Company bosses and politicians complicit in violently seizing land, razing tropical forests or poisoning water sources could soon find themselves standing trial in the Hague alongside war criminals and dictators
- Mongabay
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23 September 2016
Conflicts over land are likely to increase following a peace deal as once no-go areas open up for business and development projects, experts say
- Reuters
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23 September 2016
In March the World Bank board granted a waiver of its current safeguard policy for indigenous peoples in relation to a loan to the government of Tanzania for SAGCOT, a multi-million dollar public-private partnership agribusiness development project.
The financing is aimed at helping Maïsadour to increase its production of fruit and vegetables in Morocco and particularly the rural region of Souss-Massa in the country.
As the world celebrates the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations today, conservationists have warned transnational companies from Europe, America and Asia against scramble for land in Nigeria and Africa for industrial agro-business.
Virtually none of the promises made by the company to the communities in exchange for lands were kept.
- Chieforganizer.org
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22 September 2016
A new website has been launched this week to monitor the devastating impact of illegal large-scale commercial agriculture as a driver of global deforestation.
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
- Land Portal
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21 September 2016
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening a partnership to help the Chinese agriculture industry go global in Beijing on Tuesday. China has invested a total of US$7.18 billion in overseas agricultural projects.
- china.org.cn
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21 September 2016
In its second swoop on prime northern NSW cattle country this year, Chinese-owned pastoral business, Rifa Salutary, has snapped up another two aggregations for an estimated $55 million.
- Farm Weekly
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21 September 2016
China has expressed its interest in bringing its private firms to invest in agriculture in areas in the border region of Kalimantan, Indonesia, a top official said on Monday.
- The Jakarta Post
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20 September 2016
Is there such a thing as "responsible large-scale investment in land and agriculture"? asks Prof Marjorie Mbilinyi.
- The Citizen
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20 September 2016