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Think land grabbing is a thing of the past? Think again
- The Correspondent
- 09 November 2015
Investigation finds Rabobank acquired farmlands in Romania that had been sold without the knowledge or consent of the farmer owners.
En coulisse: Senhuile
- Enquëte+
- 09 November 2015
Dans le bras de fer qui les oppose à Senhuile et ses patrons italiens, les populations du Ndiael ont trouvé l’occasion rêvée de porter un coup dur à la société d’agrobusiness implantée sur 20 000 hectares de leurs terres.
False promise – Radio drama (Land & Corruption)
- LJ4WA
- 09 November 2015
A broad alliance from World Bank to G8, from governments to multi-national corporations promotes large scale agriculture to improve food security, to create jobs and to bring development to rural communities.
Agriculture: accord pour la création de la première société mixte algéro-américaine
- APS
- 09 November 2015
D'un coût initial d'investissement de $100 millions, cette société dénommée "El Firma" sera basée dans l'ouest algérien, où les deux partenaires vont implanter une ferme pilote intégrée s'étendant sur près de 6.000 ha.
Scandalous revelation involving Herakles Farms – Wrote Presidency to intervene in pending lawsuits
- Cameroon Journal
- 09 November 2015
Shock waves are running down the spine of judges and lawyers in Limbe and Buea following a leak of a letter written by Herakles Farms to the Presidency requesting that it intervene in pending Court Cases against the company.
“La tierra es de las mujeres”
- 20 minutos
- 06 November 2015
En un país con muy poca tierra cultivable como Mauritania, empresas extranjeras compran al gobierno grandes extensiones de tierra (lo que se conoce como acaparamiento de tierra) provocando la ruina de pueblos enteros y su desplazamiento
Farmers, indigenous peoples thumb down expansion of oil palm plantations
- Bulatlat
- 05 November 2015
About a hundred farmers and indigenous peoples voiced out their opposition to the expansion of oil palm plantations in Philippines with nine companies from Malaysia and Indonesia, have signaled their intention to invest in Mindanao.
Feronia Inc. announces secured convertible debenture financing of up to US$17.5 million
- Marketwired
- 05 November 2015
CDC Group plc, the UK Government's Development Finance Institution, has expressed its intention to lead the Offering with a minimum US$10 million investment.
Marinakue, pueblo mba'e!
- CONAMURI
- 05 November 2015
En la sesión de hoy, jueves 5 de noviembre de 2015, el Congreso Nacional ha dado otra bofetada al Estado de Derecho y a la coherencia, al legitimar la apropiación ilegal de Marinakue por parte del Grupo Riquelme.
Burkina Faso: Code d'investissement agricole - L'avant-projet de loi en validation
- Sidwaya Quotidien
- 05 November 2015
Le nouveau code d'investissement agricole détermine les modalités d'accès à la terre et le régime foncier.
Resistencia popular contra el acaparamiento corporativo del agua
- Rebelión
- 04 November 2015
Los esfuerzos corporativos para privatizar los derechos de agua concitan una robusta resistencia popular en las comunidades de todo el mundo, que afirman su derecho a decidir cómo se utilizan los recursos hídricos
Letter to World Bank President re arrest and prosecution of Pastor Omot Agwa in Ethiopia
- ASO
- 04 November 2015
Groups urge World Bank President to act swiftly to ensure the release and safety of Ethiopian land and environmental activist who worked for the Bank as a transaltor for its Inspection Panel in Ethiopia