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Chinese businessmen invest in Australian agriculture
- Xinhua
- 24 July 2015
Australian farms and cattle stations are becoming increasingly attractive to overseas investors - especially Chinese buyers looking for beef sources in other countries.
Senegal land grab on the verge of implosion
- Re:Common
- 24 July 2015
A new report by Italian researchers shows that the controversial Senhuile project in Senegal is on the verge of collapse. The project, initiated by Italian and Senegalese investors four years ago to produce biofuels, has provoked fierce resistance from affected communities in which six people have died.
Palm oil land grab during Liberian ebola crisis caused abuses
- TeleSur
- 23 July 2015
Massive land grabs in Liberia by a major oil palm company at the peak of the Ebola outbreak have had a hand in the harassment and violence faced by Liberians speaking out against palm oil expansion, a new report released Thursday claims.
New Zealand: Labour loses bid to tighten farmland sales
- 23 July 2015
A bill aimed at limiting the sale of rural land to overseas investors failed to make it past the first stage when it was introduced in Parliament last night.
Report accuses Cambodian elite of land grabbing frenzy
- Video News
- 23 July 2015
Fresh documents allege land grabs amounting to ‘crimes against humanity’ affected 830,000 people since 2000
Pro-Savana will not expropriate land, government says
- AIM
- 23 July 2015
The Mozambican government on Thursday categorically denied that any Mozambicans would lose land because of the Pro-Savana agricultural development programme under way in the north of the country.
Palm oil in Liberia: violence, threats, and false promises
- Global Witness
- 23 July 2015
Global Witness exposé reveals violence, threats, and false promises driving rapid palm oil expansion in Liberia. Urgent reforms needed to protect citizens and regulate plantation companies.
Liberians 'pressured to sell land' for palm oil plantations
- BBC
- 23 July 2015
Communities in Liberia are being pressured to sign away their land to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a campaign group.
The ‘Brazil of Africa': How development institutions are financing land grabs in the DRC
- Africa is a Country
- 22 July 2015
A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Government 'rubber stamps' $6 billion worth of farm sales to overseas buyers
- Stuff
- 22 July 2015
New Zealand MP Phil Goff admits Labour government got it wrong selling land to foreigners.
The scramble for Africa lives on in the 21st Century
- Afrikan Post
- 22 July 2015
‘Land grabs’ stands tall as a major development challenge in Africa. Millions of agriculture dependent families are forced to leave their fertile lands for multinational companies who occupy the lands for business purposes.
Chinese company has to go back to square one with Overseas Investment Office
- Stuff
- 22 July 2015
Shanghai Pengxin's decision to restructure its New Zealand farm assets means the company has to go back to the Overseas Investment Office to gain new consents to run its farms.