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News - Plantations

Sime Darby has contingency plan prepared for Indonesian cap on foreign ownership

1st Sep 2014
Sime Darby, major exporter of palm oil, has a contingency plan ready for a possible change in legislation on foreign ownership of plantation land in Indonesia. (Ee Ann Nee / The Sun Daily)

China province eyes $300 mln investment in Ugandan farming

27th Aug 2014
China's Sichuan province is in talks to invest $300 million in cotton, rice and fruit production in Uganda, a senior Ugandan official said on Wednesday. (Elias Biryabarema / Reuters)

Communities protest that UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil is poised to seize land in Liberia

24th Jun 2014
The UK-listed company, Equatorial Palm Oil, which is threatening to seize land owned by Liberians in defiance of commitments by Liberia’s President, receive a visit from affected communities, who deliver a petition with over 90,000 signatures, reminding EPO that it does not have community consent to expand onto their lands (Global Witness)

Can Pepsi and Coke end land grabs for sugar?

3rd Jun 2014
Since Oxfam reported sugar land conflicts last year, two big buyers – Coca-Cola and PepsiCo – have stepped in with new supplier policies. But they have a long way to go. (The Guardian)

8M ha eyed for oil palm plantations

26th May 2014
Environment Secretary of Philippines, Ramon Paje, proposed the conversion of some 8 million hectares of idle, denuded and unproductive lands across the country into oil palm plantations. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

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