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Wealthy families are adding forests to their portfolios

Bank of America’s Specialty Asset Management group manages more than 94,000 assets with a value of $13.6 billion for individuals and institutions looking for timberland, farms, ranches, energy interests, or real estate.
Sénégal : La fraude et les terres menacent l’emploi

Les agro-industriels de la Vallée souhaiteraient avoir la possibilité de développer encore plus leurs activités. Et pour ce faire, ils demandent des terres.
State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study

Giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations mean people in lower Omo valley face starvation and conflict, says US thinktank
Karuturi Global's new land deal in Ethiopia must be scrapped

A diplomatic intervention by the Indian government and law suits filed by the company appear to have pushed Ethiopian authorities to backtrack and offer a new lease in the Gambella region, this time for 15,000 hectares.
Australia: Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture

LGIAsuper will diversify its investment strategy and invest in the agriculture and timber funds of Folium Capital, run by former managers of Harvard's endowment funds.
Cambodian farmers take Thai sugar giant to court

Two Cambodian sugar farmers are bringing a case against Thai firm Mitr Phol claiming its subsidiary illegally cleared their land.
Au Brésil, les monocultures grignotent la savane et menacent les communautés

121 familles dénoncent l'accaparement de leur territoire par une grande exploitation agricole, Estrondo
Cambodian farmers battle in landmark lawsuit against Thai sugar firm

The lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol, filed on behalf of about 3,000 people, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand.
The nature of social justice advocacy and local resistance to land concessions in Liberia

The sustained advocacy by communities affected by large land deals and civil society for change to the policies and laws governing land administration have resulted in departures from the historical norms on land rights and tenure security.
Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of US farmland grow

As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of U.S. farmland have gained traction.

Quand la finance s’empare des terres agricoles

De grands producteurs qui exploitent des dizaines de milliers d’hectares s’accaparent toujours plus de terres dans le Chaco, délogeant des paysans qui pratiquent l’agriculture vivrière ou l’élevage de subsistance, souvent depuis des générations.

18 Jun 2019 La Terre de chez nous

To stop destruction of Liberia’s rainforest, he put his life on the line

Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive industries that were clearing its forests.

18 Jun 2019 e360

Australia: CPC property selldown continues, with Ucharonidge divestment

The sell-down of northern grazing assets continues for Terra Firma’s Consolidated Pastoral Co, with a deal announced today to sell its Ucharonidge station in the Northern Territory to Malcolm Harris’s Cleveland Agriculture.

18 Jun 2019 Beef Central

Wealthy families are adding forests to their portfolios

Bank of America’s Specialty Asset Management group manages more than 94,000 assets with a value of $13.6 billion for individuals and institutions looking for timberland, farms, ranches, energy interests, or real estate.

18 Jun 2019 Bloomberg

President Bio hails Sunbird Bio-energy

Sunbird Bioenergy, after the recent change of management, is set to produce sugar for the local market in Sierra Leone and for export to neighboring countries

18 Jun 2019 Global Times

Sénégal : La fraude et les terres menacent l’emploi

Les agro-industriels de la Vallée souhaiteraient avoir la possibilité de développer encore plus leurs activités. Et pour ce faire, ils demandent des terres.

17 Jun 2019 Le Quotidien

State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study

Giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations mean people in lower Omo valley face starvation and conflict, says US thinktank

14 Jun 2019 Guardian

Le nouvel accord foncier de Karuturi Global en Ethiopie doit être abandonné

En avril 2019, Karuturi Global a informé ses actionnaires qu'on lui avait "accordé 15 000 hectares de terrain pour des activités agricoles" à Gambella, mais le contrat de bail n'a toujours pas été délivré par les autorités compétentes

13 Jun 2019 ASO et al

Karuturi Global's new land deal in Ethiopia must be scrapped

A diplomatic intervention by the Indian government and law suits filed by the company appear to have pushed Ethiopian authorities to backtrack and offer a new lease in the Gambella region, this time for 15,000 hectares.

13 Jun 2019 ASO et al

Formation sur les litiges fonciers au Cameroun

Une vingtaine de jeunes chercheurs, francophones et anglophones, viennent d’achever une session spéciale de formation et de renforcement de leurs capacités sur défis du foncier

13 Jun 2019 VoA Afrique

Estrangeirização de terras e segurança alimentar e nutricional: Brasil e China em perspectiva

O presente livro é resultado dos debates do I Seminário sobre Estrangeirização de Terras e Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional

12 Jun 2019 Biodiversidad en América Latina y el Caribe

Investment companies on notice for selling water to struggling farmers in Australia

Investment companies, such as major farmland investor Duxton, that are making “ridiculous” profits from selling water to farmers struggling with drought are on notice, as the Federal Government considers shutting them down.

12 Jun 2019 9news

Australia: Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture

LGIAsuper will diversify its investment strategy and invest in the agriculture and timber funds of Folium Capital, run by former managers of Harvard's endowment funds.

12 Jun 2019 Financial Standard

Touted as 'development,' land grabs hurt local communities, and women most of all

Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new study by Oregon State University shows.

12 Jun 2019 Phys.org

Cambodian farmers take Thai sugar giant to court

Two Cambodian sugar farmers are bringing a case against Thai firm Mitr Phol claiming its subsidiary illegally cleared their land.

12 Jun 2019 Al Jazeera

Au Brésil, les monocultures grignotent la savane et menacent les communautés

121 familles dénoncent l'accaparement de leur territoire par une grande exploitation agricole, Estrondo

12 Jun 2019 AFP

Cambodian farmers battle in landmark lawsuit against Thai sugar firm

The lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol, filed on behalf of about 3,000 people, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand.

12 Jun 2019 TRF

Los monocultivos devoran tierras y acorralan a las comunidades del Cerrado de Brasil

"Vivíamos muy tranquilos, pero los guardias de la granja vecina empezaron a entrar en nuestras tierras, a vigilar nuestros desplazamientos. Tenemos miedo", cuenta Sabino Batista Gomes, mirando con preocupación cada vez que pasa un vehículo por la entrada de la comunidad brasileña de Cacimbinha.

11 Jun 2019 AFP

The nature of social justice advocacy and local resistance to land concessions in Liberia

The sustained advocacy by communities affected by large land deals and civil society for change to the policies and laws governing land administration have resulted in departures from the historical norms on land rights and tenure security.

11 Jun 2019 Front Page Africa

Investments in farmland in numbers

Investors and foreign states are buying up farmland in many parts of the world. Land is often considered a relatively safe investment, and everybody needs food.

10 Jun 2019 https://www.dw.com/en/investments-in-farmland-in-numbers/av-49045592

Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of US farmland grow

As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of U.S. farmland have gained traction.

10 Jun 2019 AP

Ces Belges qui cultivent la pomme de terre illégalement dans l’Oise

« C’est de l’agriculture délocalisée, car après, toute la transformation se fait dans des usines de l’autre côté de la frontière », s’énerve un représentant syndical français.

10 Jun 2019 Le Parisien

Human rights defenders face reprisals. Here’s what OECD and National Contact Points can do to protect them.

New research by OECD Watch and BHRRC shows that 64% of reprisals from companies against activists occur in the land-intensive extractive and agriculture sectors.

08 Jun 2019 BHRRC

Face aux revendications de meilleures conditions de travail, l’agro-industriel Olam Gabon se défend

Olam Gabon revendique près de 64 000 hectares de palmiers à huile et 11 000 hectares d’hévéas

07 Jun 2019 Nouveau Gabon

‘We come from the earth’: Q&A with Goldman Prize winner Alfred Brownell

The jobs and development promised to rural communities by investors who inked deals with the Liberian government in the late 2000s have failed to materialize in the wake of land disputes and conflicts.

07 Jun 2019 Mongabay