The World Bank Safeguard Review and Update cannot be successful without explicitly ensuring that implementation is a central concern at every stage of policy review and expressly addressed…
The traditional chiefs of Collingwood Bay in Papua New Guinea's Northern Province have filed a complaint with the RSPO accusing the Malaysian Company, Kuala Lumpur Kepong, of acting contrary to the…
Recent research carried out by scientific research bodies in Venezuela shows that 92% of indigenous women of the Caura river, a major affluent of the Orinoco, have levels of mercury poisoning higher…
International and Indonesian civil society organisations' complaint on transparency and corporate social responsibility of Wilmar International regarding treatment of civil society queries in…
This video, produced by the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI), includes interviews with individuals from various NGOs, including FPP and Sawit Watch, during the Public Forum on…
A coalition of NGOs, including Forest Peoples Programme, have written to the President of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, to encourage the World Bank to elevate secure community land rights as a…
Terusan desa di Kalimantan Barat (Indonesia) di pulau Kalimantan benar-benar dikelilingi oleh perkebunan kelapa sawit. Penduduk desa menanam padi dan karet di tanah leluhur mereka. Baru-baru ini,…
Terusan village in West-Kalimantan (Indonesia) on the island of Borneo is completely surrounded by oil palm. The villagers grow rice and rubber on their ancestral lands. Recently, an oil palm company…
The "land grabbing" in Africa and elsewhere often triggers conflict, an underreported financial risk.Samuel Nguiffo is the Secretary General of the Centre for Environment and Development (CED),…
