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UN Under Fire Over Choice of 'Corporate Puppet' as Envoy at Key Food Summit

The Guardian

March 12, 2020

A global summit on food security is at risk of being dominated by big business at the expense of farmers and social movements, according to the UN's former food expert.

As Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed Collects the Nobel Peace Prize, Abuses in the Lower Omo Valley Must Be Addressed

LifeGate

December 10, 2019

Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for achieving peace with Eritrea. Yet Indigenous groups in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley have been abused by government forces, a fact the prime minister must address, says the Oakland Institute.

Ukraine, the Land of Quid Pro Quos

Common Dreams

November 13, 2019

If we are to take the matter of quid pro quos seriously, we should take the measure of over US$20 billion of aid forcing Ukraine to privatize its land and its economy for the profit of a few Western interests.

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

Mongabay

June 11, 2019

A dam in southern Ethiopia built to supply electricity to cities and control the flow of water for irrigating industrial agriculture has led to the displacement and loss of livelihoods of indigenous groups, the Oakland Institute has found.

Kidnapping, Torture, and Stolen Land: The Brutal Reality of Ethiopia's New Sugar Wars

Vice

Ethiopia's Mursi tribe says they were imprisoned and tortured to protect Chinese sugar plantations.
The Swedish Energy Agency has Stopped Buying Carbon Credits from Green Resources' Destructive Plantations in Uganda

REDD Monitor

The Swedish Energy Agency has cancelled its contract to buy carbon credits from Green Resources. The Swedish Energy Agency has finally recognised the...
Sweden Drops Uganda Forest Carbon Deal with Green Resources Due to Unresolved Land Disputes

Development Today

After four years in limbo, the Swedish Energy Agency is terminating its agreement with the Norwegian forestry company Green Resources for the purchase of carbon credits from the Kachung pine plantation in Uganda, citing unresolved disputes with local people over land use, an agency spokesperson confirms to Development Today.
A False Forest in Uganda

The Upstream Journal

How a project claiming sustainable development and climate change mitigation brought human rights abuse and environmental destruction.

What connects Ugandan farmers, a Norwegian company, Sweden and Caribbean Pine trees? A questionable project that claims to fight climate change, but instead drew attention for human rights abuse and...
Report: Sarawakian logging firms party to Papua New Guinea’s deforestation

Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 -- Malaysian companies from Sarawak are allegedly trespassing while carrying out logging activities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and contributing towards deforestation in the island nation, Sarawak Report (SR) wrote today.
As Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed Collects the Nobel Peace Prize, Abuses in the Lower Omo Valley Must Be Addressed

LifeGate

Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for achieving peace with Eritrea. Yet Indigenous groups in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley have been abused by government forces, a fact the prime minister must address, says the Oakland Institute.