The Atama plantation may never happen, but that uncertainty hasn’t prevented investors from potentially making a profit by clearing native forests and ruining ideal gorilla and chimpanzee habitat.

Senior State Counsel, Simeon Allieu in the just concluded case between the Malen Land Owners Association and Socfin Agricultural Company, yesterday objected to the judgement passed by Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards at the Bo High Court.

L’accaparement des terres serait-il devenu un sujet impossible à évoquer sans risquer une longue procédure judiciaire ?

A Sierra Leone court has convicted six people opposed to a palm oil project in which French conglomerate Bollore owns a major stake of destroying trees and inciting the local population to protest over land rights.

After Canada, Denmark, Finland and the World Bank, Germany is ending its work on land rights in Cambodia, a strong indictment of the government’s at­titude toward land grabbing.

1.500 hectares auraient déjà été acquis par une société de Hong Kong dans l'Indre

Wilmar International, berikrar menjalankan kebijakan ‘Nihil Eksploitasi’ atau ‘Zero Exploitation’ seiring komitmen ‘Nihil Deforestasi'. Praktiknya, Wilmar masih merampas hak-hak masyarakat seperti dialami masyarakat adat Nagari Kapa, Pasaman Barat, Sumatera Barat.

The new division will include the firm’s global real estate, agriculture, timber, infrastructure and energy teams, as well as its subsidiaries, such as the Westchester Group Investment Management and GreenWood Resources.

El Estado hondureño se rehúsa a reconocer su condición de pueblo indígena y le niega el derecho a la tierra. Corporaciones y terratenientes avanzan con el monocultivo de palma africana, amenazando la soberanía alimentaria.

Le groupe d’investisseurs chinois intéressés à acheter des terres agricoles au Témiscamingue et ainsi exporter de la luzerne déshydratée en Chine suspend son projet en raison de réactions négatives dans le quartier chinois à Montréal.

Kazakh authorities recently amended farm sector legislation allowing the country to prolong land leases for foreign investors from 10 to 25 years.

Foreign Affairs Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday told Parliament that Bangladesh had started ‘contract farming’ in the African countries with appointment of 11 Bangladeshi farmers in Zambia.