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This report is based on consultations with Sime Darby affected areas in Grand Cape Mount with regard to reform of Liberia's Land Policy and how government law and policy can in future fit with community customary practices and community self-determined development priorities, and prevent future conflict of the kind experienced in relation to the Sime Darby concession in Grand Cape Mount.
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This report analyses both contracts for their compliance to national law, international human rights standards and RSPO standards. It also summarises international recommendations and jurisprudence specific to Liberia.
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This paper compares baseline data and changes in food security and livelihoods surrounding one of Liberia's largest concessions, granted in 2009 to Malaysian palm oil company Sime Darby. It presents the initial findings of field research conducted in March 2012 which compares household survey data, conducted in communities currently affected by appropriation of agricultural space to those that will be affected in the next year, complemented by qualitative data from community representatives, local leaders, NGOs and government. The data reveals negative impacts and opportunities for managing food insecurity and loss of livelihoods as plantation grounds expand.
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This report by Greenpeace charts the rapid expansion of the palm oil industry in western and central Africa by multinational companies through a series of large-scale plantation projects. It includes a case study of Sime Darby's operations in Liberia.
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This report by Global Witness, the International Land Coalition and the Oakland Institute, examines why it is vital to transform the secretive culture behind large scale land deals and sets out in what tools governments, companies and citizens can harness to ensure that this happens.
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In SDI's Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor article in the New York Times he details how between 2006 and 2011, President Sirleaf has granted more than a third of Liberia’s land to private investors to use for logging, mining and agro-industrial enterprises and how her administration is retricting use all the legal and advocacy tools at their disposal to safeguard their lands. He argues that the government must place Liberia’s citizens ahead of corporations and involve them in government decisions that affect their lands and livelihoods.
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This report traces the socio-economic and environmental impacts of foreign direct investment in the iron ore and palm oil sectors of Liberia. It explores how FDI perceived by communities who live in areas that are most affected by large-scale investment projects and to whether Liberia’s policy of attracting FDI strengthens or weakens the conditions for sustainable peace and equitable economic development in the country.
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This report by FoE France and Basta looks at the impact of Sime Darby operations in Liberia and how EU policies are driving palm oil expansion.
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This case study, based on field research conducted in February 2012, assesses the nature and extent of community involvement in the acquisition of land for Sime Darby’s concession in Grand Cape Mount, in particular with regard to whether the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent was respected
2011
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This briefing sets out the improvements made to Liberia's draft petroleum policy paper including the separation of regulatory and operational mandates but also highlights weaknesses that, if left unaddressed, would leave the oil sector at risk of financial mismanagement.
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2010
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2009
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This report by Global Witness names some of the major banks who have done business with corrupt regimes and details how Charles' Taylor had access to the global banking system via Citibank. It sets out what governments, regulators and banks need to do in order to tackle complicity with corruption.