Netherlands

Agro Care to build Canarian greenhouse in Morocco
- Horti Daily
- 05 December 2023
The Dutch company wants to grow to 100 hectares of its own and 100 hectares of cultivation by partner growers in the coming years.
PHC Congo: European development banks must be held accountable for broken mediation process
- RIAO et al.
- 20 November 2023
The mediation process is set to collapse, unless strong measures are taken to ensure adequate, safe, independent and truly inclusive participation of the local communities and their representatives.
PHC Congo : Les banques européennes de développement seront responsables de l'échec du processus de médiation
- RIAO et al.
- 20 November 2023
La médiation risque d’être un échec si des mesures fortes ne sont pas prises pour assurer un processus adéquat, sur, indépendant et réellement inclusif pour les communautés locales et de leurs représentants.
Plan to bring Mennonite farmers to Suriname sparks deforestation fears
- Mongabay
- 09 October 2023
farming communities from across Latin America to Suriname with the plan of starting a series of agriculture projects.
Vigilante de la OCDE Admitió a Trámite la Denuncia Presentada por las Organizaciones Indígenas Contra Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.
- Forest Peoples Programme
- 04 September 2023
En su primer caso abordando a un gran comercializador de aceite de palma, el Punto Nacional de Contacto de las Directrices para Empresas Multinacionales de la OCDE ha ofrecido sus buenos oficios en el caso presentado por Lideres y Lideresas Indígenas peruanos contra Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.
OECD watchdog admits case filed by Indigenous organizations against Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.
- Forest Peoples Programme
- 04 September 2023
In its first case to address a major palm oil commodity trader, the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises offered its good offices in the complaint filed by Peruvian Indigenous Leaders against Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.
Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade answers questions about the FMO's involvement in oil palm plantation company in the DR Congo
- Tweede Kamer
- 06 June 2023
Answers from the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation to questions from member Futselaar (SP) about the withdrawal by the Dutch development bank FMO of Plantations et Huileries du Congo.
Development bank mediation between PHC/Feronia and DR Congo communities is off to a bad start, after four years of procrastination
- RIAO-RDC et al.
- 24 May 2023
Groups call on development banks and their governments to ensure that the mediation panel takes steps to rectify the situation.
Après quatre ans d’atermoiements, mauvais départ de la médiation des banques de développement entre PHC/Feronia et les communautés de la RD Congo
- RIAO et al.
- 24 May 2023
Des organisations demandent aux banques de développement et à leurs gouvernements de veiller à ce que le groupe de médiation prenne des mesures pour rectifier la situation
Kebbi Govt allocates land for establishment of Rice Academy by WACOT
- The Sun
- 14 May 2023
Nigeria's Kebbi State Government has approved the allocation of land to WACOT for the establishment of a Rice Academy in Suru Local Government area.
Relatório “Os Invasores” revela empresas e setores por trás de sobreposições em terras indígenas
- De Olho Nos Ruralistas
- 19 April 2023
Levantamento inédito do observatório De Olho nos Ruralistas identificou 1.692 fazendas com incidência em território indígena; por trás das sobreposições estão gigantes do agronegócio, indústria armamentista e investidores dos cinco continentes
Undermined by violence, a development bank mediation process in the DR Congo requires immediate government action
- Collective
- 24 February 2023
Groups call on European governments to honour their responsibilities to the communities affected by their investments in a DR Congo palm oil plantation by taking action to stop the violence surrounding the mediation process.

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