While palm oil companies present themselves as benevolent donors during the pandemic, communities living in and around these plantations tell another story.
De Mbane à Dodel, en passant par Fanaye, les mouvements insurrectionnels et de résistance paysans sénégalais constituent les remparts pour conserver un patrimoine foncier qui aiguise l’appétit des multinationales et des hommes d’affaires, à l’image du litige qui oppose Babacar Ngom aux populations de Ndingler.
- Le Quotidien
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13 July 2020
Au Sénégal, la forêt de Balabougou a été déclassée sur une superficie de 1160 hectares dans le but de l’érection d’un agropole.
On parle de « plantations de caoutchouc naturel » mais pour l’Union des paysans indonésiens, il s'agit d'une appropriation à grande échelle des terres par Michelin et ses filiales
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court in Cambodia has dropped all charges against eight ethnic Kuoy villagers who were in a land dispute with the Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co Ltd since 2014.
- Phnom Penh Post
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09 July 2020
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says conservation and heritage considerations must be balanced against the need for farming, after outbiding the Yi-Martuwarra people for a vast land holding on their territories.
We naively believed that collaboration with farmland investor NCH Capital would be our opportunity for honest business in Ukraine. The complete opposite turned out to be true.
- Baltic Course
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09 July 2020
TIAA is set to confirm a $21 million compensation package for its CEO and a Board of Trustees that has been unresponsive regarding the use of retirement money to grab farmland, destroy forests and violate human rights.
Cambodia’s government is unable to resolve the country’s myriad land disputes because many of them involve senior officials, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said in a rare acknowledgement
Over the past 10 years, the World Bank’s private investment arm has sunk more than $1.8 billion into major livestock and factory farming companies across the world.
Communities in Cross River State have kicked against the exclusion of women in community land rights and the continuous marginalisation by multinational companies.
Activists have called for a financial probe into the Korindo Group, a conglomerate that paid a $22 million “consultancy fee” for the permits to expand its oil palm operations in Indonesia’s Papua province.
Civil Society Organzation from various regions in Indonesia and International letter contains urgent concern for the safety of land and human rights defenders impacted by the Korindo Group and POSCO International, Indonesia.
Au Mali, Massa Koné défend les communautés de paysans qui sont expulsées de leur terrains. Son engagement lui vaut aujourd’hui d’être menacé. Il s’est décidé, néanmoins, à poursuivre le combat. Portrait.
The forceful evictions are being carried out by three (3) multinational companies namely; Agilis Partners, Great Season and Kiryandongo Sugar Limited without court actions.
- Witness Radio
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02 July 2020