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FPIC, palm oil firm and the women of Okomu
- Vanguard News
- 15 December 2020
In spite of its lofty ideals, FPIC (free and priori informed consent) has one failing — it has no legal backing.
How one quarter of the farmland in some states is foreign owned - and China holds by far the most
- Daily Mail
- 14 December 2020
Foreign ownership of farmland in some states has surged to as high as 25 per cent as China maintains its position as Australia's most powerful foreign investor.
Magistrate Court discharges eighteen accused MALOA members
- Green Scenery
- 11 December 2020
Those accused were all members of the Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA), advocating for the land rights of their members in the face of the operations of the palm oil company SOCFIN.
Muted voice of grassroot human rights defender resounds, as Aminata K. Fabba takes on SOCFIN
- Liberian Observer
- 11 December 2020
Aminata Fabba, Chairlady of the Malen Land Owners Association, spoke out at the First Peoples’ Hearing of Mano River CSO Platform in Liberia about the abuses here community in Sierra Leone is facing at the hands of SOCFIN.
Indonesia palm oil traders are failing land and environmental defenders
- Global Witness
- 09 December 2020
Two major US commodity traders – ADM and Bunge – are failing to ensure that the hundreds of Indonesian palm oil mills they source from in Indonesia are free from abuse against land and environmental defenders.
Agrotop to construct large broiler project in Ivory Coast
- PR Newswire
- 09 December 2020
The complex to be built by Israel-based Agrotop includes seven broiler farms and a slaughterhouse capable of treating 60,000 birds per week and will be built on 50 hectares of land in Toumodi.
Palm oil giant Wilmar unfazed as watchdogs cry foul over Papua deforestation
- Mongabay
- 08 December 2020
An area of natural forest the size of 1,500 football fields has been cleared since January in an oil palm concession in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua by a company that ultimately supplies major traders and global brands.
Land grabs victims in Uganda form a movement to fight for their rights
- Witness Radio
- 07 December 2020
Communities affected by land grabbing from different parts of Uganda have formed a movement to fight for food sovereignty while pushing back on land grabs by multinational agribusiness companies and individual investors.
Unequal land, unequal societies
- Zimbabweland
- 07 December 2020
Land inequality is even larger than previously thought, and that this has dramatic effects on poor people’s livelihoods, particularly those of women and young people.
Toxic river: the fight to reclaim water from oil palm plantations in Indonesia
- ECOTON, GEMAWAN, GRAIN, KRUHA
- 04 December 2020
The industry boom in the demand for palm oil has come at the high price of rainforest destruction, labour exploitation, and brutal land and water grabbing. The pressure from oil palm plantations has pushed communities in West Borneo on a common struggle to access clean water and continue producing food.
'Turning fear into strength’: One woman’s struggle for justice and land rights in Sulawesi
- Mongabay
- 01 December 2020
Eva Bande was jailed for her role as a community organizer against land grab by extractive industries on the Indonesian island, Sulawesi. Ten years on, her fight continues.
African Peoples Tribunal faults transnationals operating in Africa
- The Sun
- 29 November 2020
The African Peoples Tribunal demands that African governments ensure that the human rights of freedom of speech, expression, and association of citizens and persons who brought cases of abuses before the tribunal are respected and protected