« Il y a beaucoup d’accaparements des terres par les multinationales, surtout en Afrique, pour faire des milliers d'hectares de monoculture, et ça c’est une contribution au réchauffement climatique, » explique Greenpeace Afrique
Twenty-seven concessions intended for industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa have either failed or been abandoned in the last decade.
- Mongabay
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23 September 2019
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan and Jambi provinces, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch.
- Human Rights Watch
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22 September 2019
Au cours de la journée du 21 septembre déclaré journée internationale contre les monocultures d'arbres, le RADD a sensibilisé l’opinion publique sur les tactiques et les stratégies utilisées par les entreprises pour accaparer tes terres.
- Scoops d'Afrique
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21 September 2019
Leah Soroka, program manager for Eastern Europe and central Asia agri-finance with the World Bank's IFC, said the President's proposal to privatise farmland would be a game-changer.
- Producer
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20 September 2019
«El ingeniero Isaac Huamán nos convocaba para informarnos que había un empresario extranjero que quería adquirir de cuatro a cinco mil hectáreas, pero ese dinero no entraba a la caja de la DRAU, sino a los bolsillos de Huamán y su gente. Cada hectárea se vendía a 3 mil soles», señala uno de los testigos.
- Servindi
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20 September 2019
Un nouveau rapport sur l’état des plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile en Afrique montre comment les communautés sont en train de faire reculer un accaparement massif des terres dans la région.
A new report on the state of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa shows how communities are turning the tide on a massive land grab in the region
Korindo, a major palm oil operator in Indonesia’s Papua region, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to delay the publication of a report highlighting its various violations there.
- Mongabay
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19 September 2019
A Brazilian agro industry delegation visited Elite Agro - a major farming company in UAE, which also operates in Serbia, Morocco, Ethiopia and Mauritania - and prompted them to invest in Brazil.
A high court of Guatemala has found that two palm oil companies used the criminal justice system to criminalise indigenous Maya Q'eqchi' land defender Abelino Chub Caalun without any evidence
Un nuevo informe sobre el estado de las plantaciones industriales de palma aceitera en África muestra cómo resisten las comunidades están cambiando el curso del acaparamiento masivo de tierras en la región.