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Land grab update: Mozambique, Africa still in the crosshairs
- FoodTank
- 01 November 2016
Mozambique’s rural communities remain on high alert, even as they successfully repel many of the largest land grabs.
Senegalese customs take drastic measures against Senhuile: equipment seized and CEO bank account frozen
- Dakar Matin
- 31 October 2016
Pinned for fraud, with damages of more than 8 billion CFA, Senhuile had agreed to a compromise. However, it only honoured a part of its commitment, and Senegalese customs reacted with strong measures.
Land grabs and the International Criminal Court: will Cambodia’s kleptocrats finally face justice?
- Illegal Deforestation Monitor
- 31 October 2016
In a world fraught with major human rights violations, and significant constraints facing the ICC, what are the prospects of a prosecution for land grabbing or environmental destruction?
‘Laws legalised land grabbing in Sudan’: Democracy First Group
- Dabanga
- 30 October 2016
The Sudanese Government continues to grant new long-term leases over community lands to investors without consulting local populations or obtaining their consent, says the Sudan Democracy First Group
Ethiopia’s crisis is a result of decades of land disputes and ethnic power battles
- 30 October 2016
The Ethiopian government’s push to lease large swaths of land to foreign investors and private interests has fueled unbridled corruption and displaced thousands of people.
Chinese dairy investor faces hurdles to develop NZ dairy factory
- NBR
- 30 October 2016
Milk NZ, the local unit of Chinese investor Shanghai PengXin Group, is facing new hurdles with its New Zealand investment plans after being knocked back by the government last year over its proposed $88 million purchase of Lochinver farm.
Australian Agricultural Company, the other landholder taken by foreign investors
- AFR
- 30 October 2016
Joe Lewis, the owner of football team Tottenham Hotspur, is the ultimate owner of the AA Trust, which has just converted 59 of 160 Convertible Notes into fully paid ordinary shares in AACo.
The 'Great Land Rush' is here to stay as capital seeks stable assets
- Place
- 28 October 2016
Covering two percent of the world's agricultural land, more than 1,000 territorial transfer deals signed since 2000 have become a fact of life for governments, investors and campaigners, transforming the geopolitical landscape.
What the EU must do to address its role in deforestation and meet its UN commitments
- Illegal Deforestation Monitor
- 27 October 2016
The EU will not meet the Sustainable Development Goals without concerted action to reduce its role in the trade, production and consumption of products grown on deforested land, often illegally.
Canada: Senate to investigate farmland ownership
- Manitoba Cooperator
- 26 October 2016
The Senate agriculture committee is launching a study into the ownership of Canadian farmland and the challenges that farmers face in expanding their operations.
Ethiopians who fled over land rights now face eviction from Calais "Jungle"
- Reuters
- 25 October 2016
People from Oromiya, a region at the heart of Ethiopia's industrialisation efforts, accuse the state of seizing their land and offering tiny compensation, before selling it on to companies, often foreign investors, at inflated prices.
Itochu to invest US$57.7m in bananas
- Produce Plus
- 25 October 2016
Itochu's $57.7m investment through its Dole business will include a 55 per cent increase of its 20,000 ha plantations in the Philippines by 2018