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Green Desert: Communities in Tanintharyi Renounce the MSPP Oil Palm Concession
- EIA
- 12 January 2017
This notorious palm oil industry has now expanded to Myanmar with devastating consequences for human rights and the environment
Farmers granted bail in Myanmar army land-grabbing case
- SBS
- 10 January 2017
Twenty-one farmers were granted bail by a Myanmar court on Tuesday after being jailed over a land-grab dispute with the military that has highlighted acute challenges faced by the rural poor.
Myanmar firm courts agro-industry park investment
- Myanmar Times
- 10 January 2017
A Myanmar company is building the first of several planned agricultural industrial parks in Ayeyarwady region aimed at attracting foreign and local investment into agriculture.
Swiss investor to pump Rs 900 mn in dairy farm
- Daily News
- 10 January 2017
A Swiss investor who "hails from one of the richest families in the world" is planning to construct a 150 acre dairy farm in Ambewela, Sri Lanka with an investment of Rs 900 million.
SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to a sustainable management of its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri
- SOCFIN
- 09 January 2017
In its Zero Deforestation Commitment published today, SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to manage and develop its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri while protecting the environment, respecting local communities and providing full transparency.
Agricultural production attracts big businesses
- Vietnam Net
- 09 January 2017
A number of Vietnamese billionaires decided to pour money into agriculture projects. Trinh Van Quyet, the second richest billionaire, has got the nod from Thanh Hoa provincial authorities for a project to grow 1,300 hectares of sugarcane and rubber.
How TIAA Funds Environmental Disaster in Latin America
- Nacla
- 06 January 2017
Pension fund giant TIAA is investing its clients’ funds in farmland and agribusinesses tied to environmental and human rights abuses in Latin America.
Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities
- Mongabay
- 04 January 2017
Indonesia central government has recognized the rights of nine indigenous communities to the forests. That movement still has long way to go, the nine “customary forests” encompass a total of 13,100 hectares. By comparison, Indonesia’s nine biggest oil palm firms in 2013 had planted nearly 2 million hectares.
Land grabbing: New colonialism and how about Eritrea?
- Geeska Afrika
- 29 December 2016
Eritrean law blocking foreign investors from owning land and the country's desire for self-reliance makes it highly unlikely that it will fall for the neocolonial phenomenon of land grabbing.
After Asia, palm oil faces backlash in Africa
- AFP
- 28 December 2016
The sheer scale of land required by agribusiness-driven oil palm plantations is having an impact in Gabon, Cameroon and the Congo Basin
Will our peasant and family agriculture system survive this unjust rush to grab our land?
- Amandla!
- 25 December 2016
The land grab of multinational companies has intensified in the global south, particularly in Africa over the last decade. In this article, Anabela Lemos explains what is happening in Mozambique.
Farmers protest in Phnom Penh against sugarcane plantations
- Cambodia Daily
- 21 December 2016
About 100 farmers from Koh Kong province traveled to Phnom Penh to press government officials for a solution to their long-running land disputes with a trio of sugarcane plantations they accuse of stealing their land.