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Land grabs at gunpoint
- Witness Radio et al
- 25 August 2020
Thousands of families are being violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda.
Kenyan communities sue UK over colonial-era land grab
- Aljazeera
- 24 August 2020
Communities brutally evicted by the British to make way for tea plantations seek compensation for ‘colonial crimes’.
Indonesian farmers walk 1,800-km to protest against evictions
- Reuters
- 24 August 2020
More than 100 farmers gathered outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, having walked about 1,800 km (1,118 miles) from the island of Sumatra to protest against forced evictions from long-running land conflict with a state-owned plantation company, PT Perkebunan Nusantara II (PTPN II).
Harvard’s half-billion land stake in Brazil marred by conflict and abuse
- Mongabay
- 24 August 2020
Harvard says it is trying to divest from unsustainable ventures but is having trouble finding buyers for the farms, it continues to profit from the appreciating value of the land.
UAE agro companies will invest in Subang
- CNBC Indonesia
- 23 August 2020
Elite Agro, a producer and distributor of fresh fruit and vegetables from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will invest in Subang, West Java, Indonesia.
Edo earmarks 100,000ha of land for oil palm cultivation
- EnviroNews
- 21 August 2020
The Edo State Government of Nigeria has set out 100,000 hectares of land for oil palm cultivation by investors.
Record breaking year for Brazil soy exports drives deforestation and land insecurity in the Cerrado Biome
- CRR
- 19 August 2020
As demand for Brazilian soy soars, agribusinesses and farmland developers are seizing the opportunity to expand in the biodiverse Cerrado biome in western Bahia, Brazil.
Smit Tit v. Mitr Phol: Ensuring access to remedies against land grabbing by transnational corporations
- Global Policy
- 19 August 2020
An analysis of the global impact of a Thai court judgement, which provides a judicial forum to farmers from Cambodia, who were victims of transnational land grabbing.
Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environmental red flags
- Mongabay
- 17 August 2020
The Indonesian government is pushing ahead with a plan to grow crops on a Puerto Rico-sized area of peatlands, despite criticism from experts and a history of similar failed projects.
Land privatization: Why Sri Lanka must reject the MCC compact
- Oakland Institute
- 17 August 2020
In Sri Lanka, where the state formally owns an estimated 85 percent of the country’s 6.6 million hectares of land, there is legitimate concern that the proposed US-funded project, the MCC compact would shift control of these lands towards private interests.
Harvard-controlled LLC in $120+ million deal with anonymous LLC connected with Canadian pension fund.
- WII
- 14 August 2020
Two Harvard-controlled LLCs have deeded over 7,104.74 acres of land in northern San Luis Obispo County, California for an estimated $120.14 million (based upon $132,159 paid in county real estate transfer taxes.)
Farmers walk from N. Sumatra to Jakarta to demand Jokowi settle land dispute
- Jakarta Post
- 11 August 2020
Some 170 farmers have walked 1,812 kilometers from their hometown in North Sumatra, Indonesia to the capital city to demand to the President to settle a land dispute with state-owned plantation company that evicted them from their farmland.