Agro colonialismo en el Congo
- RIAO-RDC GRAIN
- 02 June 2015
Agencias de desarrollo de Estados Unidos y Europa financian una nueva ola de colonialismo en la RDC.
Agencias de desarrollo de Estados Unidos y Europa financian una nueva ola de colonialismo en la RDC.
Varias prominentes agencias e instituciones de financiamiento para el desarrollo están brindando su apoyo a la compañía de agronegocios canadiense Feronia, acusada de acaparamiento de tierras y abusos de derechos humanos.
Plusieurs grandes institutions financières de développement financent actuellement une société agroalimentaire canadienne accusée d’accaparement des terres et de violations des droits humains
Several prominent development finance institutions are funding Feronia, a Canadian agribusiness company accused of land grabbing and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
De cómo empresas acaparadoras de tierras son rescatadas por fondos públicos de cooperación al desarrollo.
African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2014
"Agribusiness is a priority sector for CDC and this facility is an important step in Feronia's long-term financing."
EIA organise un atelier pour renforcer les capacités de la société civile, des leaders des communautés et des peuples autochtones pour mieux appréhender les implications du développement du palmier à huile.
A regional workshop in mid-December brought Civil Society Organizations, local communities, and Indigenous people groups in the Congo Basin together to address the emerging threat of palm oil development in the region.
Organisations from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo, agree to a "joint position" on the expansion of palm oil in the region.
Scrutiny of Feronia's oil palm project shows one more example of many that follow a wave of foreign investment in African farmland, leading to land grabs and conflicts.
One of Africa’s largest palm oil investors announces plans to improve social infrastructure, a week after a Reuters investigation found that its poorly paid plantation workers were living in dilapidated homes with poor social services.