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Colombia: Denuncian Ecocidio en el sur del Cesar
- RPT Noticias
- 31 August 2015
"Hacemos un llamado a la solidaridad a las organizaciones sociales, de Derechos Humanos y ambientales nacionales e internacionales"
Mapuches, mineras y espías
- No a la Mina
- 31 August 2015
La Compañía de Tierras del Sud Argentino S.A., centenario latifundio hoy en manos del grupo Benetton, se constituyó como querellante frente a las Lof en Resistencia de Cushamen, grupo mapuche que desarrolla la recuperación de una fracción de su territorio.
Perú: Empresas de palma aceitera causan devastación y muerte en selva de Ucayali
- Servindi
- 31 August 2015
Trabajadores no respetan la ley e impiden el ingreso de representantes del Minagri, así como de los medios de comunicación, a las zonas impactadas por su pesada maquinaria.
More land goes into foreign hands for dairying
- Scoop
- 31 August 2015
European interests extending their dairy holdings in New Zealand are among the latest land sale approvals for foreign buyers, says New Zealand First.
Chinese entrepreneurs visit Tonga
- Matangi
- 31 August 2015
The Chinese delegation was interested in setting up businesses in Tonga that could process cassava into starch as well cultivating mushrooms for export.
Kingfisher locks in gains as funding hits triggers
- Pensions Expert
- 31 August 2015
Last year trustees added a global farmland fund managed by Insight Investment Management to the Kingfisher pension scheme.
Large-scale agricultural investments threaten right to food of small-scale farmers in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands
- 31 August 2015
New report published by Misereor is based upon first-hand interviews with farmers in four villages of Tanzania’s Southern Highlands utilizing a right to food framework.
Ag pays off for super-backed fund
- Financial Review
- 31 August 2015
The Sustainable Agriculture Fund, backed by Australia's biggest superannuation funds, has delivered a $4.7 million full year profit and recorded a small rise in the value of its rural property holdings
Les conflits fonciers en Afrique, une bombe à retardement ?
- RFI
- 31 August 2015
Les litiges concernant les terres, dans les zones rurales ou urbaines sont-ils de plus en plus nombreux ? Quels sont les recours pour les citoyens qui s’estiment spoliés ?
Pengxin may buy 2 cattle farms in Australia
- China Daily
- 29 August 2015
Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin Group Co Ltd is set to become the largest farmland owner in Australia if it is successful in the acquisitions of two cattle farms for A$1 billion ($720 million).
Iran launches first overseas farming plan
- Press TV
- 28 August 2015
Iran has launched agricultural cultivation in Kazakhstan, marking its first farmland investment overseas as the Middle Eastern country seeks to secure food supplies amid a lingering drought.
Argentina: Caza de brujas
- Kalewche
- 28 August 2015
En la audiencia que formalizó la incorporación de la multinacional Benetton como querellante, se dio a conocer el fichaje de vecinos vinculados a la Asamblea del No a la Mina y de periodistas.