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6 days ago | 
fr.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider
Les gendarmes camerounais ont, à la fin du mois de mars, fait usage de gaz lacrymogènes pour disperser des villageois qui manifestaient contre la replantation de palmiers à huile sur des terres en litige. Les villageois soutiennent que les terres auraient dû leur être restituées et accusent la Socapalm de recourir à la force et à l’intimidation pour les empêcher de les récupérer.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider |Terna Gyuse
Cameroonian villagers protesting on March 25 against plantation company Socapalm’s replanting of oil palm trees on disputed land were dispersed with tear gas by local law enforcement. Villagers say the land is part of 3,712 hectares (9,173 acres) that Socapalm was supposed to return under a 2000 lease, but the company denies this. Armed security escorted Socapalm workers despite a local official’s previous statement that replanting required an agreement with villagers.
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1 month ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider
Researchers policymakers, and civil society gathered at the African Urban Forest Forum in Johannesburg to discuss the role of urban forests in African cities. The forum centered on how trees can make cities more climate-resilient, providing more equitable access to green spaces, and finding sustainable financing strategy for urban forests.
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1 month ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider
The U.S. foreign aid freeze blocks the establishment of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area (MPA). The MPA was being created under the Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA), a USAID-funded program that aimed to restore pelagic fish stocks crucial for the country’s food security. Ghana’s small pelagics, consisting mostly of sardines, anchovy and mackerels, make up about 60% of local fish landings and serve as a primary source of protein for almost two-thirds of the country’s population.
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1 month ago | 
fr.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider
Le gouvernement guinéen a délivré un permis à une entreprise australienne pour extraire de l’or dans une zone abritant des chimpanzés d’Afrique de l’Ouest en danger critique. Le rapport d’évaluation des impacts du projet prévoit qu’il aura des impacts durables sur la faune du Parc national du Haut-Niger. Un agent a confié à Mongabay que le ministère de l’Environnement avait poussé l’entreprise à abandonner ses ambitions d’extraire dans la zone tampon du parc.
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2 months ago | 
farmlandgrab.org | Victoria Schneider
Mongabay | 3 February 2025No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberiaby Victoria SchneiderMore than a year late, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation has finally submitted its response to an investigation that found evidence of grave human rights violations at the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) that it helps fund in Liberia.
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2 months ago | 
news.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider
With one year delay, the International Finance Corporation has submitted its response to an investigation of human rights violations at a rubber project in Liberia to the World Bank’s board. While the case was pending, Socfin, the Belgian parent company of Salala Rubber Corporation, sold the plantation, creating uncertainty over its commitment to taking responsibility for failures identified by the IFC’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
farmlandgrab.org | Victoria Schneider
Mongabay 27 June 2024Investigation confirms more abuses on Cameroon, Sierra Leone Socfin plantationsby Victoria Schneider Findings from a second round of investigations into allegations of human rights abuses on plantations owned by Belgian company Socfin have been published. Supply chain consultancy Earthworm Foundation found evidence of sexual violence and land conflict, following similar findings from other plantations in West and Central Africa published in December 2023.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider
Findings from a second round of investigations into allegations of human rights abuses on plantations owned by Belgian company Socfin have been published. Supply chain consultancy Earthworm Foundation found evidence of sexual violence and land conflict, following similar findings from other plantations in West and Central Africa published in December 2023.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | Victoria Schneider
Nine months after its Inspection Panel registered allegations of gross human rights violations linked to a $150 million project in southern Tanzania, the World Bank has suspended further payments. People living near one of the project sites, Ruaha National Park, accuse rangers of killings, sexual assault and livestock seizures as well as preventing farmers from accessing their land in connection with a project aimed at improving management and infrastructure at the park.
