Philippines: Palm Oil Plantation In Misamis Oriental Has No Right To Occupy Indigenous Lands IFFM Says

Philippines: Palm Oil Plantation In Misamis Oriental Has No Right To Occupy Indigenous Lands IFFM Says   An International Fact-Finding Mission (IFFM) on the landgrabbing of indigenous peoples’ lands in Opol, Misamis Oriental in Southern Philippines today confirmed that A. Brown Company, Inc. has no right to operate in the 520-hectares of public land from which it forcibly displaced hundreds of families from the Higaonon tribe.   In a dialogue with the Department of Environment and...

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