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News - Plantations

Indonesia’s forest communities victims of ‘legal land grabs’

16th Nov 2013
Indonesia’s rainforests are facing “legal land grabs,” nongovernmental organizations have alleged. Its ancient communities are finding that ancestral lands are slipping into the hands of foreign companies for oil palm cultivation. (Jakarta Post)

When bad development happens to good people

19th Sep 2013
The development of industrial-scale agriculture may be helping Cambodia to increase its exports and improve its economy, but the local villagers say it provides little benefit to them. (Lei Win / Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Palm cultivators sentenced for causing forced displacement in Curvaradó

5th Sep 2013
Due to the tireless work of the Inter-Church Commision for Justice and Peace and the courage of the communities that they represent, some of the palm cultivators who directly benefited from the human rights violations in the Chocó area, are now being brought to justice (ABColombia)

Starvation and poverty in Indonesia

2nd Sep 2013
Civil society organisations appeal for suspension of MIFEE project in Papua pending redress for local communities (FPP)

Biofuels get a dubious boost

12th Jul 2013
In an unexpected move, European parliamentarians have approved a new biofuel regulation that will take emissions from indirect land use change into account. The new text allows the biofuel sector to expand, sending a clear signal to world food markets and jeopardising food security for the world’s poorest. (Bauwens / IPS)

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