DRC

While palm oil companies present themselves as benevolent donors during the pandemic, communities living in and around these plantations tell another story.

Le RIAO-RDC est très préoccupé de la vente/transfert de la majorité des actifs de Feronia-PHC par la banque de développement de la Grande-Bretagne à une entité à l’Île de Maurice gérer par une société de capital-investissement.

The communities have already introduced traditional and artisanal palm oil harvesting and production systems for the abandoned areas.

Après l’annonce de l’abandon de certaines plantations, les communautés ont introduit des systèmes de récolte et de production de huile de palme artisanaux et traditionnels.

The debt-ridden oil palm plantations company operating in the DR Congo announces that it is pursuing a restructuring plan that includes a sales process and potential liquidation.

Human Rights Watch found that DFID's CDC Group failed to ensure that the palm oil companies it finances in the DR Congo respects the basic rights of the people who work and live on or near its plantations.

DR Congo's largest plantation company announces resignation of its Executive Chairman, soon after departure of its CEO.

There are many Canadian connections to this story, including the agribusiness company Feronia, which now stands accused of complicity in the murder of an activist and the incarceration of five others in the DRC.

La organización ecologista Greenpeace África se unió al llamado para liberar a cinco líderes comunitarios, que comparecerán la próxima semana ante un tribunal, tras defender sus aldeas de las plantaciones de una empresa multinacional.

A letter has been sent to financier CDC Group PLC by a group of environmental NGOs demanding answers about investments in palm oil company Feronia Democratic Republic of Congo

Greenpeace Afrique, ensemble avec d’autres organizations, demandent la libération immédiate des accusés et l’abandon de poursuites, a déclaré le Dr Raoul Monsembula, Coordonnateur Régional Afrique Centrale

Greenpeace Africa joins a call for the release of five community leaders from villages affected by the plantations of Canadian multinational Feronia, whose scandalous practices have been exposed by GRAIN and Human Rights Watch.