Around 400 villagers from Koh Kong province allegedly affected by ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s sugar plantations petitioned the Land Management Ministry on Wednesday, demanding compensation packages.
Nelson Chamisa has vowed, if he wins elections due in July, to expel Chinese investors who have stakes worth many billions of dollars in everything from agriculture to construction.
Human rights groups are calling on the International Criminal Court to open formal investigation into killings of land defenders in Colombia, saying the Colombian government is failing to investigate the crimes properly.
Vincent Bolloré affirme qu’il fait vivre quelque 30000 familles en Afrique et qu’il pense se désengager du continent si la chasse aux sorcières continue contre lui. Le président de l'Union générale des travailleurs du Cameroun répond.
On the occasion of a new report on land speculation in the Cerrado by the Brazilian Network for Social Justice and Human Rights, Friends of the Earth (FOE) interviews one of the report’s authors to shine some light on the issue.
China’s investment in foreign agriculture totaled $26 billion in 2016, with investments in 100 countries. But this may just be the tip of the iceberg. A new report by the United States Department of Agriculture to understand both the scale and purpose of foreign investment in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.
China’s agricultural investment abroad grew more than tenfold in less than a decade and parallels its emergence as a major importer of agricultural commodities. But the focus of investments are shifting from farming and raw materials to business acquisition.
En diciembre de 2008, cuando subió el precio del caucho, los pueblos indígenas bunong de la comuna Bousra se despertaron una mañana con la novedad de que unas 10,000 hectáreas cercanas de bosques y miir habían sido concedidas por el gobierno a un grupo económico, SOCFIN
Une coalition de la société civile a mené une action devant le Ministère de l’environnement et des forêts de l'Indonésie pour protester contre un permis d’octroi des terres forestières étatiques à une entreprise du secteur du palmier à huile, PT Menara Wasior.
How secrecy and collusion in industrial agriculture spell disaster for the Congo Basin’s rainforests.
Tristan Waleckx et Jean-Baptiste Rivoire parlent des menaces qui pèsent sur les médias qui exposent les activités du Groupe Bolloré en Afrique
Billionaire French industrialist Vincent Bollore, who is a major shareholder in the plantation company SOCFIN, is being questioned in Paris over allegations that his conglomerate used corrupt connections in Africa to win port contracts.
The Harvard Management Company, which handles Harvard University's $37 billion endowment, has recently been linked to an agribusiness that may have been involved in deforestation and fraudulent land titles.
Chiefs across Liberia are petitioning lawmakers while activists prepare for a sit-in protest in the nation’s capital as they push to secure ancestral land rights.
Chiefs across Liberia are petitioning lawmakers while activists prepare for a sit-in protest in the nation’s capital as they push to secure ancestral land rights.
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