Liberia

Sime Darby Plantation considers exiting West Africa palm oil operations -sources
- Reuters
- 22 February 2019
Sime Darby, the world’s biggest oil palm planter by land holdings, is considering exiting its palm and rubber operations in Liberia
Rubber group ousts farmers in Liberia
- Bread for All
- 20 February 2019
Land rights violations, expulsions, violence: According to a report by the development organization Bread for all, the Luxembourg-based Socfin plantation group and its Swiss subsidiaries are involved in serious human rights violations in Liberia.
Un exploitant de caoutchouc déloge des fermiers libériens
- PPP
- 20 February 2019
Infractions au droit foncier, expulsions, violences: Le groupe luxembourgeois Socfin, exploitant des plantations, et ses filiales sont impliqués dans des violations graves des droits humains au Libéria, selon un rapport de l’organisation de développement Pain pour le prochain.
Palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index after bribery and corruption scandal
- FOE
- 05 February 2019
Golden Agri-Resources’ operations in Indonesia and Liberia have generated years of controversy, including consistent and well-documented allegations of deforestation, land grabbing and human rights violations.
NGO calls for regulator of agriculture concessions
- FrontPageAfrica
- 29 January 2019
Save My Future Foundation is calling for a separate regulator for large-scale concessions in Liberia it says will guarantee the rights of rural communities, protect concessionaires and increase government revenue.
Major foreign company to sell out investment amid troubling conditions
- FrontPageAfrica
- 23 January 2019
Sime Darby has put up its oil plantation in Liberia on sale after failing to acquire all 220,000 hectares of land the government promised it as stated in a concession agreement signed about a decade ago.
Equatorial Palm Oil au Liberia a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme
- Commodafrica
- 09 January 2019
EPO, société majoritairement detenue par le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme en provenance de son usine au Libéria où elle a une concession de 20 234 ha.
Green Advocates, IDI develop new tools to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations
- Daily Observer
- 07 January 2019
Green Advocates and Inclusive Development International have developed new advocacy tools that would be used by local communities to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations committed in Liberia.
Salala Rubber Company closes operations
- Daily Observer
- 21 November 2018
Operations at one of Liberia’s major exporters of rubber, the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), have been paralyzed for days, because the workers are on a go slow action demanding permanent employment.
Liberia: Lawmaker eyes mechanised farming in Grand Bassa County
- FrontPageAfrica
- 19 November 2018
The Wee Statutory District Representative, Vicent Willie, told reporters that he and his partners from India and China have concluded talks to engage into large scale farming.
Declaration: No to abuse against women in industrial oil palm plantations
- WRM, GRAIN et al
- 21 September 2018
We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!
Liberia passes landmark law to secure ancestral land rights
- Reuters
- 21 September 2018
Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory,