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Cambodian land grabs threaten traditional communities
- VOA
- 26 Mar 2015
Seoung Sarat says he lost his right leg in 2009 because of a conflict with a company that was granted his land by the government to use for large-scale farming.
Sierra Leone : Judicial harassment of land rights defenders
- FIDH
- 26 Mar 2015
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders calls upon the authorities of Sierra Leone to put an end to all acts of harassment against several members of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association.
Responsible investment in agriculture, in practice
- EBG
- 25 Mar 2015
EBG Capital surveyed 8 investment funds about their "responsible investment" practices in farmland deals.
Coke's zero tolerance for land grabs proves difficult to fulfill
- Reuters
- 25 Mar 2015
The Coca-Cola Co has made a good start in axing land grabs from its supply chain, but it must work harder in proving that its bottlers and sugar suppliers do not violate land rights, development experts told the company.
Stop land grabbing defend human rights!
- PAN AP
- 25 Mar 2015
Land is life. But for millions of small-scale farmers and food producers, including indigenous communities, access to land and resources is undermined by monopoly control of landlords and big corporations. Support "No Land, No Life" campaign.
Land grabbing in Tanzania: The truth, fallacies and fights- part 1
- The Citizen
- 24 Mar 2015
The decision by the government to invite and accommodate investors in large scale farming has divided the nation into two alliances: the government-investor versus NGO-smallholder farmers.
Russia: Kuban agricultural holding seeks Asian investment to fund growth
- RBTH
- 23 Mar 2015
Kuban Agricultural Holding is in talks to sell a stake with a number of Asian funds and investment companies, including Chinese firm CIC, which is interested in Basic Element's livestock division.
NGO accuses EU company of illegal African land grabs
- Food Navigator
- 23 Mar 2015
European food companies are illegally grabbing land from smallhold farmers in Africa as part of the G8 New Alliance project, says an Action Aid report published this month.
Malaysian firm to develop 1,000-hectare for oil palm
- Sun Star
- 23 Mar 2015
An official of Davao City, Philippines said Monday that a Malaysian company is set to develop a 1,000-hectare property for oil palm in Marilog District.
What is your pension doing in Africa?
- Danchurchaid
- 23 Mar 2015
DanChurchAid, CARE Denmark and MS calls for more transparency of pension investments in African agriculture.
Kick-start meeting: CFS Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investment
- IAFN
- 20 Mar 2015
This week members of the Private Sector Mechanism (PSM) were at the UN FAO Head Quarters in Rome to give their views on how new Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investment can be used to respond to the urgent need to increase global investment in farm production.
World Bank's Conference on Land & Poverty is a cruel farce
- The Ecologist
- 20 Mar 2015
On Monday, March 23th the World Bank's Conference on Land and Poverty begins in the US. But farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and others denounce the whole exercise as a sham that is all about accelerating corporate land grabs and robbing the poor that the Bank was founded to assist.