Asian Peasant Coalition strongly condemns the repression and land grabbing carried out by the Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. against the indigenous Kuy people of Preah Vihear, Cambodia.
Mozambique's Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Mozambique tells the Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy that his ministry will co-ordinate with other relevant authorities to provide UAE investors with land to for agricultural projects
Why did it take years for Cargill and Wilmar to cut off one of Guatemala’s most corrupt companies?
The slaughter of people defending their land or environment continued unabated in 2017, with new research showing almost four people a week were killed worldwide in struggles against mines, plantations, poachers and infrastructure projects.
- Guardian
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03 February 2018
An Indonesian community rights group has filed a complaint against the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil at the OECD for failing to address complaints by residents of two West Kalimantan villages.
- Jakarta Globe
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02 February 2018
Four new permits for palm oil expansion issued in Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia covering area almost the size of Singapore - major parts of which are comprised of high-density forest cover. One is given to Wilmar International key suppliers, Ganda group.
- Forest Hints
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01 February 2018
A local Liberian company has filed a lawsuit against Golden Veroleum Liberia claiming that the palm company owes it money for services rendered, including death benefits for an employee who died from a workplace accident.
- Front Page Africa
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31 January 2018
This report by IIED discusses evolving patterns in land use investments, developments in investment frameworks, and implications for legal empowerment approaches.
AgCAP has completed the sale of its initial Sustainable Agriculture Fund (SAF) portfolio, which included the sale to institutional and private equity investors of SAF’s three cropping aggregations in Australia.
- Grain Central
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30 January 2018
About 2.5 billion people around the globe, including 370 million indigenous people, depend on land and natural resources that are held, used, and managed collectively, meaning one third of the world’s population is vulnerable to dispossession by more powerful actors
- Slow Food
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26 January 2018
Karuturi Flower Farm in Naivasha has started negotiations for an out of court settlement with its creditors. The move is expected to kick-start the revival of the flower farm which was put under receivership in 2014.
- WatsupAfrica
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26 January 2018
Groups express support for the French newspapers and NGOs accused of defamation for reporting on the mobilisation of villagers and farmers in West Africa who live near SOCFIN's plantations. The case opened in Paris on January 25.
- CSOs, media
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26 January 2018