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Cambriolage, et menace sur le défenseur des droits l’homme, Massa Koné et sa famille

Selon la Convergence malienne contre les accaparements de terres cette agression au domicile de son porte-parole visait soit de «l’enlever ou de l’assassiner ».

26 Jun 2020 Le Combat

Portant interdiction des terres communautaires par Feronia au Congo

Le RIAO-RDC est très préoccupé de la vente/transfert de la majorité des actifs de Feronia-PHC par la banque de développement de la Grande-Bretagne à une entité à l’Île de Maurice gérer par une société de capital-investissement.

26 Jun 2020 RIAO-RDC

Burkina Faso : Dix organisations de la société civile plaident pour un développement rural durable et inclusif

Les terres des paysans ne sont pas protégées contre l’accaparement par les grandes entreprises de l’agro-business selon les organisations membres du Programme de souveraineté alimentaire et droits citoyens des unités familiales au Nord et au Centre-Nord du Burkina Faso

25 Jun 2020 LeFaso.net

Selling out West Papua

A video investigation on allegations of fraud and human rights abuses in billion-dollar land deals in West Papua, Indonesia to develop oil palm plantation.

25 Jun 2020 Al Jazeera

Brasil: Compra de terras em larga escala por investidores estrangeiros eleva desmatamento em zonas tropicais, diz estudo

Aquisições de terras em larga escala — que cobrem pelo menos 200 hectares — contribuem para a destruição das florestas tropicais.

25 Jun 2020 IHU

Nigeria: Deforestation, land grabbing on the rise in Cross River

Environmental Right Action/ Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoEN have asserted that the incident of land grabbing and deforestation was becoming increasingly alarming in various Cross River communities.

25 Jun 2020 Vanguard

The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua?

A Korean conglomerate paid $22 million to an “expert” to help it get land in Papua for oil palm plantations, at the heart of the largest rainforest left in Asia.

25 Jun 2020 Gecko Project

Indonesian court jails indigenous farmers for ‘stealing’ from land they claim

A court in Indonesia has sentenced two indigenous farmers to eight and 10 months in prison for harvesting palm fruit from land whose ownership is contested by the community and a palm oil firm, PT Hamparan Masawit Bangun Persada. The ruling appeared to ignore evidence showing that the villagers are the rightful owners of the land

23 Jun 2020 Mongabay

Ukrainian farmers to enjoy preferential terms for farmland acquisition.

Farmers to receive preferential terms for farmland acquisition after the land market is introduced and local governments will be granted authority to manage the lands of local communities outside the settlements.

23 Jun 2020 UNIAN

Land purchases by private companies accelerate tropical deforestation, data shows

Study finds that, compared with similar areas that have not seen private investment, areas with large-scale land acquisitions had higher forest loss in 52% of cases.

23 Jun 2020 Carbon Brief

Pour mieux partager et protéger la terre, 10 organisations demandent une loi foncière en 2021 ! (Communiqué)

Une refonte de la politique foncière en France est indispensable et urgente pour stopper les accaparements fonciers en France et ailleurs, et tendre vers la souveraineté alimentaire

23 Jun 2020 CCFD Terre Solidaire

Kazakhstan seeks foreign investors to develop agro industrial complex

Investment opportunities in the agroindustrial business in Kazakhstan were one of the key topics during a recent webinar for investors from Kuwait hosted by Kazakh Invest

22 Jun 2020 Astana Times

Uganda: Kiryandongo Sugar Limited in another Covid-19 lockdown land grab

Kiryandongo Sugar limited, a multinational agribusiness company, which has been dispossessing thousands since 2017 in Kiryandongo district, is grabbing another piece of land in the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.

22 Jun 2020 Witness Radio

European pension funds back Stafford’s latest Australia farmland fund

London-based Stafford Capital Partners has raised €12m from three European pension funds towards its soon-to-be-launched follow-up to its Australian farmland fund.

22 Jun 2020 IPE Real Assets

Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit, new innovation head

Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company has launched a venture capital programme to invest in food and farming firm

20 Jun 2020 Reuters

Foncier agricole : attention à l’accaparement des terres

La Safer, le « gendarme du foncier agricole » en France, tire une nouvelle fois la sonnette d’alarme contre l’accaparement des terres.

18 Jun 2020 Ouest France

Beston Global sells South Australia dairy farm aggregation for A$40.4M

Beston Global Food Company has sold its four dairy farms in South Australia to PSP Investment and Warakirri Asset Management-backed Aurora Dairies in a US$27.8 million cash deal

18 Jun 2020 GAI

Boletín Nyéléni núm. 40 - Acaparamiento de tierras y justicia agraria

Este número de Nyéléni es la primera parte de dos ediciones (junio y septiembre) dedicadas al tema de la tierra. Este número examina los problemas de la actual carrera por la tierra de los actores financieros y empresariales, desde locales a globales. Estudia las oportunidades actuales y cartografía las estrategias y soluciones para promover el cambio.

17 Jun 2020 Boletín Nyéléni

Colombia aún no captura a alguno de los grandes deforestadores

El acaparamiento de tierras sigue campeando en la Amazonia mientras la ganadería y vías ponen fin a los bosques. Así lo recalcaron varios expertos en un encuentro del Foro Nacional Ambiental.

16 Jun 2020 Semana Sostenible

Another terror attack on local communities by Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc

On 20 May 2020 villagers from Ijaw-Gbene in Okomu Kingdom had their homes burnt down by agents of the Nigerian subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based SOCFIN plantations company.

16 Jun 2020 Galaxy Television

Indonesia: Police crackdown on peasants protesting land-grab by a Michelin subsidiary

Peasants living in Jambi province, Indonesia, were in for a shock when the police arrested Junawal, a local peasant leader and organiser on May 26, 2020. Junawal was leading the local resistance against a subsidiary of Royal Lestari Utama (RLU), a joint venture company between PT Barito Pasifik and French transnational tyre-manufacturing giant Michelin that manages more than 88,000 hectares of plantation land in Jambi and East Kalimantan.

15 Jun 2020 Via Campesina

Nouvelle attaque terroriste contre les communautés locales par la société Okomu Oil Palm Plantation PLC

Le 20 mai 2020, un autre village du royaume d'Okomu, Ijaw-Gbene, a été complètement incendié par la direction d'OOPC, filiale nigériane de la société de plantations SOCFIN.

15 Jun 2020

Maurice : Alteo ferme sa raffinerie par manque de sucre à traiter

La société Alteo va fermer sa raffinerie de sucre mauritienne suite à la suppression totale des quotas dans l'UE

15 Jun 2020 Témoignages

Algérie : Nécessité de constitutionnaliser la protection des terres agricoles et ressources en eau

L’Union nationale des paysans algériens a mis l’accent sur l’impératif de la constitutionnalisation de la protection des terres agricoles et des ressources en eau ainsi que la constitutionnalisation du Haut conseil de l’agriculture qui sera "un rempart" pour la préservation des terres agricoles de toutes formes d’agression.

15 Jun 2020 APS

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