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---POUR PUBLICATION IMMEDIATE---EMBARGO 31 Mars 2014, 10 am EDT CONTACT MEDIA: Frédéric [email protected]+ 1 510 512 54 58 OAKLAND, Californie (31 Mars) - Aujourd'hui, l'Oakland Institute et /The Rules en collaboration avec d'autres ONG, organisations paysannes et de consommateurs du monde entier lancent une campagn, Nos terres, Notre Business, visant à dénoncer le rôle de la Banque Mondiale dans le phénomène d’accaparement des terres et des ressources naturelles qui touche les populations les plus pauvres dans le monde.

The communities of the northern Senegalese region of Ndiaël stand in opposition against the Senhuile-Sénéthanol project, which deprives them of access to their lands and threatens their basic means of subsistence. The actions of this Italian-Senegalese company pose a grave threat to the food sovereignty of 9,000 inhabitants in the affected region. This land grab was implemented without taking into account the rights of the local people.

Take actionFor Immediate ReleaseContact: [email protected]; +1-510-512-5458 Oakland, CA: A new report released by the Oakland Institute reveals how the lives and livelihoods of more than 9,000 pastoralists and a protected ecosystem in northwestern Senegal are directly threatened by a foreign-controlled 20,000-hectare plantation.

For Immediate ReleaseContacts:Ardo Sow, Ndiaël Collective (FR) - [email protected], +34 639317989Frédéric Mousseau, The Oakland Institute (EN, FR): [email protected], +1 510 512 54 58Katia Roux, Peuples Solidaires (FR, EN): [email protected], +33 6 72321824 Farmers and herders from northwestern Senegal have travelled to Europe to demand the scrapping of a land deal that threatens the lives and livelihoods of some 9,000 people.

--Embargoed until 9:00 a.m. EST, Tuesday, February 18, 2014-- MEDIA CONTACT:Kristen Thomaselli(202) 471-4228 ext. [email protected], Calif. (Feb. 18) -- The wolves of Wall Street are eyeing millions of acres of U.S.

View as PDF Mr. Olivier De SchutterSpecial Rapporteur on the Right to Food Mr. John KnoxIndependent Expert on human rights and the environment Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Maina KiaiSpecial Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association January 28, 2014 Dear Mr. Kiai, Mr. De Schutter, and Mr.

For Immediate Release January 27, 2014MEDIA CONTACT: Anuradha Mittal, 510-469-5228; [email protected] Frederic Mousseau, 510-512-5458; [email protected] Oakland, CA – In a historic move, the US Congress has taken a stance on land grabs-related human rights abuses in Ethiopia.

Facing intimidation, Argentine communities and students continue demanding Harvard University halt timber plantation expansion in protected wetlandsOn Thursday, December 5 at 9am, community organizations in rural Argentina began protesting the expansion of Harvard University’s timber plantations into the world’s second largest wetlands, Esteros del Iberá, and the endangerment of the rights and livelihoods of nearby communities.The action follows the October release of a report by the student-led Responsible Investment at Harvard Coalition and the California-based Oakland Institute titled, “Har

Yaoundé - 25 novembre 2013 : Le Chef de l'Etat a signé ce jour trois décrets portant attribution de concessions provisoires de terres agricoles au bénéfice de la société SGSOC dans les arrondissements de Nguti, Toko et Mundemba, dans la région du Sud-Ouest. Ces décrets marquent, sur de nombreux points, une rupture avec les pratiques observées sur le terrain depuis la signature de la convention d'établissement entre SGSOC et l'Etat du Cameroun, en 2009. La rupture s'observe principalement sur les points suivants: 1.

Greenpeace Africa and the Oakland Institute are alarmed by the decision of the Cameroonian government to award US agribusiness company Herakles Farms a three-year provisional land lease to develop a palm oil plantation in the Southwest region of the country.