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Chinese billionaire sees a goldmine in French fields
- AFP
- 26 February 2018
Over the past four years Hu Keqin, owner of the Reward Group, has quietly snapped up 3,000 hectares of wheat fields in the central Indre and Allier regions of France.
China, voracious buyer of foreign agricultural land
- The Star
- 25 February 2018
A Chinese tycoon's purchase of vast wheat fields in France highlights China's increasing acquisition of foreign farmland as the Asian giant seeks to keep up with its massive population's growing appetite.
NAinfo: Criminalización de defensores del ambiente y la tierra en América Latina
- Comunicaciones Aliadas
- 25 February 2018
América Latina mantuvo en 2017 el primer lugar en el ranking mundial de asesinatos contra personas defensoras de la tierra y el medio ambiente elaborado por Global Witness.
Les organisations péruviennes et internationales énoncent publiquement leurs préoccupations envers les menaces de mort auxquelles font face les dirigeants autochtones de la communauté de Santa Clara de Uchunya
- FPP
- 23 February 2018
Depuis 2013, la communauté Shipibo de Santa Clara d'Uchunya lutte contre la destruction et l'appropriation de leurs terres traditionnelles en vue de la transformation des forêts en plantations de palmiers à huile.
China compra tierras en el extranjero en forma voraz
- La Nación
- 23 February 2018
China concentra una quinta parte de la población mundial pero solamente el 10% de las tierras arables disponibles en el mundo.
Macron busca conciliação com agricultores antes de grande feira em Paris
- Swiss Info
- 23 February 2018
O presidente da França, Emmanuel Macron, buscou o meio-termo em um impasse com produtores rurais franceses, incentivando agricultores a investirem mais em vez de se queixarem da concorrência do exterior, mas ao mesmo tempo prometendo protegê-los de compradores de terra estrangeiros.
Perú: amenazas de muerte contra líderes indígenas de la comunidad Santa Clara de Uchunya
- Forest Peoples Programme
- 23 February 2018
Organizaciones peruanas e internacionales emiten pronunciamiento de preocupación sobre amenazas de muerte contra líderes indígenas de la comunidad Santa Clara de Uchunya
Avec ses champs français, Monsieur Hu se rêve en roi de la baguette en Chine
- AFP
- 23 February 2018
S'il a acquis légalement ces fermes, le milliardaire Hu Keqin a joué sur une faille juridique en achetant la quasi-totalité des exploitations, et non leur totalité.
Businessman Karuturi booked for sexually harassing spa staffer
- Times of India
- 23 February 2018
Indian businessman Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi has been booked for allegedly sexually harassing a 23-year-old woman staffer of a spa centre in Bengaluru and abusing policemen who rushed to her help.
Public Note: In the Cerrado of Piaui, Brazil, communities suffer violations and lose their land
- CPT et al.
- 23 February 2018
Groups once again publicly denounce the alarming increase in violence and violations of rights of the communities in the Cerrado in Piauí, part of the region where the federal government is implementing its Matopiba Agricultural Development Plan
Emmanuel Macron annonce des "verrous réglementaires" contre l’accaparement des terres agricoles
- France Bleu
- 22 February 2018
Les verrous réglementaires devraient permettre de limiter le rachat de terres agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers
Emmanuel Macron promises to stop foreign investors buying up French farms after China land grab
- Telegraph
- 22 February 2018
President Emmanuel Macron has promised farmers that he will stop foreign investors buying up land in France, after a Chinese fund purchased swathes of rich agricultural land in the centre of the country.