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In response to the RSPO Complaints Panel’s damning verdict on GOLDEN VEROLEUM LIBERIA (GVL) – a verdict upheld on appeal – GVL has announced a decision to 'voluntarily withdraw' its RSPO membership.

En réponse au verdict accablant rendu par le Comité des plaintes de la RSPO concernant GOLDEN VEROLEUM LIBERIA (GVL) – verdict maintenu en appel (voir le dossier au complet ici) – GVL a annoncé sa décision de « retirer temporairement » son adhésion à la RSPO.

En respuesta al veredicto condenatorio del Panel de Quejas de la RSPO sobre GOLDEN VEROLEUM LIBERIA (GVL) - un veredicto en apelación  (caso completo aquí) – GVL ha anunciado la decisión de "retirar voluntariamente" su membresía RSPO.

Menanggapi keputusan yang memberatkan dari Panel Pengaduan RSPO mengenai GOLDEN VEROLEUM LIBERIA (GVL) – sebuah putusan yang mendukung banding yang diajukan (kasus lengkapnya dapat dilihat di sini) - GVL telah mengumumkan keputusan untuk 'menarik diri secara sukarela' dari keanggotaan RSPO-nya.

For many, the idea of a national park is still one of a wilderness free of human presence in the Yellowstone model: ‘an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain

Pour beaucoup, l’idée d’un parc national est celle d’une nature sauvage sans présence humaine, sur le modèle de Yellowstone : « un endroit où la terre et sa communauté vivante ne sont pas entravés par l’homme, où l’homme est lui-même un visiteur qui ne reste pas » selon les termes de la

Para muchos un parque nacional sigue siendo un espacio natural libre de la presencia humana como en el modelo de Yellowstone: «áreas donde la Tierra y su comunidad viviente esté libre de la influencia del hombre, y donde el propio hombre sea un visitante que no permanezca», según las pal

Bagi banyak orang, gambaran tentang taman nasional masih merupakan satu padang belantara yang bebas dari kehadiran manusia seperti Yellowstone: 'daerah di mana bumi dan komunitas kehidupannya bebas dari manusia, di mana manusia sendiri adalah pengunjung yang tidak tinggal

The complaints procedure of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is one of the options available to communities threatened by the negative impacts of the palm oil industry. Drawing on direct experiences of supporting communities to use the RSPO complaints mechanism in Indonesia and Liberia, this review summarises how communities can get the most out of this procedure. Realistic outcomes include a temporary freeze on plantation development by palm oil companies while longer term solutions are negotiated.

La procédure de plainte de la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable (RSPO) est l’un des mécanismes pouvant être utilisés par les communautés menacées par les impacts négatifs de l’industrie de l’huile de palme afin de protéger leurs droits.

El procedimiento de quejas y reclamos de la Mesa Redonda sobre el Aceite de Palma Sostenible (RSPO) es una de las opciones disponibles para las comunidades amenazadas por los impactos negativos de la industria del aceite de palma. Con base en las experiencias directas de apoyo a las comunidades para utilizar el mecanismo de quejas y reclamos de la RSPO en Indonesia y Liberia, este documento resume la forma en la cual las comunidades pueden sacar un mayor provecho de este procedimiento.

The Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) concession agreement was concluded on 16th August 2010 and provides a lease for 220,000 ha of land to GVL in Liberia's southern counties. Community grievances concerning the loss of land to the company, the destruction of crops and water sources, the lack of respect for communities' rights to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in land acquisition and associated allegations of intimidation, arrests and harassment directed at community leaders, led to several complaints.

This is the fourteenth chapter of 'Conflict or Consent? The oil palm sector at a crossroads'.IntroductionAn increasing trend in large-scale land acquisitions has been observed globally since about 2007 driven by rising food commodity prices, amongst other factors. This phenomenon has attracted the label of ‘land-grab’ due to widespread concern over the threats it presents to the human rights of communities living from the land being acquired. Africa has arguably been the region most affected by such land deals and the authors of this study have recently witnessed this trend in Cameroon. Coinciding with the moratorium on palm oil in Indonesia in 2011, at least four new large-scale oil palm plantation projects have been announced in Cameroon and several existing oil palm and rubber plantations are seeking to expand their current land allocations. This paper examines an oil palm plantation project planned by BioPalm/SIVA in the Océan department of Cameroon. It assesses the plans and processes undertaken by the project proponents, reports on the views of local communities and analyses the project’s compliance with national and international laws, with particular emphasis on the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

This is the twelth chapter of 'Conflict or Consent? The oil palm sector at a crossroads'.Introduction:Sime Darby’s oil palm and rubber concession in Grand Cape Mount county in northwest Liberia has come under sharp national and international focus after a complaint was submitted under the RSPO New Plantings Procedure (NPP) in November 2011. The complaint, submitted by communities affected by the concession, claimed that their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) had not been sought, and that the destruction of their farmlands by the company in order to plant palm oil was leaving them destitute. Sime Darby’s concession also includes land in the neighbouring counties of Bomi, Gbarpolu and Bong.This case study, based on field research conducted in February 2012, assesses the nature and extent of community involvement in the acquisition of land for Sime Darby’s concession in Grand Cape Mount, in particular with regard to whether the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent was respected.1 See page 315 for Sime Darby’s own map of the new plantings area and affected towns in Grand Cape Mount county.

This report summarises the findings from an independent assessment by Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) of the processes employed by Herakles/SGSOC to obtain the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of communities to be affected by their palm oil development project in Mundemba and Nguti Subdivisions in South West Cameroon. This assessment is framed in terms of the obligations on the company and government of Cameroon to comply with international law with respect to protecting community rights, and especially the need to secure the FPIC of local and indigenous peoples over the development of their customary lands.  

Click here to read the report (in English only).