The Oakland Institute Press Releases

• Published on September 4, 2018 - 19:30 GMT

  

  New Revelations on Tax Evasion and Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea

  OAKLAND, CA, USA, September 4, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- New Revelations on Tax Evasion and Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • Despite public outrage and government promises, the financial records of logging …

  Distribution channels: Agriculture, Farming & Forestry Industry, Environment ...
• Published on April 17, 2018 - 13:00 GMT

  

  World Bank's Ranking Programs on their Last Legs

  A Death Knell for Enabling the Business of Agriculture OAKLAND, CA, USA, April 17, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- As government officials from around the globe descend on Washington D.C. this week for the World Bank’s spring meetings, a new brief by the …

  Distribution channels: Agriculture, Farming & Forestry Industry, Business & Economy ...
• Published on February 14, 2018 - 23:03 GMT

  

  Ethiopian Indigenous Anuak Leader Okello Akway Ochalla is Free!

  OAKLAND, CA, USA, February 14, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On February 14, 2018, Mr. Okello Akway Ochalla, an indigenous Anuak leader, Norwegian citizen, and the former Governor of the Gambella region of Ethiopia, was released after being held as a …

  Distribution channels: Environment, Human Rights ...
• Published on October 18, 2017 - 11:07 GMT

  

  Countries Reject Plans for the Expansion of Aviation Biofuels

  Biofuels are not the solution to airlines’ growing CO2 emissions OAKLAND, CA, USA, October 18, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On October 13, 25 countries convened by the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) rejected the 2050 Vision on …

  Distribution channels: Agriculture, Farming & Forestry Industry, Aviation & Aerospace Industry ...
• Published on October 3, 2017 - 13:00 GMT

  

  Palestine: For Land and Life

  New research documents Palestinian resistance & resilience 70 years after the Nakba & 100 years after the Balfour Declaration OAKLAND, CA, USA, October 3, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, the Oakland Institute releases Palestine: For Land and …

  Distribution channels: Agriculture, Farming & Forestry Industry, Environment ...
• Published on March 20, 2017 - 09:58 GMT

  

  Sri Lankan Government Fails on Promises of Resettlement, Demilitarization, and Reconciliation

  OAKLAND, CA, USA, March 19, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meets to discuss transitional justice and human rights in post-war Sri Lanka, a new report from the Oakland Institute, Justice Denied, exposes the …

  Distribution channels: Human Rights, International Organizations ...
• Published on February 6, 2017 - 17:00 GMT

  

  Erik Prince: Trump’s Knight in America’s New Crusade?

  OAKLAND, CA, USA, February 6, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Return of Erik Prince: Trump’s Knight in America’s New Crusade? a new brief from the Oakland Institute, exposes the comeback of the founder of Blackwater, the notorious private security company. …

  Distribution channels: Banking, Finance & Investment Industry, International Organizations ...
• Published on January 19, 2017 - 16:00 GMT

  

  Civil Society Denounces World Bank’s Scheme to Hijack Farmers’ Rights to Seeds

  OAKLAND, CA, USA, January 19, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ahead of World Bank’s release of the 2017 “Enabling the Business of Agriculture”(EBA) report this month, 157 organizations and academics from around the world denounce the Bank’s scheme to hijack …

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• Published on September 27, 2016 - 13:00 GMT

  

  Miracle or Mirage? Manufacturing Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia

  OAKLAND, CA, USA, September 27, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As months of protest and civil unrest hurl Ethiopia into a severe political crisis, a new report from the Oakland Institute debunks the myth that Ethiopia is the new “African Lion.” Miracle or …

  Distribution channels: Agriculture, Farming & Forestry Industry, Business & Economy ...
• Published on August 30, 2016 - 13:00 GMT

  

  Herakles Farms: US Government Bullied Cameroon into Land Grab Lease

  OAKLAND, CA, USA, August 30, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the Cameroonian government decides whether or not to extend Herakles Farms’ lease for a palm oil plantation this November, a new report by the Oakland Institute reveals how bullying by US …

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