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Le Liberia sur le point de valider une révolution foncière
- Commodafrica
- 04 September 2018
Au Liberia, on est sur le point de reconnaître les droits coutumiers sur les terres.
Is Guyana ready for mega-farms and genetically modified seeds?
- Stabroek
- 03 September 2018
In June 2018, Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture unveiled an agreement with the Brazilian Agricultural Machinery and Research Institute that gives a green light to Brazilian investors lobbying for large tracts of lands in the Rupununi savannahs.
Sénégal : Les habitants de DIAMA dénoncent l’accaparement de leurs terres par le maire Oumar Mourel Sow
- DakarActu
- 02 September 2018
Les communautés locales dénoncent l’accaparement de leurs terres par des entreprises agricoles étrangères qui ont fini de s’installer dans leur terroir
Brasil: O empresário filantropo acusado de roubo de terras no Nordeste
- El País Brasil
- 02 September 2018
Euclides de Carli, dono de 13 empresas ligadas à venda e arrendamento de terras, oculta seu posto entre os maiores grileiros do país atrás da imagem de empresário filantropo
Businessman turned philanthropist accused of murders and land theft in Brazil's Northeast
- Brasil Reporter
- 02 September 2018
Portrait of a Brazilian businessman accused of violent land grabbing whose clients include Cargill, Bunge and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).
Qatar's five major conglomerates turn to Turkey for investments
- Daily Sabah
- 02 September 2018
Ahmet Hasan, the general manager of Royal Link, which manages the investments of Qatar Holding, says they have acquired a huge tract of land for the production of dried fruit and several Qatari companies have acquired other large areas of farmland.
AgDevCo welcomes new funding from the British government
- PRNewswire
- 31 August 2018
As announced as part of Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Africa, the Department for International Development will provide a further £55m to support AgDevCo's mission to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity in Africa.
SABL scandal buried and forgotten
- Act Now!
- 31 August 2018
The PNG government is trying to bury and forget the SABL land grab scandal in which more than 5 million hectares of land has been stolen from rural communities.
New report pushes back against global land rush
- Namati
- 31 August 2018
After three years of intensive research, CPR-Namati launch resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
Phnong petition over Mondulkiri land
- Phnom Penh Post
- 31 August 2018
One hundred Phnong ethnic people in Mondulkiri province’s Busra commune, in Ccambodia, have thumbprinted a petition to reject Thieng Try Company’s request for an economic land concession to grow coffee in the area.
La stratégie anti-déforestation et l’huile de palme en Afrique
- IRIS
- 30 August 2018
En France, la stratégie nationale de lutte contre la déforestation importée (SNDI) a été soumise à la consultation publique du 3 au 24 juillet 2018.
New report pushes back against global land rush
- Namati
- 30 August 2018
After three years of intensive research, Namati have launched Midcourse Manoeuvers: Community Strategies and Remedies for Natural Resource Conflicts in India, Indonesia, and Myanmar, a groundbreaking resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.