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Rubber firm has plans in Cambodia
- 28 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Kuala Lumpur-based Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV), the third-largest palm oil operator in the world, said it plans to cultivate rubber inside Cambodia. “We are . . . consolidating by expanding into countries like Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos – planting other crops such as rubber,” ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062866536/Business/rubber-firm-has-plans-in-cambodia.html
Call for Arsenal to Drop Links With Rubber Firm
- 27 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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An online petition has been launched calling on English Premier League football club Arsenal to break its ties with a Vietnamese rubber company accused of land grabbing and deforestation in Cambodia. A report by London-based Global Witness this month named Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) as ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/call-for-arsenal-to-drop-links-with-rubber-firm-26801/
Hun Sen Hopes for Increased Rubber Exports
- 16 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that he hoped land being registered to rural families as part of the government’s nationwide land-titling program would be used to cultivate rubber trees in order to help the country compete with Vietnam as the world’s third-largest rubber exporter. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hopes-for-increased-rubber-exports-24502/
IFC, Deutsche Bank respond to Global Witness report
- 14 May 2013
- Radio Free Asia
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On May 13, we ran an interview with London-based NGO Global Witness accusing the Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation of financing two Vietnamese rubber companies that are allegedly involved in land grabs in Cambodia and Laos. We asked both banks for a response ...
Vietnam rubber tycoon rejects land grabbing accusations
- 14 May 2013
- Thanh Nien News
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A Vietnamese rubber tycoon has rejected accusations by Global Witness, a group that campaigns on resource issues, that it was involved in a land grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia. Doan Nguyen Duc, the chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group, told Vietnamese media the information ...
Cambodia Plantations Not IFC’s First Controversy
- 14 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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In the wake of a new report from environmental rights group Global Witness rebuking the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank for investing in rubber plantations accused of illegal logging and forced evictions, both institutions have denied responsibility and deflected the blame ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-plantations-not-ifcs-first-controversy-23793/