Showing posts with label Southeast Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southeast Asia. Show all posts

Monday, May 13, 2013

Rubber barons and land grabbing in Southeast Asia

Global Witness has produced an excellent report on collusion between Vietnamese state-owned enterprises, local government officials and Deutsche Bank in grabbing land in Laos and Cambodia in order to expand rubber plantations, to meet growing worldwide demand for rubber. Watch the summary: