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Resisting human rights violations in West Africa
- ESCR-Net
- 20 Mar 2019
ESCR-Net members have been engaged in several actions in opposition to Luxembourg registered agri-business Socfin Group and its operations in several Western African countries.
Violent tensions at Feronia's oil palm plantations in the DR Congo
- RIAO-RDC, et al.
- 20 Mar 2019
This Saturday military forces fired live bullets at villagers within the Lokutu oil palm plantation concession area of the Canadian company Feronia Inc, following weeks of growing tension between communities and the company.
Brazil’s key deforestation drivers: Pasture, cropland, land speculation
- Mongabay
- 20 Mar 2019
Brazilian deforestation is most highly driven by land speculation, whereby land speculators deforest an area, possibly selling off the timber, then convert the land to pasture, and then again quickly sell the land to a soy producer at a much increased price.
CBN vows to make Nigeria world’s third palm oil producer
- The National
- 18 Mar 2019
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says that all the states in the South-South and South-East regions have agreed to provide at least 100,000 ha for investors in oil palm plantations.
Myanmar land reform: Calls for new law to be scrapped
- Al Jazeera
- 14 Mar 2019
Rights groups are calling on Myanmar's government to scrap a new land reform law they fear could leave millions of people with nowhere to call home.
One giant land grab
- Frontier
- 12 Mar 2019
Myanmar's new land law amendment has its roots in a British colonial notion of “wasteland” that consciously undermines customary land claims of highland communities to the benefit of foreign investors and tax collectors.
Human rights complaint filed to UK government against ethical sugar association Bonsucro
- IDI
- 11 Mar 2019
Representatives of more than 700 Cambodian families who were violently displaced to make way for a sugar plantation have filed a formal complaint against Bonsucro, the sugar industry’s sustainability certification body, for breaches of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Calling out the BS in BonSucro
- BHRRC
- 11 Mar 2019
Unless these organizations are firmly held accountable to international human rights standards, they will not only fail to push their industries towards more responsible behavior, but they will become little more than window dressing for corporate misconduct.
Rwanda: Gabiro Agribusiness Hub project to create 4,000 jobs
- New Times
- 09 Mar 2019
GAHP aims to create a holistic and commercial agricultural ecosystem by developing an advanced modern value chain over approximately 15,600 hectares of arable land
Socfin writes to 'Le Quotidien'
- Le Quotidien
- 08 Mar 2019
The Luxembourgish daily publishes a letter from Socfin, a plantation company registered in Luxembourg, together with its own rectifications.
Breaking the silence: Industrial oil palm and rubber plantations bring harassment, sexual violence and abuse against women
- GRAIN
- 08 Mar 2019
On the 8th of March - International Women's Day – we join women across the world who are affected by the violent expansion of industrial oil palm and rubber plantations and who are calling for action to stop the harassment, sexual violence and abuse against women in and around plantations IMMEDIATELY!
5 key takeaways from launch of ‘Making a Killing’ report
- Trocaire
- 08 Mar 2019
Trócaire’s new report highlights how corporate greed is leading to land being taken, forests cut down, rivers poisoned. Those who stand up to defend their rights are being harassed, intimidated, even murdered.