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Cambodia: Free jailed land rights activist. Second anniversary of Tep Vanny’s imprisonment

Human Rights Watch call for Cambodian government to unconditionally release prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny who was arrested on August 15, 2016. Other affected land communities have also been heavily harassed through arbitrary arrests, detention, and criminal prosecution.
Mission citoyenne et nationale d’Olam: l’ONG Muyissi environnement sur ses gardes

Ladislas Désiré Ndembet souhaite que les organisations de la société civile aient la possibilité de mener des investigations indépendantes sur les sites impactés par les projets d’Olam au Gabon
Land of plenty, land of but a few

New webdocumentary about land grabbing in the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique
Foncier rural : l'UE réaffirme son soutien en faveur des droits des populations autochtones

5 millions d'€ seront octroyés aux défenseurs des droits de l'homme et aux organisations œuvrant sur l'accaparement des terres, le changement climatique et les droits des populations autochtones.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day: International groups demand pullout, accountability of Chinese company in Cambodia

Two global movements supporting Indigenous Kuoy communities in Cambodia submit a petition to embassies of China and Cambodia calling for the pullout and accountability of Chinese state-owned enterprise Guangdong Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.
Terra de todos, terra de alguns

Webdocumentário | Como os camponeses do Norte de Moçambique têm resistido à chegada das grandes empresas de agricultura
Video: The Bornean village chief dealing with the fallout from a corrupt plantation deal

A video from The Gecko Project following an indigenous Dayak man who shows how a corrupt land deals for oil palm plantation affecting village life in the interior of Indonesian Borneo, including their access to clean water.
Behind the spectacular fall from grace of private equity firm Abraaj

Abraaj Capital, the PE firm that was very active in the rush to buy global farmland after the food financial crises of 2008, has collapsed and is under investigation for “mismanagement, comingling of funds and misappropriation of assets"
Litige foncier à Dodel et Démette : Les populations attendent toujours du chef de l'État la promulgation du décret d’annulation du projet marocain Afripartners

Le collectif des 36 villages impactés par le projet marocain Afri Partner exige de l’État l’application sans condition du décret d’annulation du projet
Greenpeace Africa exhorte Halcyon Agri à stopper la destruction des moyens de subsistance des communautés et la biodiversité au Cameroun

« L’acquisition et l’exploitation des terres de Sudcam est un exemple typique d’accaparement des terres au Cameroun » s'insurge Greenpeace Africa dans un nouveau rapport

Cambodia: Free jailed land rights activist. Second anniversary of Tep Vanny’s imprisonment

Human Rights Watch call for Cambodian government to unconditionally release prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny who was arrested on August 15, 2016. Other affected land communities have also been heavily harassed through arbitrary arrests, detention, and criminal prosecution.

13 Aug 2018 Human Rights Watch

Mission citoyenne et nationale d’Olam: l’ONG Muyissi environnement sur ses gardes

Ladislas Désiré Ndembet souhaite que les organisations de la société civile aient la possibilité de mener des investigations indépendantes sur les sites impactés par les projets d’Olam au Gabon

10 Aug 2018 GMT

Organisations back Kuoy land claims

Two organisations expressed concern over land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia after Hengfu, sugar company based in China, in 2011 and 2016 granted Economic Land Concessions of more than 42,000 hecatres by the Cambodian government.

10 Aug 2018 Khmer Times

Land of plenty, land of but a few

New webdocumentary about land grabbing in the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique

10 Aug 2018 Divergente

Indigenous people fighting for land rights

The right of indigenous people to land and territories is protected by international legal conventions. But campaigners say native groups are struggling with encroachment by governments and logging, mining and agribusiness companies.

09 Aug 2018 Place

Foncier rural : l'UE réaffirme son soutien en faveur des droits des populations autochtones

5 millions d'€ seront octroyés aux défenseurs des droits de l'homme et aux organisations œuvrant sur l'accaparement des terres, le changement climatique et les droits des populations autochtones.

09 Aug 2018 Infoplus Gabon

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day: International groups demand pullout, accountability of Chinese company in Cambodia

Two global movements supporting Indigenous Kuoy communities in Cambodia submit a petition to embassies of China and Cambodia calling for the pullout and accountability of Chinese state-owned enterprise Guangdong Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.

09 Aug 2018 PCFS

Chinese firm’s investment in banana farm approved

Cambodian government yesterday gave green light to a Chinese-owned firm, Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd, to invest in a banana plantation in Kampot province. Three plantatios cover 5,000 hectares of land that can produce up to 14,000 tonnes of bananas according to Cambodia General Director of Agriculture.

09 Aug 2018 Khmer Times

Government should clarify land acquisition and compensation

Deputy Director of Korea Rural Community Corporation on Tuesday urged government of Ghana to clarify land acquisition and compensation issues in the country and to provide guarantee for investors through increased participation in the agricultural value chain.

08 Aug 2018 Modern Ghana

Le label «huile de palme durable» est-il sur une mauvaise pente?

La récente confrontation entre le géant suisse de l’industrie alimentaire Nestlé et la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable (RSPO) met en lumière un fossé croissant autour de la certification.

08 Aug 2018 swissinfo

Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon calls for support to defend forests

The palm oil industry is causing severe environmental destruction and spiralling violence in the Peruvian Amazon. Investigations of local actions sets out ways in which you can offer support and solidarity.

07 Aug 2018 The Ecologist

Terra de todos, terra de alguns

Webdocumentário | Como os camponeses do Norte de Moçambique têm resistido à chegada das grandes empresas de agricultura

06 Aug 2018 Divergente

APEC warned PNG has poor record on food security

Community advocacy group ACT NOW! warns APEC delegates attending food Security Week in Port Moresby that Papua New Guinea government has a very poor record on protecting rural famers. The most glaring example is the SABL land grab, in which over 5 million hectares of land was taken from rural communities.

06 Aug 2018 ActNow PNG

Tanzania's indigenous communities racing to secure land eyed by investors

Tanzania has attracted huge interest as a destination for large-scale agricultural investment due to sufficient land and cheap labour. As traditional laws that once protected village land weaken, indigenous communities and farmers have repeatedly lost chunks of land facilitated by foreign investors.

05 Aug 2018 InDepth News

Argentina: Piden aclarar sobre venta de tierras al Emir de Qatar

El Registro de Propiedad Inmueble de la Provincia de Río Negro tiene un plazo de 10 días para informar sobre la veracidad o no de la adquisición de 28.000 hectáreas en la zona cordillerana de la provincia por parte del Emir de Qatar, Hamad bin Jalifa Al Thani.

04 Aug 2018 ADN Río Negro

Land-resource sell-out: Companies becoming more powerful than countries

An overview of land grabbing in Africa and Asia as lessons for Sri Lanka. In September 2016 the International Criminal Court called land grabs as a crime against humanity and this is an area that Sri Lanka’s lawyers are advised to further look into.

04 Aug 2018 LankaWeb

Myanmar allows up to 80% of foreign investment in agriculture sector

Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) have allowed Foreign businesses to invest up to 80 percent in Myanmar's agriculture sector instead of 49 percent.

03 Aug 2018 Eleven Myanmar

Argentina: Condenaron a los asesinos de Solano, pero los ideólogos siguen libres

Los abogados sostienen y fundamentan que Daniel Solano fue asesinado por reclamar mejoras laborales y protestar por una estafa en el pago de los jornales que le habían prometido a él y a sus compañeros la empresa, ya extinta, Agrocosecha, que era una subsidiaria de la firma internacional Expofrut.

02 Aug 2018 El Tribuno

Se tramita en el Congreso de Colombia la Contrarreforma Agraria del Siglo XXI. La tierra pa’ los empresarios

El nuevo Congreso de la República se estrena en funciones con el proyecto de ley de tierras o reforma a la Ley 160 de 1994, que resume la intención de los poderosos dueños de la tierra en Colombia de impedir su democratización y frenar la modernización y la productividad del campo.

01 Aug 2018 Palabras al Margen

Video: The Bornean village chief dealing with the fallout from a corrupt plantation deal

A video from The Gecko Project following an indigenous Dayak man who shows how a corrupt land deals for oil palm plantation affecting village life in the interior of Indonesian Borneo, including their access to clean water.

31 Jul 2018 The Gecko Project

Así se roban la tierra en Colombia

“En la Amazonía están tumbando los territorios baldíos, para luego buscar que se les formalice la tierra. Esto ya tiene que parar"

31 Jul 2018 Mongabay

Nestle response to Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer over alleged land grabbing

Nestle response to the Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer, Mitr Pohl over alleged land grabbing. The Thai company, Mitr Pohl is direct supplier to Nestlé and tier 2 supplier in other supply chains, mostly via traders.

31 Jul 2018 Business and human rights resources centre

Behind the spectacular fall from grace of private equity firm Abraaj

Abraaj Capital, the PE firm that was very active in the rush to buy global farmland after the food financial crises of 2008, has collapsed and is under investigation for “mismanagement, comingling of funds and misappropriation of assets"

30 Jul 2018 Deal Street Asia

Q: What does a global agrifood business do when it wants to focus more on sustainable development? A: It works with OFID.

Interview with top executives of Phoenix Group, the world's 3rd largest rice trader controlling 150,000 ha of farmland in different parts of the world

30 Jul 2018 OFID Quarterly

Litige foncier à Dodel et Démette : Les populations attendent toujours du chef de l'État la promulgation du décret d’annulation du projet marocain Afripartners

Le collectif des 36 villages impactés par le projet marocain Afri Partner exige de l’État l’application sans condition du décret d’annulation du projet

30 Jul 2018 DakarActu