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La société publique belge Bio mise en cause pour un investissement en RDC

Quatre banques européennes de développement, dont la société publique belge Bio, financent une entreprise produisant de l’huile de palme en République démocratique du Congo qui viole les droits des travailleurs et rejette des déchets non traités, a déclaré l’organisation de défense des droits de l’homme Human Rights Watch
Stony ground

Brazil and Japan plotted a farming revolution in Mozambique. But instead of sowing soya, they planted seeds of opposition.
Ukrainian lawmakers vote to lift ban on sale of farmland by 2020

Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to remove a ban on the sale of farmland for the first time in nearly two decades, a move supported by the country’s foreign backers that risks a political backlash.
Les paysans cambodgiens accusant Bolloré de spoliation invités à produire des preuves

Le tribunal français « invite » chaque paysan à communiquer avant le 20 janvier 2020 « tout document officiel établissant l’existence, la nature, la localisation, la surface exacte et le référencement de la ou des terres dont il est demandé la restitution », « tout document notarié, individualisé et officiel établissant la propriété de chacun sur la ou les terres revendiquées » et « tout document justifiant de l’état civil de chacun ».
In address to nation, Zelensky calls for referendum on land purchase by foreigners

The President of Ukraine, in a video address to the nation, said that the issue of farmland sales to foreigners and companies founded by foreigners will be submitted to an all-Ukrainian referendum.
World Bank, EBRD endorse Ukrainian land reform as president announces referendum

The World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have reaffirmed their support for the Ukrainian government’s plans to lift a more than decade-long moratorium on the purchases of Ukrainian farmland
The RSPO dodges responsibility for its members’ role in Indonesia’s fires crisis

RSPO member companies and their associates account for three-quarters of the fire hotspots detected in the plantation concessions of the top 30 groups in the first nine months of 2019.
The Chain: Cerrado fires show TIAA and Harvard’s Endowment face mounting deforestation risks

With fires on their Cerrado properties, Harvard’s and TIAA’s deforestation exposure appears to be growing.
Argentinian cropping company buys Northern Territory cattle station Sturt Downs for $6.8 million

Cross Pacific Investments, which is backed by the Buratovich family of Argentina, has now spent more than $43 million on top end Australian land in the last few months, totalling just over 540,000 hectares.
Crop firm wilts under cash crunch

Kilombero Plantations Limited in Tanzania joins a long list of failed big agriculture projects in Africa in recent years, including Agrisol and Sun Biofuels in Tanzania; Karuturi in Kenya and Ethiopia; Nile Trading in South Sudan; Senhuile in Senegal, and Bukanga Lonzo in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Argentina: Piden frenar un decreto del presidente Macri que vulnera la Ley de Tierras

A través de la modificación, Cambiemos flexibilizó el sistema de protección sobre tierras soberanas. Un abogado de La Plata pidió a la justicia que avance en un amparo que solicita ponerle fin a beneficios para extranjeros, además de sostener que el decreto es inconstitucional.

19 Nov 2019 El Ciudadano Web

La société publique belge Bio mise en cause pour un investissement en RDC

Quatre banques européennes de développement, dont la société publique belge Bio, financent une entreprise produisant de l’huile de palme en République démocratique du Congo qui viole les droits des travailleurs et rejette des déchets non traités, a déclaré l’organisation de défense des droits de l’homme Human Rights Watch

18 Nov 2019 Belga

Stony ground

Brazil and Japan plotted a farming revolution in Mozambique. But instead of sowing soya, they planted seeds of opposition.

16 Nov 2019 Economist

World Bank welcomes "successful first reading" of bill on farmland sale in Ukraine

"The World Bank Group congratulates the Ukrainian Leadership on the successful first reading of the law to lift the moratorium on agricultural land sales," the Bank said in a statement on Facebook

15 Nov 2019 UNIAN

Brazil prosecutors push soy, cattle moratorium to protect natives

In a part of Brazil plagued by land conflicts and violence against indigenous tribes, prosecutors say they are pushing major grains traders and meatpackers to stop buying from farmers and ranchers charged with crimes against natives.

14 Nov 2019 Reuters

La Unión Europea avala la venta de tierras a los extranjeros en Ucrania

La Unión Europea (UE) expresó su apoyo a la iniciativa del Gobierno ucraniano para levantar la prohibición de la venta de tierras a los extranjeros.

14 Nov 2019 Sputnik News

Levée du moratoire sur la vente des terres agricoles en Ukraine – Catastrophe en vue

Parmi les mesures que Volodymyr Zelensky veut faire passer pour « relancer l’économie » de l’Ukraine, la levée du moratoire sur la vente des terres agricoles pourrait se transformer en désastre digne des années qui ont suivi la chute de l’URSS.

13 Nov 2019 Donbass Insider

Ukraine, the land of quid pro quos

If we are to take the matter of quid pro quos seriously, we should take the measure of over US$20 billion of aid forcing Ukraine to privatize its land and its economy for the profit of a few Western interests.

13 Nov 2019 Common Dreams

Ukrainian lawmakers vote to lift ban on sale of farmland by 2020

Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to remove a ban on the sale of farmland for the first time in nearly two decades, a move supported by the country’s foreign backers that risks a political backlash.

13 Nov 2019 Reuters

Sierra Leone environmentalist fights contempt charges in High Court

The High Court of Sierra Leone on Thursday adjourned a contempt of court hearing against the rights campaign group, Green Scenery, after the plaintiff, the multinational agribusiness firm SOCFIN failed to turn up in court.

13 Nov 2019 Politico SL

L’huile de palme encouragée par le gouvernement indonésien malgré les violences

En Indonésie, la police vient de désigner le dirigeant d'une compagnie d'huile de palme comme le commanditaire du meurtre de deux défenseurs des petits planteurs, dans une concession de l'île de Sumatra.

12 Nov 2019 RFI

Les paysans cambodgiens accusant Bolloré de spoliation invités à produire des preuves

Le tribunal français « invite » chaque paysan à communiquer avant le 20 janvier 2020 « tout document officiel établissant l’existence, la nature, la localisation, la surface exacte et le référencement de la ou des terres dont il est demandé la restitution », « tout document notarié, individualisé et officiel établissant la propriété de chacun sur la ou les terres revendiquées » et « tout document justifiant de l’état civil de chacun ».

11 Nov 2019 Le Monde

Ukraine: Vers un référendum sur l'ouverture du marché des terres agricoles aux étrangers

Le président ukrainien Volodimir Zelenski a déclaré lundi que le projet gouvernemental de vente des terres agricoles du pays à des investisseurs étrangers, auquel s'oppose la majorité de la population, serait tranché par référendum.

11 Nov 2019 Reuters

Cambodian farmers accusing Bolloré of spoliation are asked to show proof

Eighty Bunongs farmers from Mondol Kiri, a province in the east of Cambodia – who are accusing the French industrialist Vincent Bolloré of grabbing their lands in 2008 to make way for rubber plantations, will have to prove their identity and show land titles by 20 January 2020 according to an order issued on 8 November by French court.

11 Nov 2019 Le Monde

Nuveen adds Moree farms to $3.5b global agriculture fund

The acquisition of the Turnbull properties takes spending by TIAA's Nuveen subsidiary on Australia's northern NSW cropping country to almost $50 million in the last 12 months.

11 Nov 2019 AFR

In address to nation, Zelensky calls for referendum on land purchase by foreigners

The President of Ukraine, in a video address to the nation, said that the issue of farmland sales to foreigners and companies founded by foreigners will be submitted to an all-Ukrainian referendum.

11 Nov 2019 UNIAN

World Bank, EBRD endorse Ukrainian land reform as president announces referendum

The World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have reaffirmed their support for the Ukrainian government’s plans to lift a more than decade-long moratorium on the purchases of Ukrainian farmland

11 Nov 2019 Emerging Europe

EBRD opposes rush of Ukraine's government with land reform

Matteo Patrone, EBRD Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, warns against mistakes in reform and believes that a pause should be taken

10 Nov 2019 112UA

Palm oil businessman hired hit men to kill journalists: North Sumatra police

Indonesia North Sumatra police have arrested an oil palm plantation owner believed to be the mastermind behind the murder of two journalists-cum-activists, Maraden Sianipar and Maratua P. Siregar. The police said it was believed the murders were triggered by a land dispute between the company and local farmers.

09 Nov 2019 Jakarta Post