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Liberia spending too little on agriculture
Civil society raises concerns on prioritization of land allocation to foreign investors and insufficient public agricultural budget MONROVIA (LIBERIA),...
12 September, 2013European investments assist land grabs in Liberia
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) / MONROVIA (LIBERIA), June 24, 2013 - European banks, pension funds and private equity funds have given...
24 June, 2013Nigeria: oil giant Shell criticized over Nigeria pipelines ‘sabotage’ claims
Friends of the Earth International and Amnesty International AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – Claims by Shell that sabotage is responsible...
19 June, 2013Governments urged to limit weed killer found in humans
WASHINGTON DC / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) June 17, 2013 – Friends of the Earth International today urged governments around the...
17 June, 2013Free trade and investment agreements under fire by civil society
WASHINGTON (DC), May 27, 2013 – Immediately following the latest round of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations in Lima, Peru...
27 May, 2013European banks and pension funds fuel land grabs in Uganda
KAMPALA (UGANDA) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) May 21, 2013 – European banks and pension funds are funding palm oil giant...
21 May, 2013Everest ‘climbing for climate justice’ expedition aims to break world records
KATHMANDU (NEPAL) May 8, 2013 – A Nepalese expedition 'Climbing for Climate Justice' led by four-time world record climber...
08 May, 2013World Bank must end support for Honduran palm oil company implicated in dozens of murders
WASHINGTON (DC), MARCH 19 2013 -- Today several Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) condemned a statement by the World Bank’s International...
19 March, 2013Land 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...
01 February, 2013Dutch 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...
30 January, 2013