The Ministry of Land Management yesterday gave authorities in Koh Kong, Kampong Speu and Preah Vihear provinces one month to identify people affected by years-long sugar company land disputes.

With its renewed promotion of what it calls the “Sunshine Industry,” the Philippine government is looking to cultivate another one million hectares of oil palm, 98 percent of which would be on the island of Mindanao.

ACT NOW! accuses the government of lying to the nation over the SABL land grab and says people across Papua New Guinea will be angry and disappointed.

English version of communications strategy document that provides guidance on how to weaken Mozambican peasant and CSO movements opposed to the ProSavana project finally revealed.

O fundo de investimentos Moringa acaba de investir 5 milhões de dólares no cultivo sustentável de palmeiras orgânicas no Brasil.

Hay temas estratégicos que aún no han sido presentados para la concertación en la comisión de seguimiento, impulso y verificación de la implementación del acuerdo final.

In a press conference, UN expert Baskut Tuncak spoke of “numerous claims of land appropriation by Socfin”, a Luxembourg company that produces palm oil in Sierra Leone and is part owned by the French group Bolloré.

AgDevCo expects that its investments in two large-scale commercial farming enterprises in Zambia will provide the “critical mass” needed to attract ancillary businesses along the supply chain

The AU-ECA-AfDB Land Policy Initiative and the government of Madagascar organised a workshop to validate the Country Report and Business Plan on Mainstreaming Land Governance in the National Agricultural Investment Plan.

le gouvernement brésilien de Michel Temer (droite) a publié un décret ouvrant la voie à l’exploitation minière par des compagnies privées d’une vaste zone de plus de 46 000 Km2, un territoire plus grand que la Suisse, au sein de la forêt amazonienne.

Dans le cadre de l’octroi de dix mille hectares à des Marocains, le collectif des habitants de Dodel, dans le département de Podor, a déposé son recours devant la chambre administrative de la Cour suprême, le lundi 28 août 2017.

Un projet pilote destiné à encourager les investissements agricoles responsables a été lancé en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).

Em 2016, organizações da sociedade civil acusaram os governos dos três países envolvidos no ProSavana de pretenderem impor o programa com um plano director que ameaçava a população e romperam o diálogo para a sua harmonização.

The government said it wants to protect local farmers and prevent foreigners from taking over natural resources.

Between 2002 and 2011 the Papua New Guinea government issued more than 75 SABL leases covering more than 50,000 square kilometres of land. The leases were the subject of a Commission of Inquiry which found widespread fraud and other abuses.