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13 Feb 2018

Colombia: NGO report examines land grabbing due to industrial projects in Orinoquia region

This report examines the grabbing of land and territories by political, economic and armed groups in the Colombian Orinoquia region and how agro-industrial, energy, mining, forestry and infrastructure projects have negatively affected local communities and indigenous peoples.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the main companies mentioned in this report: Cargill, Corficolombiana, Ecopetrol, New Granada Energy, Riopaila-Castilla and Poligrow.  New Granada Energy declined to respond, and Corficolombiana, Ecopetrol, Riopaila-Castilla and Poligrow responded in Spanish only.  Cargill’s response is available.