Philippines

Philippines: House panel drops foreign ownership of land in Cha-Cha resolution
- Rappler
- 02 February 2021
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez had advised lawmakers against allowing foreign ownership of land, an 'emotional' issue for Filipinos
Land conflicts flare across South-East Asia during coronavirus lockdowns
- The Star
- 18 May 2020
The pandemic has opened an opportunity for activities such as illegal logging and land grabs across Asia-Pacific because of less oversight and accountability.
Philippines: DA backs ANI, IP groups tie-up for rice-corn project
- PNA
- 11 May 2020
The "BigMa" rice-corn blending initiative of listed firm AgriNurture, Inc. and groups of indigenous peoples in Mindanao will devote vast tracts of idle land for planting white corn as an alternative to reduce dependence on imported rice.
50,000-hectare palm oil plantation to be developed in Caraga region
- Manila Bulletin
- 08 January 2020
Eastern Petroleum Group of Companies is planning to develop an initial 50,000-hectare palm oil plantation in Northeastern Mindanao or the Caraga region of the Philippines this year.
Agrinurture plans corn plantation in Palawan province
- Manila Standard
- 27 December 2019
Agrinurture Inc. is in talks with the Department of Justice through the Bureau of Corrections over the development of about 2,000 hectares of property into an integrated agri-tourism corn plantation in Palawan, Philippines.
Human Rights Day 2019: Land-related killings go up
- PANAP
- 10 December 2019
The Philippines, Brazil and Colombia ranked as the deadliest countries for farmers, farm workers, indigenous people and land rights activists.
Philippines: Environment chief sued for allowing 'illegal' operation of coffee plantation
- CNN
- 15 November 2019
An indigenous people's group on Friday filed a case against Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu for neglect of duty, saying he did not block the "illegal" operation of a coffee plantation in ancestral land.
Palm oil, pineapples threaten Southeast Asia's indigenous lands
- Reuters
- 24 September 2019
Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and commercial fruit orchards in the Philippines have uprooted indigenous people and rural communities from their land, despite laws put in place to protect them, human rights groups said.
Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world
- Civil Eats
- 02 August 2019
Agribusiness—especially soy, sugar, palm oil, and beef production—was the second deadliest sector for people standing up for the environment and their lands.
To AIIB: Stop bankrolling landgrabs
- PCFS
- 16 July 2019
The Peoples Coalition on Food Sovereignty demands the members of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank stop funding projects, especially China’s Belt and Road Initiative, that result in landgrabbing.
China's Xinfadi Market has nearly 18,000 hectares of overseas plantations
- Fresh Plaza
- 09 May 2019
The Xinfadi Market has already established its own plantations in more than 8 countries, including the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, to guarantee low prices and high quality for fruit imported to Beijing.
Filippine: a Palawan indigeni minacciati dalle palme da olio
- Osservatorio Diritti
- 09 April 2019
Nella provincia di Palawan, nelle Filippine, almeno 9.000 ettari sono stati convertiti in piantagioni di palma da olio. Causando indigeni privati del sostentamento e contadini indebitati: ecco gli effetti dell'espansione di questa monocoltura denunciati dalla Coalizione contro il land grabbing.