Norway

Jane Goodall Institute’s REDD project in Tanzania
- REDD Monitor
- 06 April 2019
A totalitarian approach to conservation that led to increased inequity, undermining of democracy, and violent evictions
Norway’s wealth fund ditches 33 palm oil firms over deforestation
- Reuters
- 28 February 2019
Norway’s US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has pulled out of more than 33 palm oil companies over deforestation risks over the last seven years
UNGP, human rights and Norwegian development cooperation involving business
- Norad
- 22 September 2018
The cases of Norwegian development cooperation covered in the report include the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania and the Agrica – Kilombero Plantation Ltd. rice farm in Tanzania
Land of plenty, land of but a few
- Divergente
- 10 August 2018
New webdocumentary about land grabbing in the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique
Mozambique: Another Norfund fiasco as Matanuska goes bust
- Mozambique News
- 26 Mar 2018
The banana plantation in Monapo, Nampula, that was supposed to be a model for foreign farm investment and was promoted by Norfund, has finally gone bankrupt, at huge cost to Mozambique.
European Development Finance Institutions and land grabs: The need for further independent scrutiny
- FERN
- 16 September 2017
This study highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa.
The great land rush
- Financial Times
- 01 Mar 2016
FT correspondents report on the global race for land from Ethiopia, Myanmar and Indonesia.
Norway’s wealth fund expels POSCO, Daewoo Int’l over palm oil holdings
- Mongabay
- 18 August 2015
Norway’s central bank is divesting the country’s $870 billion pension fund of its holdings in four Asian multinationals for palm oil in Southeast Asia. POSCO and Daewoo were excluded for the activities in Merauke, Indonesia’s Papua province.
Private equity firm Fanisi buys stake in Tanzanian agro-processor
- Reuters
- 09 July 2015
Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.
Getting the facts right on Agrica/KPL agricultural investment in Tanzania
- Oakland Institue
- 02 July 2015
Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.
Aid donors’ flagship investment deal causing hardship and displacement for Tanzanian farmers
- Oakland Institue
- 18 June 2015
Norfund, the UK aid department, and Capricorn are funding the British company Agrica’s industrial rice plantation in Tanzania, which is destroying the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
MIGA backs agribusiness investment in Zambia
- MIGA
- 13 January 2015
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency— the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank— announces additional support for Agrivision Africa (Chayton Africa) of Mauritius.

Sign the petition to stop the deployment of police/military and criminalisation of peasants struggling for their land against oil palm plantation company in Buol Regency, Sulawesi, Indonesia