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Socfin/Cambodge : Les terres rouges des Bunongs perdues à jamais ?
- Médor
- 06 Mar 2019
Enquête de Cédric Vallet sur une concession litigieuse sur laquelle flottent des soupçons de corruption.
ING arrête les frais avec Socfin
- Metro
- 06 Mar 2019
ING a décidé d’arrêter momentanément ses crédits au groupe luxembourgeois Socfin du Belge Hubert Fabri, tant que toutes ses plantations d’huile de palme ne seront pas certifiées RSPO
Global land grab gathers pace
- Trócaire
- 06 Mar 2019
Trócaire launches Lent campaign with new report 'Making a Killing' on global land grab
Chinese banana plantations in Lao district leave locals with little land to farm
- Radio Free Asia
- 05 Mar 2019
Concessions of land made by the government of Laos to Chinese banana farms are leaving villagers in one northern district without enough land of their own to feed their families, RFA sources say
Conflit Bunong : Socfin-KCD répond aux accusations
- Cambodgemag
- 05 Mar 2019
Dans un communiqué diffusé aux medias locaux en février 2019, Socfin-KCD donne sa version de l’affaire
Colombia: El invisible acaparamiento de tierras
- Blogs El Tiempo
- 05 Mar 2019
La creciente deforestación en el Guaviare está asociada al acaparamiento de tierras. Esto ya ha sido denunciado en varios medios y localmente es tratado como verdad sabida.
La ministre du développement rural visite le projet "Elite Agro Mauritania"
- CRIDEM
- 05 Mar 2019
La ferme en Gombo vert destinée à l’exportation vers les marchés internationaux couvre une superficie de 50 hectares, mais les promteurs emiratis s'attèlent à élargir leurs activités agricoles sur 1360 ha
Letter to Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
- ESCR-Net
- 04 Mar 2019
ESCR-Net has written to President Bio about the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and Users Association in connection with industrial scale palm oil operations by Société Financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin Group).
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
- IIED
- 04 Mar 2019
Today, certain legal arrangements are facilitating unsustainable resource extraction and shifting resource control in favour of commercial interests.
Rwanda, Israel firm ink $66M to develop Gabiro Agribusiness Hub
- KT Press
- 04 Mar 2019
The Rwanda Development Board signs agreement with Israeli firm Netafim to develop irrigation for 5,600 ha agricultural project in Eastern Province.
Kenya: Survey ordered to settle Del Monte land dispute
- Daily Nation
- 04 Mar 2019
Fruit processor Del Monte will have its land in Murang’a and Kiambu counties surveyed in in order to address the historical injustices committed against the area residents.
Kenya: Survey ordered to settle Del Monte land dispute
- Nation
- 04 Mar 2019
US fruit processor Del Monte will have its 8,900 ha of farmland surveyed in order to address historical injustices committed against the area residents.