Despite the numerous irregularities denounced by civil society, the governments of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan are pushing through the process of “redesigning” the Master Plan in the Nacala Corridor.

In its letter to the RSPO, Plantaciones de Pucallpa claims to have divested all its palm oil estates, land, related activities and equipment and PdP has no involvement in the Palm oil industry.

Online resource explains how to mine publicly available information to identify and analyze the companies, investors and other actors behind destructive projects.

EIA releases today a video that shows how large-scale oil palm project has negatively impacted the lives of community members, threatened biodiversity hotspots, and failed to meet development promises to communities in the Southwest region of Cameroon.

Comment la PAC (politique agricole commune) favorise les investisseurs étrangers au détriment des agriculteurs roumains...

Report summarizes the results of a consultation among small-scale food producers and CSOs on the use and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests.

“On their own these commitments are never going to stop deforestation. And there is a danger that zero deforestation policies are distracting attention and diverting resources away from the law enforcement and governance reforms that are needed.”

Activists from six countries as well as the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples joined a recent Terra Madre Forum on land grabbing, “Take Your Hands Off The Earth”.

Derrière la fin du conflit armé se cache un autre enjeu loin d’être réglé : celui de l’accès à la terre et la préservation des ressources naturelles.

La société civile nigériane estime que « les gouvernements nigérian et africains doivent impérativement protéger leurs populations contre les accaparements de terres qui menacent aussi bien leur survie que leur accès aux ressources naturelles ».

As the world celebrates the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations today, conservationists have warned transnational companies from Europe, America and Asia against scramble for land in Nigeria and Africa for industrial agro-business.

Les habitants de Fanaye Niakwar, dans l’arrondissement de Tékane, ont perdu le sourire depuis qu’ils ont vu des engins et des ouvriers poser des piquets pour clôturer un vaste terrain de près de 2000 ha.

Des communautés villageoises réclament la propriété de 11 000 ha à Famienkro que l’Etat Ivoirien a octroyé à la Compagnie hévéicole de Prikro, filiale du groupe belge SIAT

The ProSAVANA program intentionally weakens and creates division among peasants while there is an increased risk of even more peasants losing their land.

This paper aims to(re)discover what ProSAVANA was and turned to be though a collective reading of primary documents

Eight private security guards of Sharp Security attached to Socfin Agricultural Company in Malen Chiefdom attacked community members of Walleh village, claiming they were in possession of palm fruits belonging to the company.

Aujourd’hui, les processus d’accaparement des terres mobilisent et préoccupent de plus en plus les collectivités rurales et paysannes, non seulement du Sud, mais aussi du Nord

Le but de ces poursuites en diffamation est-il de défendre l’image de Vincent Bolloré ? Ou bien le groupe cherche-t-il à “instrumentaliser la justice” ?

Whatever the merits, the extent or indeed the truth of the Great Arab Land Grab, it is now more or less history.

European Union (EU) corporate and financial entities involved in land grabbing may be implicated in a variety of human rights abuses.

Aucun contrat n’a encore été signé avec Al Horaish, mais, il faut bien se garder de croire que le projet est définitivement enterré.

Un nuevo informe desde el Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina alerta de la necesidad de proteger los ecosistemas mediante el uso eficiente del agua en beneficio de la agricultura de calidad y el uso coherente del suelo.

L’Union européenne doit tirer les leçons de l’échec de la politique actuelle en abandonnant les politiques contraignant les automobilistes européens à consommer des agrocarburants.

Duncan Pruett reflects on the last 5 years at work advocating on the issues of land rights and foreign investments in agriculture.

"Money is still being pumped into the sector almost regardless of geography," says director of Primer International.

The World Bank’s board has granted an East African agribusiness project called SAGCOT a waiver that exempts it from following the bank’s Indigenous Peoples Policy — sparking fears among human rights advocates that the development lender is setting a precedent that weakens protections for indigenous peoples.

USAID is helping Ghana introduce guidelines for large-scale land transactions and address the dip in foreign direct investment that has arisen due to controversial land deals

As the indigenous people of Sorong, Nabire, Merauke and elsewhere in West Papua continue to resist oil palm expansion, there now appears to be some hope that the government is responding to President Joko Widodo’s call last month for a moratorium on all new permits.

Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov, who bought large tracts of land in Namibia, is among the long−serving clients of Mossack Fonseca, a disgraced law firm known for aiding the rich to hide their wealth in tax havens

Protest in Kazakh city of Atyrau comes as public fears grow that changes in the Land Code could allow sales of land to foreigners, though the government has said this will not happen.