Dying for land in Lao?
- Asean Post
- 16 October 2019
Villagers detained for defending their lands from land grabs were beaten and subjected to electric shocks in the days following their arrest, with another later reported to have died in custody.
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Ivory Coast law could see chocolate industry ‘wipe out’ protected forests
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/16/ivory-coast-law-could-see-chocolate-industry-wipe-out-protected-forests
- 16 October 2019
Critics condemn move placing thousands of square miles of rainforest under control of international companies, such as Olam and Siat.
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Rapina delle terre e deforestazioni, olio di palma e soia OGM. #Buycott!
- https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/idee/rapina-delle-terre-e-deforestazioni-olio-di-palma-e-soia-ogm-buycott
- 16 October 2019
La campagna di sensibilizzazione #Buycott inizia il 4 agosto 2019, in reazione all'emergenza climatica denunciata da Antonio Gutierrez, segretario generale ONU. Partendo dalla descrizione del land grabbing, un manifesto programmatico per stare dalla parte dell'Ambiente, dicendo no ad agricoltura e allevamenti intensivi.
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Dutch development bank funded projects tied to murder, land-grabs: report.
- Dutch News
- 15 October 2019
The Dutch newspaper Trouw identified at least seven projects that FMO funded in which the companies involved were connected to murder, intimidation, environmental damage, arbitrary arrests and land grabbing.
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Saudi Arabia and Russia sign up to closer ties with 20 new deals
- Arab News
- 15 October 2019
The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company signed an agreement to join forces in the search of investment projects in the Russian agricultural sector
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Australia: CPC and Terra Firma bosses buying back the farm
- Farm Weekly
- 15 October 2019
Terra Firma, founded by British multi-millionaire Guy Hands, has owned CPC since 2009 when it paid James Packer and partners about $425m for what was then a 5.6m hectare estate.
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Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank financiert landroof en andere misstanden
- Trouw
- 15 October 2019
De Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank financiert projecten waar misstanden voorkomen, blijkt uit onderzoek van Trouw.
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Chinese banana plantations bring work and pollution to Laos
- China Dialogue
- 14 October 2019
Banana plantations are raising local salaries but the chemicals used are poisoning rivers and land
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RDC : Greenpeace Afrique alerte sur les violations de droits humains suite à un conflit forestier dans la province de Tshopo
- Actualité CD
- 14 October 2019
Greenpeace Afrique alerte sur des violations de droits humains dans un conflit forestier opposant la communauté Yalifombo et la société Plantations et Huileries du Congo SA (PHC) appartenant à la firme canadienne Feronia Inc dans la province de la Tshopo.
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Combien de temps la Belgique restera-t-elle complice des crimes des multinationales?
- Le Vif
- 13 October 2019
Un traité contraignant visant à garantir le respect des droit humains par les firmes transnationales est urgent vu l'ampleur des violations commises par des sociétés comme la SOCFIN en Sierra Leone
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Land grabbing e cambiamento climatico, il rapporto IPCC 2019
- https://www.egalite.org/land-grabbing-e-cambiamento-climatico-il-rapporto-ipcc/
- 11 October 2019
Deforestazione e acquisizione di terreni in violazione dei diritti umani provocano cambiamento climatico e danni alle popolazioni: #Buycott!
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Sénégal : Non aux exigences de réforme foncière de la Banque mondiale !
- Xalima
- 10 October 2019
La politique de Macky Sall n’a pas pu mettre fin à l’accaparement des terres rurales qui, en 2016, transmettait 270.908 hectares, soit 3% des terres arables, à 18 privés, dont 6 Sénégalais, 9 français et 3 autres étrangers, selon Ibrahima Sene
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