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| 01 Mar 2017
Our endorsement of the Open Letter of the Mozambican civil society organisations to JICA entitled "Protest against JICA’s action to the Mozambican society under the ProSAVANA programme" |
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No to ProSavana | 01 Mar 2017
This is the first letter that peasants and civil society organisations of Mozambique that are part of the “No to ProSavana Campaign” send to JICA. |
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Reuters | 28 Feb 2017
One of Africa's largest palm oil companies that is majority-owned by the British government through foreign aid funding has failed to meet a promise to improve housing for its Congolese workers or pay them on time, investigations have revealed. |
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Oakland Institute | 28 Feb 2017
A landmark report from the Oakland Institute elevates the voices of communities across the country who are opposing the theft of their land, made possible by the corrupt practices of local officials and foreign logging and palm oil companies. |
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ICJ | 27 Feb 2017
The Government of Myanmar should impose a moratorium on the development of SEZs until it can ensure SEZs can be developed inline with international human rights laws and standards, said the ICJ at a report launch held today in Yangon. |
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Sudan Vision | 27 Feb 2017
Sudan's Minister of Investment says the conference will be attended by ministers responsible of investment in the Arab world, organizations, financing institutions and businessmen and constitutes a solid base for promoting the agricultural investment in Sudan. |
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Reuters | 23 Feb 2017
A Cambodian court convicted and sentenced a prominent land rights activist to 2-1/2 years in jail for her role in a protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen's residence. |
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The Age | 23 Feb 2017
The ramifications of the land grab seven years ago, and the role of ANZ in financing the Phnom Penh Sugar (PPS) refinery, are still being felt today. Representative of victims are traveling to Melbourne to lobby ANZ's institutional investors for investigating their complaint against ANZ. |
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The Straits Times | 23 Feb 2017
Olam, majority-owned by Temasek Holdings, will suspend clearing forest in the West African country of Gabon for a year, the company announced in a press release. |
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Geoforum | 16 Dec 2016
George Schoneveld of CIFOR provides 7 reasons why large-scale farmland investments fail to contribute to sustainable development |
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