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How investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals
- IIED
- 17 February 2016
New research examining the geographical coverage of international investment treaties raises concern about how they might affect public action to address 'land grabbing'.
Improving global land governance with technologies, partnerships and donor coherence
- Donor Platform
- 17 February 2016
The Donor Platform commissioned 4 studies to guide donors in prioritising activities and investments in land governance.
Sierra Leona condena a seis personas por la destrucción de los árboles de palma de aceite en un pleito sobre derechos de tierras
- Umoya
- 16 February 2016
Un tribunal de Sierra Leona ha condenado a seis personas que se oponen a un proyecto de palma aceitera en la que el conglomerado francés Bolloré posee una importante participación de la destrucción de árboles y de incitar a la población local para protestar sobre derechos de tierras.
Ex-Macquarie director Tim Hornibrook cops ASIC ban for fake email ploy
- SMH
- 16 February 2016
Mr Hornibrook, who was a former head of Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management, along with some members of his sales team, were found to have extracted sensitive commercial information from a rival fund.
ANZ still owes villagers over sugar loan: Oxfam
- Phnom Penh Post
- 16 February 2016
Australian banking giant ANZ has come under fire for its response to a scandal over its financing of a sugar plantation previously linked to forced evictions and child labour in Kampong Speu province.
New study on Dutch floriculture investments in eastern Africa and the impacts on local food security
- F&BKP
- 16 February 2016
The Netherlands Academy on Land Governance / IDS Utrecht University has conducted a scoping study on Dutch flower farms, land governance and local food security in eastern Africa
Still banking on land grabs: Australia's big four banks and land grabs
- Oxfam
- 15 February 2016
Follow up from 2014 Oxfam report "Banking on Shaky Ground – Australia's big four banks and land grabs", asserts that all four banks have failed to ensure the affected communities' rights to food, shelter and a sustainable livelihood were restored.
L'agence française de développement sert les intérêts de l'agrobusiness en Afrique
- Mediapart
- 15 February 2016
Ce financement représente toute l’hypocrisie de l’aide française au développement qui finance, via des paradis fiscaux, une entreprise qui pratique l’accaparement de terres en Afrique, relate Mediapart.
Algérie : déchéance des exploitants de terres non cultivées, les Français et les Américains arrivent
- TSA
- 15 February 2016
De nombreux partenariats avec des investisseurs étrangers sont en cours dans le domaine agricole, se félicite le directeur de l’organisation foncière au ministère de l'Agriculture algérien
Afrique du sud: Le groupe AfriBusiness combattra le projet de réforme foncière de Jacob Zuma
- Agence Ecofin
- 15 February 2016
Selon le groupe de défense des droits civils AfriBusiness, le plan d’accession à la propriété foncière du président Jacob Zuma pourrait provoquer un exode massif des investisseurs
Sierra Leone : les déboires judiciaires des militants anti-Socfin
- Ouestafnews
- 15 February 2016
La vive dénonciation des attributions de terres en 2011 à Socfin a été le début d’un combat qui a porté devant les feux de l’actualité les militants anti-accaparement du Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (Maloa).
Australian banks and land grabs
- Oxfam
- 15 February 2016
Almost two years ago Oxfam revealed that Australia’s Big 4 Banks — the ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac — are backing agriculture and timber companies linked to land grabs in developing countries.