PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Plantation Investment (Liberia) Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP), has fully disposed of Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc. The disposal of 100% equity interest to Mano Palm Oil Industries Ltd was completed on Wednesday for a cash…

Six clans in Foya, Lofa County have officially informed the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) that they have identified themselves as separate land communities, completing the first step to acquire legal ownership of land for customary communities in Liberia. The six clans include Upper and Lower Tengia…

  From 2009 until 2015, Namati and its partners Centro Terra Viva (CTV) in Mozambique, the Land and Equity Movement in Uganda (LEMU), and the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) in Liberia supported more than 140 communities to document and protect their customary land rights. Namati, its…

Individuals from Indonesia and Liberia embroiled in land disputes with oil palm plantations have visited the Netherlands to call on the Dutch banks facilitating these companies’ operations to take action. The companies in question are PT Astra Agro Lestari in Indonesia and Golden Veroleum Liberia,…

GOKAI TOWN, BONG COUNTY – Gormah Mulbah and her five children were thrown out of their home last year after her husband died. Her late husband’s family was angry she refused to marry his younger brother. While she thought all hope was lost, a man—whose identify she would not reveal over reprisal—…

Women Movement for Sustainable Development (WOMUD) on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, launched the Women’s Participation in the Natural Resources Sectors Report under the title, “Strengthening the Voices of Women in the ongoing land debate in the country.” The purpose of the program is to promote women’s…

The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will holistically empower women across the country, Cecelia Kuetee, a resident of Nimba County, has said. Madam Kuetee expressed the hope to see a society where women, who…

The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will holistically empower women across the country, Cecelia Kuetee, a resident of Nimba County, has said. Madam Kuetee expressed the hope to see a society where women, who…

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and three Liberian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have agreed to work with 24 communities in eight of the country’s 15 counties to bring two million acres of land under full community ownership and control. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on…

MONROVIA – One of the decisive moments in social justice advocacies for land rights in the recent history of Liberia came in 2011, when rural communities, wrote a letter of complaint against the Sime Darby Plantation Company to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The communities letter…

MONROVIA –  The government of Liberia and major stakeholders in the forestland sector are developing guidelines for rural communities to accept and reject concessions targeted for their lands, a move advocates are hailing would curb land grab and strengthen the relationship between concessionaires…

Date: 14 mai 2019 Source: Farmlandgrab, Commodafrica Equatorial Palm Oil Plc (EPO), société côté au AIM de Londres et dont l’actionnaire majoritaire est le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a annoncé des pertes de $4, 732 milliards au 1er semestre clôt le 31 mars, en hausse de 127% par rapport…