Mine joint-owned by Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is polluting community in Guinea, villagers say
A company joint-owned by Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has been accused of human rights breaches over the treatment of people living near a mine in the African nation of Guinea. Key points: Villagers in Guinea say a jointly-owned Australian mine is polluting their farmlands and waterways The villagers say productivity on nearby pastures has […]
Bauxite mine co-owned by Rio Tinto ‘breaching human rights’
Time for a mind shift at ADB on displacing the poor
Every year, millions of people around the world are forcibly displaced from their lands, homes and livelihoods to make way for large-scale development projects. Most often those who are forced to sacrifice their place on Earth for both public and private interests are among the poorest and most vulnerable people in society, and thus the […]
World Bank told to investigate links to Ethiopia villagisation project
Is the European Commission sweet on land grabbing? Trade benefits, sugarcane concessions and dispossession in Cambodia – UPDATED
Before you reach for that Tate and Lyle sugar packet to sweeten your coffee, you might want to think twice. While most Tate and Lyle sugar packets carry the Fair Trade label, Cambodian farmers who were displaced and dispossessed by their suppliers say that if you are buying this product, you are buying their blood. […]
Cambodia: Securing compensation for ANZ-backed land grab
The ADB involuntary resettlement policy: Fifteen years on, the poorest still bear the brunt of development
It has been more than 15 years since the Asian Development Bank (ADB) adopted a policy on involuntary resettlement with the objective of ensuring that “displaced people are at least as well-off as they would have been in the absence of the [ADB-financed] project.” The rationale behind the policy was a shift away from the […]
The World Bank Struggles With Its Resettlement Policy In Cambodia
In October the World Bank Inspection Panel will submit its report to the Bank’s Board of Directors on the Cambodia Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP). The Panel is investigating whether the design and implementation of LMAP constituted non-compliance with World Bank operational policies on involuntary resettlement and project supervision, and whether harm was suffered […]