Oakland Institute

Calls to end Africa's 'horrific' land deals after Indian firm's fallout
- Reuters
- 28 November 2017
Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi tells Reuters that the governments of India and Ethiopia are working to “amicably resolve outstanding Karuturi issues”.
World Bank sides with agribusinesses against farmers, indigenous communities
- Oakland Institute
- 20 April 2017
As the World Bank Group’s spring meetings get underway in Washington, DC, the Bank’s complicity in corporate grabbing of land and natural resources around the world has become more blatant than ever
Taking on the logging pirates: Land defenders in Papua New Guinea speak out!
- Oakland Institute
- 28 February 2017
A landmark report from the Oakland Institute elevates the voices of communities across the country who are opposing the theft of their land, made possible by the corrupt practices of local officials and foreign logging and palm oil companies.
Miracle or mirage? Manufacturing hunger and poverty in Ethiopia
- Oakland Institute
- 27 September 2016
Report exposes how authoritarian development schemes have perpetuated cycles of poverty, food insecurity, and marginalized the country’s most vulnerable citizens.
Accaparement illégal de terres : l’administration américaine accusée d’avoir fait pression sur les autorités camerounaises
- Investir au Cameroun
- 07 September 2016
Greenpeace International et Oakland Institute épinglent le département d'Etat américain dans une affaire d’accaparement de 73 000 ha de terres par la société américaine Herakles Farms au Cameroun
Cables reveal US gov’t role in Herakles Farms land grab in Cameroon
- Mongabay
- 30 August 2016
Cables obtained by the non-profit Oakland Institute through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that U.S. government officials pushed Cameroon to approve a deeply controversial oil palm development owned by Herakles Farms.
World Bank accountability on forced resettlements must be a priority at Its spring meetings
- Oakland Institute
- 12 April 2016
World Bank accountability on forced resettlements resulting from its programs must be front and center at its spring meetings, taking place this week in Washington DC
Great Timber Heist emphasizes failure to cancel SABL leases
- ActNow!
- 17 February 2016
An explosive new report exposing tax evasion and financial misreporting by logging industry in PNG only emphasizes the need to cancel the unlawful Special Agricultural and Business leases (SABLs).
African land rights activists face local persecution and international complicity
- This is Hell!
- 21 November 2015
Oakland Institute founder Anuradha Mittal profiles the heroic, dangerous work of Global South land rights activists like Nasako Besingi and Pastor Omot Agwa, who face violence and terror charges from hostile governments.
Getting the facts right on Agrica/KPL agricultural investment in Tanzania
- Oakland Institue
- 02 July 2015
Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.
A development fairytale or a global land rush?
- IPS
- 11 May 2015
The land rush unleashed around the world to own and exploit Earth’s natural bounty is not only fierce and unfair, but increasingly fatal, with lands, homes and forests bulldozed and cleared for foreign investors.
My Home My Land
- Oakland Institue
- 05 May 2015
My Home, My Land is a graphic representation that dismantles the myths promoted by donor countries, development agencies, and corporations about the positive effects of foreign direct investments through large-scale land acquisitions.