemáticas dos direitos dos camponeses na exploração de recursos naturais.