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Human Rights Day 2019: Land-related killings go up
- PANAP
- 10 December 2019
The Philippines, Brazil and Colombia ranked as the deadliest countries for farmers, farm workers, indigenous people and land rights activists.
Indian billionaire eyes Zim prime agric land
- Herald
- 09 December 2019
Indian billionaire and Pepsi International franchise holder Ravi Jaipuria wants to acquire vast swathes of prime land in Zimbabwe to diversify into production of key agricultural products.
Laguna Bay, Adveq Trust 2, sell largest Australian almond portfolio to PSP for more than A$350 million
- GAI
- 09 December 2019
PSP Investments has been doubling down on capital commitments in Australia’s ag sector – and particularly in almonds and water recently.
Sime Darby to sell Liberia plantation to local manufacturer
- Reuters
- 07 December 2019
Malaysia’s Sime Darby says it will sell its underperforming palm oil concession in Liberia to Mano Manufacturing Company (MANCO), Liberia’s largest manufacturer of household health and cleaning products.
Ukranians reject the forced "free sale" of their land
- farmlandgrab.org
- 06 December 2019
Open letter to the heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Cameroon: Safacam plans to invest XAF3.5 bln to extend its oil palm and hevea plantations in Dizangué
- Business in Cameroon
- 06 December 2019
The government of Cameroon recently granted an additional 2,000 hectares of land to Société Africaine forestière et Agricole du Cameroun, subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Socfin, to expand oil palm and rubber plantations
NGOs brought before Luxembourg judge in Socfin defamation case
- Chronicle
- 05 December 2019
Four NGOs and seven of their employees were summoned to appear before an investigating judge in Luxembourg, from 2 to 5 December 2019, following a defamation complaint filed by the agro-industrial multinational Socfin.
Cambodian villagers block digging work by Chinese company
- RFA
- 03 December 2019
Villagers believe that local authorities have illegally conspired to sell a large part of the forest to Hamenivent
Canadian pension fund loads up on Australian water rights and almond farms
- SMH
- 03 December 2019
A Canadian pension fund has bought a huge parcel of Australian permanent water rights for $490M to irrigate almond trees, in a move that puts the spotlight on foreign ownership of farms and water resources as drought ravages the country.
Fast food suppliers importing deforestation and violence from Brazil
- Greenpeace
- 03 December 2019
Mega-traders Cargill and Bunge are exporting soya from an agricultural estate in Brazil with a long record of violence, illegality, and environmental destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation has uncovered
'Not in national interest': Ministers block foreigners from buying 4500ha of farmland
- NZ Herald
- 02 December 2019
In a rare rejection of New Zealand's Overseas Investment Office application, Canadians have been barred from buying more than 4500ha of South Island farmland.
Liberia: Regional oil palm stakeholders call for community inclusion in natural resource governance
- Front Page Africa
- 02 December 2019
Stakeholders attending a two-day regional dialogue on oil palm development in West Africa have called for the inclusion of local communities in oil palm development in the sub-region.