The Swiss-based multinational ASC Impact claims to have acquired 22,000 hectares in Ethiopia’s remote Gambela state along the border with South Sudan for large-scale tree plantations, carbon credits and agriculture.
Fadox Group International (EAU) et Allcot AG (Suisse) vont créer des plantations agroforestières sur 86.000 hectares dans le nord du pays pour la production de crédits carbone
Alors que la moitié des chefs d’exploitation partiront à la retraite d’ici à 2040, la Confédération prévoit de réformer la loi. Faut-il déverrouiller l’accès aux terres agricoles pour les nouveaux venus, au risque de voir de grands groupes accaparer les rares terres fertiles du pays?
- Heidi News
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22 January 2024
With vast lands conducive to tree growth, Kirchmayer and ASC Impact believe that Africa is ripe for reforestation initiatives that support mass timber production and other green projects.
Mirova's LDN Fund has raised $208 million from public institutions and private investors and invested in companies like the Swiss company Pamoja which operates nut farms in Kenya and Tanzania
- Fintech Global
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06 December 2023
Repórter Brazil also documented cases where Swiss Re had concluded insurance contracts with farms that illegally cultivated indigenous protected areas and used armed violence
- Insurance Business
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21 November 2023
Los menonitas, una secta religiosa protestante que se originó en Suiza en el siglo XVI y pregona el apego a la tierra y la actividad agrícola, poseen cinco colonias en Perú con la complacencia o indiferencia de las autoridades.
- Ecoticias
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25 October 2023
An application for a Swiss company to buy an Otago sheep farm to convert to forestry for carbon credits has been declined, making it one of the first decisions to be made under updated legislation.
- Otago Daily Times
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02 October 2023
Local communities near Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) in Margibi County are seemingly winning a case of ‘land grab’ and ‘gross human rights violations’ brought against SRC; as its parent company, Bollore Group has been blacklisted by Switzerland’s largest public pension funds.
- Liberian Observer
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28 September 2023
The Swiss association of the largest public pension funds, has decided to exclude shares in the French group Bolloré SE. The exclusion is justified by “potential human rights violations in Liberia, Cambodia and Sierra Leone”.
- Gotham City
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12 September 2023
L'association suisse des plus grandes caisses publiques de retraite a décidé d'exclure les actions du groupe français Bolloré SE "à la suite de violations potentielles des droits humains en Libéria, Cambodge et Sierra Leone".
- Gotham City
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12 September 2023
Pour l’implémentation de ce projet, le groupe suisse sollicite 42 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans le département du Niari
- Génies d'Afrique
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06 August 2023