Après enquête sur le terrain, le conseil éthique du fonds souverain norvégien a recommandé d’exclure le groupe Bolloré de ses investissements pour les graves violations des droits humains constatées dans les plantations d’huile de palme au Cameroun.

A state-owned palm oil company and an industry association have begun early work to push a vast new plantation strategy in Sulawesi, one of Indonesia’s largest islands. The proposal includes aspirations for production of a form of environmentally friendly fertilizer hope that it will enable producers to apply for climate finance incentives, despite the deforestation implied in the plan.

Le groupe de l’industriel breton va vendre 5 % du capital de la Socfin, sa filiale qui exploite des cultures d’hévéas et de palmiers à huile en Afrique et en Asie. Il a d’ores et déjà renoncé à ses droits de vote.

Le puissant Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global donne deux ans au groupe français Bolloré pour améliorer le sort des travailleurs de la Société camerounaise des palmeraies, sa filiale indirecte.

Empresa marroquina Tourba expôs para a Aprosoja/MS sobre agricultura de carbono e como os créditos de carbono gerados pelos produtores rurais significam uma margem de lucro adicional de 10 a 20% para a soja. Segundo o Presidente da Aprosoja/MS, os produtores de soja precisam estar no mercado de carbono para acessar os créditos verdes.

Derrière les violences intercommunautaires qui ont secoué Lubunga, se cache les activités d'une société libanaise, Cap Congo, qui est impliquée dans l’exploitation agricole intensive.

President of the Philippines says CP Group committed an additional USD1.5 billion in investments to the country, starting with a 10,000-hectare modernized mega farm, during meeting at the presidential palace.

Une vingtaine d'organisations et alliés des communautés affectées par les plantations de palmiers à huile et d'hévéas du groupe Socfin expriment leur mécontentement face à la décision du Norges Bank Investment Management de ne pas se retirer de l’actionnariat de Bolloré SE et de la Compagnie de l'Odet SE

Twenty organisations and allies of communities affected by the Socfin group’s oil palm and rubber plantations express their dissatisfaction with the Norges Bank Investment Management's decision not to divest from Bolloré SE and Compagnie de l’Odet SE

Since 2010, the unpleasant experience, pain and suffering from the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate program have not ceased and have continued to pile up

Plus de 1,2 million d’hectares de terres relevant du domaine privé de l’Etat à mettre en valeur dans le cadre de la concession ont été recensés en Algérie

Os movimentos denunciam que o mercado de carbono e o avanço da produção de energias tidas como renováveis incentiva a especulação fundiária por corporações nacionais e transnacionais, levando a mais violência no campo. O enfrentamento à crise climática, afirma a Carta, não será eficaz sem democratização da terra e promoção da agroecologia.

Across the US, large investment firms are driving up farmland prices. In many cases, farmland is sold at prices multiple times the regional average. The cost increases have hit young and beginning farmers the hardest.

Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Formosa y Salta desmontaron 60.000 hectáreas de bosques nativos en el primer semestre, según informe de Greenpeace, reemplazos principalmente por cambios de normativas en las provincias al favor del avance del agronegocio.

With scarce arable land and water resources, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are expanding their agricultural diplomacy to improve food access and vying for agricultural cooperation with Africa

Two prominent union leaders who were not present when the Salala Rubber Corporation buildings were set on fire have been jailed as retaliation for their efforts to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement for the plantation’s contract workers.

Farmers cried out for help on Tuesday, July 23, as a P2-billion palm oil plantation project threatened to displace them and their families in three villages in Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Several farmers in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, have lost land or grazing rights to a huge commercial citrus farming project

Le groupe français Bolloré est accusé depuis des années de ne pas exercer son devoir de surveillance en ce qui concerne les violations des droits humains autour des plantations de caoutchouc et de palmiers à huile en Afrique et en Asie. En raison d’un manque de volonté de dialogue à ce sujet, l’ASIR a décidé de recommander l’exclusion de l’entreprise.

For years, the French Bolloré Group has been accused of failing to fulfil its duty of care regarding human rights abuses in connection with rubber and palm oil plantations in Africa and Asia. Given the company's unwillingness to engage in dialogue on this issue, SVVK has decided to recommend the company's exclusion.

Les riverains du village Apouh, au Cameroun, n’entendent pas reculer sur le replanting annoncé de la Socapalm, tant qu’ils ne seront pas rentrés dans leurs droits.

The Eco Zamba program – an SNPC-led reforestation initiative – will plant trees on up to 40,000 ha to combat greenhouse gas emissions while the remaining 10,000 ha will be used to develop the country’s agricultural sector.

Le plus grand fonds souverain au monde (1.564 milliards d'euros), celui de la Norvège, va rester investi sur le groupe Bolloré en dépit de l'avis contraire de son conseil d'éthique en rapport avec les conditions de travail et les délits supposés dans des champs d'huile de palme au Cameroun.

Allegations of illegal activity and land-grabbing against Indonesia’s second-largest palm oil company continue to mount as a new report reveals the firm’s violations appear to be more extensive than initially documented.

Over 10,000 farmers cultivating farmlands in the Oluwa forest reserve in Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State have been thrown into confusion following the alleged sale of over 2,000 hectares of the reserve to the private company Acme Palms Limited by the state government.

In the face of intensifying environmental and human rights violations, advocacy groups like Friends of the Earth are calling on the Brazilian and US governments to reign in land speculation and halt the expansion of soy plantations in the Cerrado.

Cerca de 18.000 hectáreas de concesiones de aceite de palma de AAL se superponen con tierras forestales de áreas protegidas de Indonesia, afirma el informe de FOE. Diez marcas han suspendido las compras a AAL, mientras Unilever y Olam son compradores y BlackRock poseía el 11 por ciento del grupo.

Earthworm investigators told Mongabay they were shocked by some of their findings of sexual harassment and gender-based violence on Socfin's plantations. "If they don’t make progress on these issues, we would stop working with them, as that’s our mission as a foundation.”

Desaparición de jóvenes de la comunidad Triunfo de la Cruz es más un capítulo del ataque al pueblo Garífuna para el robo gradual de su território, sea por plantaciones de banano, de palma, mega-proyectos turísticos o el narcotráfico.

Les terres agricoles françaises sont de plus en plus la propriété d’entreprises ou d’investisseurs. Avec la montée en puissance de cette « agriculture sociétaire » et l’emprise croissante des coopératives et firmes agroalimentaires qui leur dictent leurs pratiques, les agriculteurs se retrouvent en situation de « quasi salariat ».