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- Video Testimony from Liberia by Woman Whose Land was Absorbed into Oil Palm Plantation
- This woman tells a public meeting about her experience and what happened to her land. Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities, warn Liberian NGOs. On the eve of a United Nations meeting in Liberia, Friends of the Earth International is backing the local NGOs’ demands - including renegotiation of contracts for land concessions and a reassessment of the Liberian agricultural development strategy on which these concessions are based.
- Land grabs and human rights violations exposed in Liberia ahead of global development summit
- MONROVIA, LIBERIA, February 1st, 2013 – Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities, warn Liberian NGOs including Friends of the Earth Liberia (SDI - Sustainable Development Institute), Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) and Social Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development (SESDev).
- Land grabs and human rights violations exposed in Liberia ahead of global development summit
- MONROVIA, LIBERIA, February 1st, 2013 – Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities, warn Liberian NGOs including Friends of the Earth Liberia (SDI - Sustainable Development Institute), Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) and Social Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development (SESDev).
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Concession Agreement with Sime Darby
- Amended and restated Concession Agreement Between The Republic of Liberia and Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc, April 30, 2009
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Concession Agreement with Golden Veroleum
- An Act to Ratify The Concession Agreement Between The Republic of Liberia and Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc., September 1, 2010
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Human rights analysis
- Human rights-based analysis of the agricultural concession agreements between Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum and the Government of Liberia Tom
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- FoE Mozambique/Justiçia Ambiental!
- 'Justiça Ambiental’ (JA!) means environmental justice, while ‘JA’ means ‘now’, in Portuguese. JA! was formally registered in 2004, but founded in the late 1990s by a group of friends who were concerned about the manner in which Mozambique was developing in the unregulated global economy. In particular, we were concerned that our leaders were uncritically adopting a pattern of destructive foreign-investment-driven industrial development.
- Dutch Court ruling against Shell a partial victory
- THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, January 30, 2013 – Today a Dutch court ruled that Shell Nigeria is responsible for polluting farmlands in a landmark case brought by four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth Netherlands.
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Fact Sheet - Sime Darby and land grabs in Liberia
- The contracts for land concessions signed by Sime Darby and the Liberian Government violate several Human Rights principles in conventions ratified by the Liberian Government as well as principles enshrined in Liberian Law. Affected communities and civil society have organised to demand from the company and Liberian Government that communities’ rights are recognized and contracts between Sime Darby and the Government are renegotiated. Read more in this fact sheet.
