RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia
- GRAIN
- 15 Jul 2019
RCEP will not just change rules on the export and import of goods and services; it will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it.
Thailand
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Cambodian villagers to appeal Thai court's rejection of suit against sugar giant
- Reuters
- 05 Jul 2019
Cambodian villagers will appeal a Thai court decision rejecting their class action lawsuit against Thailand's biggest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The class action lawsuit, filed in April last year on behalf of more than 3,000 Cambodian plaintiffs, accused the Thai sugar giant violently displacing them to make way for plantations.
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Cambodian farmers take Thai sugar giant to court
- Al Jazeera
- 12 Jun 2019
Two Cambodian sugar farmers are bringing a case against Thai firm Mitr Phol claiming its subsidiary illegally cleared their land.
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Cambodian farmers battle in landmark lawsuit against Thai sugar firm
- TRF
- 12 Jun 2019
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.
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China's Xinfadi Market has nearly 18,000 hectares of overseas plantations
- Fresh Plaza
- 09 May 2019
The Xinfadi Market has already established its own plantations in more than 8 countries, including the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, to guarantee low prices and high quality for fruit imported to Beijing.
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Human rights complaint filed to UK government against ethical sugar association Bonsucro
- IDI
- 11 Mar 2019
Representatives of more than 700 Cambodian families who were violently displaced to make way for a sugar plantation have filed a formal complaint against Bonsucro, the sugar industry’s sustainability certification body, for breaches of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
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Calling out the BS in BonSucro
- BHRRC
- 11 Mar 2019
Unless these organizations are firmly held accountable to international human rights standards, they will not only fail to push their industries towards more responsible behavior, but they will become little more than window dressing for corporate misconduct.
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Betagro Group partners with Shwe Me to shape the future of the Myanmar's integrated agricultural and food industry
- 23 Nov 2018
The new joint venture plans to invest in a number of upstream businesses, including a feed mill with a production capacity of 12,000 tons per month, a breeder farm and a pig farm in Yangon.
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Chinese investors shift agriculture practices in North
- The Nation
- 17 Sep 2018
Widespread contract farming for Cavendish bananas to export to China began in the North of Thailand two years ago, along with a large-scale plantation owned by a Thai-Chinese joint venture.
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Thai peasants’ movement stands firm in the face of threats, seeks land reform
- Peoples Dispatch
- 30 Jul 2018
Peoples Dispatch speaks to the Southern Peasant’s Federation of Thailand’s Theeranate Chaisuwan on the struggles of this landless workers’ movement for land held illegally by a palm oil company.
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Accompagner une répartition juste et équitable des terres dans le Mékong
- Mediaterre
- 18 Jul 2018
Le projet Mekong Region Land Governance - financé par les gouvernements suisse, allemand et luxembourgeois - cherche a promouvoir la propriété foncière des petits paysans
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Reckoning with human rights violations in Thailand's extraterritorial investments
- The Diplomat
- 17 Jul 2018
Thai investments in ASEAN have intensified at a breakneck pace. But without mechanisms to ensure compliance with international human rights standards, they have resulted in land conflicts and a wide array of human rights infringements.
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