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Philippines is unsafe for farmers fighting for land
- PCFS
- 28 July 2018
Statement by People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty on the ongoing threats, criminalisation and killing of farmers and land rights defenders in the Philippines.
Vinamilk invests US$19.7m in Laos firm
- Vietnam Net
- 27 July 2018
Vinamilk’s general director informed shareholders that the company had found a Japanese partner to build a certified organic dairy farm in Laos
NGOs called to verify data on Koh Kong land dispute
- Phnom Penh Post
- 26 July 2018
Cambodia provincial government on Tuesday called on civil society organisations to help verify data involving land dispute between villagers in Koh Kong province and a Chinese company. The land in question is in the midst of a dispute with Union Development Group (UDG).
For indigenous peoples, losing land can mean losing lives
- Intercontinental Cry
- 26 July 2018
Community land represents the backbone of rural life. Its loss—whether due to conflict, infrastructure projects, private investments or natural disasters—has grave consequences from loss of livelihood to broader environmental and social harms.
Liberian communities harassed after calling on banks to halt $1.5 billion loan to Wilmar over landgrabbing concerns
- Inclusive development
- 25 July 2018
Communities affected by Maryland Oil Palm Plantation in southern Liberia have called on banks to refrain from joining a $1.5 billion syndicated loan for the palm oil giant Wilmar International. They now been accused of being anti-development and opposing the newly elected Liberian government.
Activists expose role of Dutch banks in the funding of palm oil industry development
- Radio Mundo Real
- 25 July 2018
Friends of the Earth Netherlands launched a report warn that Dutch Banks ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank have to take responsibility for the disastrous environmental and social consequences of providing finance to the palm oil sector at large scale.
Greenpeace Africa urges Halcyon Agri to stop destroying livelihood and biodiversity in Cameroon
- Greenpeace Africa
- 25 July 2018
Greenpeace Africa published a report explaining how Singaporean based Halycon Agri and its Cameroonian subsidiary- Sudcam operate a sordid rubber plantation business threats the ecosystem and local and indigenous communities in the south of Cameroon.
Phoenix Group
- Phoenix Group
- 25 July 2018
An overview of Phoenix's farms in Kazakhstan, at Baimyrza and Pushkinskoye, as captured by drones used in monitoring the operations across 100,000 Hectares of farm land.
Deadliest year on record for land and environmental defenders, as agribusiness shown to be the industry most linked to killings
- Global Witness
- 24 July 2018
Global Witness annual figures show at least 207 land and environmental activists were killed in 2017 across 22 countries, almost 4 a week, making it the worst year on record.
New study reveals dangers inherent in land registration
- Act Now!
- 24 July 2018
Customary land registration processes can easily be captured by local ‘big men’ and companies with disastrous consequences for local people, says study on oil palm expansion in Papua New Guinea.
Liberia's biggest palm oil project quits eco-certification scheme
- Reuters
- 23 July 2018
Golden Veroleum quits Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in response to accusations from a global watchdog that it failed to get consent from communities before expanding onto their lands.
'This is a last hold-out': son of a murdered farmer in Colombia
- Guardian
- 23 July 2018
Ramón Bedoya says his father, a land activist, was shot by local paramilitaries in league with agribusiness and narcos who fill the void left by Farc rebels