Sime Darby Plantation has planted only 10,000 hectares in Liberia and has not laid a seed in two years, stalled by uncertainties over new environmental standards.
FPP and partners launch new report and web portal for rights-based approaches and community solutions to tackling deforestation and ensuring supply chain accountability
A local Liberian company has filed a lawsuit against Golden Veroleum Liberia claiming that the palm company owes it money for services rendered, including death benefits for an employee who died from a workplace accident.
Le nouveau président face à l'accaparement de terres arables
Malgré des terres abondantes, détenues en partie par des grandes compagnies multinationales, les Libériens importent la majorité de leurs aliments. Georges Weah veut inverser cette tendance.
This is the executive summary of a report titled “Assessing Human Rights Impacts at EPO’s Liberian Operations” delivered by Triponel Consulting Ltd
Across the continent, insecure rights to land are robbing millions of financial stability and long-term prosperity.
There is a large gap between SOCFIN's “responsible management” policy and the reality of violence and destruction around its plantations, where, with the complicity of national governments, the company attempts to suppress people’s resistance.
The operations of the Golden Veroleum Liberia, an oil palm concession company operating in Liberia is laden with several issues arising that could cause the company's operations to shut down.
Community and rural women, who rely on their customary lands for their survival, cultures, and livelihoods, are often cut off from the decision-making processes concerning large scale concessions that affect them.
The industry expected to find green pastures in Liberia, but early missteps and new environmental restrictions have led to slow expansion.
Report gives an overview of the availability of information for land concessions in Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Congo, and Russia.
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