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Así se roban la tierra en Colombia
- Mongabay
- 31 July 2018
“En la Amazonía están tumbando los territorios baldíos, para luego buscar que se les formalice la tierra. Esto ya tiene que parar"
Nestle response to Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer over alleged land grabbing
- Business and human rights resources centre
- 31 July 2018
Nestle response to the Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer, Mitr Pohl over alleged land grabbing. The Thai company, Mitr Pohl is direct supplier to Nestlé and tier 2 supplier in other supply chains, mostly via traders.
The village women taking on the palm oil giant
- Fern
- 31 July 2018
Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.
Behind the spectacular fall from grace of private equity firm Abraaj
- Deal Street Asia
- 30 July 2018
Abraaj Capital, the PE firm that was very active in the rush to buy global farmland after the food financial crises of 2008, has collapsed and is under investigation for “mismanagement, comingling of funds and misappropriation of assets"
Thai peasants’ movement stands firm in the face of threats, seeks land reform
- Peoples Dispatch
- 30 July 2018
Peoples Dispatch speaks to the Southern Peasant’s Federation of Thailand’s Theeranate Chaisuwan on the struggles of this landless workers’ movement for land held illegally by a palm oil company.
Q: What does a global agrifood business do when it wants to focus more on sustainable development? A: It works with OFID.
- OFID Quarterly
- 30 July 2018
Interview with top executives of Phoenix Group, the world's 3rd largest rice trader controlling 150,000 ha of farmland in different parts of the world
Golden Veroleum Liberia dit « à plus tard » à la RSPO, ou serait-ce « adieu » ?
- 30 July 2018
En réponse au verdict accablant rendu par le Comité des plaintes de la RSPO concernant Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) – verdict maintenu en appel – GVL a annoncé sa décision de « retirer temporairement » son adhésion à la RSPO.
Litige foncier à Dodel et Démette : Les populations attendent toujours du chef de l'État la promulgation du décret d’annulation du projet marocain Afripartners
- DakarActu
- 30 July 2018
Le collectif des 36 villages impactés par le projet marocain Afri Partner exige de l’État l’application sans condition du décret d’annulation du projet
Philippines is unsafe for farmers fighting for land
- PCFS
- 28 July 2018
Statement by People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty on the ongoing threats, criminalisation and killing of farmers and land rights defenders in the Philippines.
Vinamilk invests US$19.7m in Laos firm
- Vietnam Net
- 27 July 2018
Vinamilk’s general director informed shareholders that the company had found a Japanese partner to build a certified organic dairy farm in Laos
NGOs called to verify data on Koh Kong land dispute
- Phnom Penh Post
- 26 July 2018
Cambodia provincial government on Tuesday called on civil society organisations to help verify data involving land dispute between villagers in Koh Kong province and a Chinese company. The land in question is in the midst of a dispute with Union Development Group (UDG).
Greenpeace Africa exhorte Halcyon Agri à stopper la destruction des moyens de subsistance des communautés et la biodiversité au Cameroun
- LaMinute.info
- 26 July 2018
« L’acquisition et l’exploitation des terres de Sudcam est un exemple typique d’accaparement des terres au Cameroun » s'insurge Greenpeace Africa dans un nouveau rapport
For indigenous peoples, losing land can mean losing lives
- Intercontinental Cry
- 26 July 2018
Community land represents the backbone of rural life. Its loss—whether due to conflict, infrastructure projects, private investments or natural disasters—has grave consequences from loss of livelihood to broader environmental and social harms.
Liberian communities harassed after calling on banks to halt $1.5 billion loan to Wilmar over landgrabbing concerns
- Inclusive development
- 25 July 2018
Communities affected by Maryland Oil Palm Plantation in southern Liberia have called on banks to refrain from joining a $1.5 billion syndicated loan for the palm oil giant Wilmar International. They now been accused of being anti-development and opposing the newly elected Liberian government.
Activists expose role of Dutch banks in the funding of palm oil industry development
- Radio Mundo Real
- 25 July 2018
Friends of the Earth Netherlands launched a report warn that Dutch Banks ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank have to take responsibility for the disastrous environmental and social consequences of providing finance to the palm oil sector at large scale.