Oil palm plantations are one of the most unsafe spaces for women, not only because of their vulnerable working status –mostly as casual workers – but also because of the potential for sexual violence that lurks them in and around the plantation fields.

Las comunidades en el Municipio de Ixcán, como en todo Guatemala, tienen derecho de decidir qué se siembra y qué no se siembra en sus tierras y detener una historia de despojo sistemático de sus tierras como se narra en el siguiente reportaje sumamente esclarecedor.

When palm companies arrived in Guatemala's northern lowlands, they did not evict people to plant palm, but did so strategically through "systematic dispossession".

The heavily forested Sangha region in the Republic of Congo is almost entirely occupied by three concessions, including one held by the palm oil company Eco-Oil Energie SA.

Aminata Massaquoi of the Informal Alliance Against Industrial Oil Palm Plantations in Africa speaks about the struggles of women in Sierra Leone opposed to the oil palm plantations of Socfin and other companies.

Les conflits fonciers et leur résolution à l’échelle locale dans un contexte de marchandisation de la terre. Une étude de cas dans les Hautes Terres à Madagascar.

« Il est difficile de comprendre comment SAFACAM a pu obtenir un certificat RSPO sans changer totalement ses pratiques. Elle est loin d’être une entreprise responsable », s'exprime Monsieur ESSONGA Michel

EU policies are fueling land and water grabbing, air pollution, climate change vulnerabilities, food insecurity and social unrest in the Chira Valley.

Brazilian sugar company Cosan has purchased a stake in the land holding company Grupo Radar from the US pension fund manager TIAA for $278 million, giving it over 50% ownership.

Perusahaan kelapa sawit PT Sorong Agro Sawitindo dan PT Papua Lestari Abadi menggugat Bupati Sorong di PTUN Jayapura yang telah mengeluarkan rekomendasi pencabutan izin perusahaan perkebunan tersebut atas dasar melanggar UU Larangan Praktek Monopoli.

In Uganda, land grabbed by local land brokers are immediately handed over to foreign companies, which then often grow the same crops as the villagers were growing before they were evicted.

«Le sommet sur l'alimentation des Nations unies repose sur un énoncé du problème qui défie tout examen scientifique critique et ne prend pas en compte l'accaparement des terres», selon des scientifiques suisses.