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African Peoples Tribunal faults transnationals operating in Africa

The African Peoples Tribunal demands that African governments ensure that the human rights of freedom of speech, expression, and association of citizens and persons who brought cases of abuses before the tribunal are respected and protected
A new report reveals land inequality is worse than we thought and is fuelling other inequalities

Global inequality experts blame the upward trend of land inequality partly on the increased interest from corporate and financial actors, such as investment funds, in agricultural land investments.
1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland

Researchers find control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings.
If TIAA’s Roger Ferguson wants to be Treasury Secretary, he should fix his farmland problem

TIAA is unusual among financial firms for its aggressive pursuit of farmland, paving the way for financial wealth controlled by companies and individuals to takeover and dispossess rural communities of their farmland.
Ferguson, up for Treasury Secretary, leaves a legacy of misleading claims to social responsibility

New report reveals finance firm TIAA initiated unprecedented global farmland investments under CEO Roger Ferguson Jr., while undermining human rights standards.
Elusive Investors keep buying and selling – People remain and suffer

The struggles continue for the communities displaced by the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone and their situation is getting worse as the lands are handed over from one company to the next.
Projet agro-industriel de campo : Camvert et les populations toujours à couteaux tirés

D’un coût de 237 milliards de FCFA, le projet d’exploitation de 60 000 hectares de terres, continue de rencontrer l’opposition des organisations de protection de l’environnement et des populations.
Faculty request transparency and sustainability for TIAA farmland investments

University of Iowa faculty members write that major collegiate employee retirement savings manager must divest from socially irresponsible farming pension fund investments and be transparent in doing so.
Uganda: Buvuma residents land cleared for oil palm growing before compensation

Oil palm growing in Buvuma district has faced slow progress due to irregularities raised by residents including delayed compensations and underpayments that discouraged Bidco Uganda to occupy its nucleus estate.
L'UEMOA signe avec le Mali un contrat de bail avec l'ON

Le projet régional de mise en valeur des terres (11 288 ha) de l'Office du Niger dans le cadre de l'UEMOA entre dans une nouvelle phase tout en restant fidèle à son objectif initial de contribution à la sécurité alimentaire et de renforcement de l'intégration régionale.

Se debate en el parlamento de Uruguay limitar la extranjerización de la tierra

El proyecto que busca limitar la extranjerización de la tierra, impulsado por senadores del Frente Amplio con apoyo delo bloque de Cabildo Abierto (Manini Ríos), ya tiene tratamiento parlamentario.

03 Dec 2020 El Diario de Carlos Paz

México: Senador de Morena busca expropiar latifundios; no hay aval de bancada: Monreal

José Narro Céspedes, senador de Morena, presentó una iniciativa de ley para reformar la Constitución, con el propósito de que la Federación expropie los latifundios que según él se reconstituyeron a partir de 1992 con la reforma agraria que se hizo.

02 Dec 2020 Milenio

'Turning fear into strength’: One woman’s struggle for justice and land rights in Sulawesi

Eva Bande was jailed for her role as a community organizer against land grab by extractive industries on the Indonesian island, Sulawesi. Ten years on, her fight continues.

01 Dec 2020 Mongabay

L'augmentation des inégalités foncières au niveau mondial s'accélère

1 % des exploitations agricoles concentrent 70 % des terres agricoles du monde, indique la Coalition internationale pour l'accès à la terre (ILC) dans un nouveau rapport

30 Nov 2020 Terre-Net

African Peoples Tribunal faults transnationals operating in Africa

The African Peoples Tribunal demands that African governments ensure that the human rights of freedom of speech, expression, and association of citizens and persons who brought cases of abuses before the tribunal are respected and protected

29 Nov 2020 The Sun

Une dizaine de bâtiments souillés par Extinction Rebellion à Fribourg

«Un groupe de militants liés à XR a coloré les bâtiments du McDonald’s, de H&M, de Burger King, de Nespresso, du Crédit Agricole, de Starbucks, de Crédit Suisse, d’UBS et de Socfin afin de dénoncer leurs agissements écocides, meurtriers, esclavagistes et immoraux»

27 Nov 2020 La Liberté

“A door opener for clean, fair procedures”

In Liberia, human rights have allegedly been violated on rubber plantations managed from Switzerland. Instead of taking up mediation offers, the Socfin group prefers to act against its critics.

26 Nov 2020 Bread for all

Gabon: Olam Palm dévoile le site de son usine de production de biocarburant

Olam se présente comme « le plus grand producteur durable d’huile de palme sur une concession d’une superficie totale de 202 000 ha au Gabon. »

25 Nov 2020 Agence Ecofin

Podcast: Indigenous land rights and the global push for land privatization

Taking a look at the importance of securing Indigenous communities’ land rights and the global push for privatization that can deprive those communities of access to their land.

25 Nov 2020 Mongabay

Chilean investors mull multimillion-dollar ‘agri’ investment

Although discussions are still in the preliminary stages, CEO of Go-Invest, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, said the Chileans want to invest heavily in large-scale agricultural projects.

24 Nov 2020 Guyana Chronicle

A new report reveals land inequality is worse than we thought and is fuelling other inequalities

Global inequality experts blame the upward trend of land inequality partly on the increased interest from corporate and financial actors, such as investment funds, in agricultural land investments.

24 Nov 2020 ILC

1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland

Researchers find control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings.

24 Nov 2020 Guardian

Bruxelles va acheter des terres agricoles dans les deux Brabants : la Région wallonne réagit

La Région bruxelloise va acheter, "dans les mois et les années à venir", des terres agricoles dans les Brabants wallon et flamand afin de préserver la biodiversité et de favoriser une agriculture locale qui pourrait nourrir une partie de la population bruxelloise

23 Nov 2020 RTBF

If TIAA’s Roger Ferguson wants to be Treasury Secretary, he should fix his farmland problem

TIAA is unusual among financial firms for its aggressive pursuit of farmland, paving the way for financial wealth controlled by companies and individuals to takeover and dispossess rural communities of their farmland.

20 Nov 2020 NFFC, NAMA, ActionAid

Ferguson, up for Treasury Secretary, leaves a legacy of misleading claims to social responsibility

New report reveals finance firm TIAA initiated unprecedented global farmland investments under CEO Roger Ferguson Jr., while undermining human rights standards.

20 Nov 2020 ActionAid & FOE

Nigeria: arden comunidades por el aceite de palma

El 20 de mayo de 2020, la comunidad Ijaw-Gbene, al sur de Nigeria, se quemó complentamente. Testigos oculares acusan a las fuerzas de seguridad de la empresa Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc (OOPC) de tener responsabilidad en el incendio, junto con miembros del ejército.

20 Nov 2020 Salva la Selva

Elusive Investors keep buying and selling – People remain and suffer

The struggles continue for the communities displaced by the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone and their situation is getting worse as the lands are handed over from one company to the next.

20 Nov 2020 BFA

RDC : l’accaparement des terres par PHC Boteka affecte près de dix-sept villages dans la province de l’Equateur

Menacées par l’insécurité alimentaire de suite du manque des terres, les communautés ne savent plus à quel saint se vouer.

19 Nov 2020 Desknature.com

Projet agro-industriel de campo : Camvert et les populations toujours à couteaux tirés

D’un coût de 237 milliards de FCFA, le projet d’exploitation de 60 000 hectares de terres, continue de rencontrer l’opposition des organisations de protection de l’environnement et des populations.

19 Nov 2020 Ecomatin

RDCongo: l’inspection des impôts dénonce la disparition de 205 millions de dollars à Bukanga Lonzo

L’inspecteur général des Finances a annoncé, lors d’une conférence de presse à Kinshasa, mercredi, la disparition de 205 millions de dollars qui avaient été décaissés par l’Etat pour le parc agro-industriel de Bukanga Lonzo (Kwango), sous Joseph Kabila.

19 Nov 2020 La Libre

Por qué los gobiernos deberían rechazar los intentos de mercantilización de la tierra orquestados por el Banco Mundial y Estados Unidos

El discurso del desarrollo continúa cobrando fuerza a pesar de su rol decisivo en la crisis actual así como de los millones de medios de vida que ha destruido con desplazamientos y despojo.

18 Nov 2020 WRM

New Eur100m fund launched targeting sustainable ag and forestry in the Baltic and CEE regions

The fund’s initial offering has raised EUR32.45 million to-date from private investors to back sustainably-managed agricultural land and forests in the Baltic Sea region and Central and Eastern Europe.

18 Nov 2020 GAI

Nigeria: Edo gives 40,000 hectares to firms for oil palm

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the allocation of over 40,000 hectares of land to six firms for oil palm cultivation.

18 Nov 2020 Punch

Faculty request transparency and sustainability for TIAA farmland investments

University of Iowa faculty members write that major collegiate employee retirement savings manager must divest from socially irresponsible farming pension fund investments and be transparent in doing so.

18 Nov 2020 Daily Iowan

Food estate program in protected forests may lead to 'massive deforestation' in Indonesia

The latest regulation issued by the Environment and Forestry Ministry that allows forests to be converted into farmland to support the government’s food estate program has sparked concerns of potential massive deforestation, according to the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi).

17 Nov 2020 Jakarta Post