Liberia

The palm oil industry's repeated failure to keep its promises illustrates why global initiatives to achieve 'sustainable palm oil' must place communities centre-stage, writes FPP

Farmers in Africa and Asia on Wednesday announced in a statement a string of protests over a holding company Socfin Bollore's "landgrab" in their areas.

Those keen to see an end to years of environmental destruction and see genuine change in the behavior of major palm oil producers and suppliers feel there is still a lot to be mistrusting of.

Golden Veroleum and Golden Agri-Resource’s palm oil operations in Liberia are compounding poverty and food insecurity by taking land without community consent and making hollow promises of development benefits, says new report.

Investment in agricultural production and trade often harms the rights of local and indigenous peoples while failing to contribute significantly to economic development, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Institute.

«Les transactions foncières menées par les gouvernements comptent parmi les facteurs qui rendent la culture de l’huile de palme particulièrement attractive » affirme Sunny Verghese, le PDG d'Olam

Conflict palm oil: how could something as seemingly innocent as vegetable oil be the cause for so much concern? Mass deforestation, corporate land grabbing, human rights abuses,are just a few of the conflicts surrounding industrial palm oil production.

2015 is set to be a pivotal year for the global recognition of land and resource rights if momentum in protecting the world's forests and their communities can be kept up

EPO a l'ambition d'augmenter ses superficies exploitées au Liberia de 50 000 hectares d’ici 10 ans, et de doubler ce chiffre en 20 ans.

Equatorial Palm Oil has announced that its 50% owned joint venture company, Liberian Palm Developments, has entered into a $20.5m loan agreement.

Des paysans au Cambodge, en Sierra Leone, au Cameroun ont manifesté pour demander à Bolloré de mettre fin aux arrestations arbitraires des paysans qui réclament leurs droits face à l’entreprise.

Earlier this year, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made an unexpected commitment related to foreign investment in land and community land rights.