With the pandemic striking higher in Uganda, poor families continue to be forced off their land by their government and investors despite several directives halting evictions during the COVID period.
Dangote Sugar Company, owned by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Adamawa State, has allegedly released industrial wastes which flooded farmlands in the host community, causing untold hardship to the people.
Pour l'organisation paysanne Uniterre, il est à craindre que Bio Suisse ne re-certifie la plantation d’Agripalma, du groupe Socfin, dès qu’elle estimera que la vague de critique sera passée
An open letter has been sent to the AfDB and Nordic Development Fund, calling on them to take immediate action to address reprisals against a community in Uganda impacted by the Wadelai irrigation project.
Depuis le 22 août, 6 000 Indiens du Brésil, issus de 170 peuples différents, ont planté leurs tentes sur l’esplanade des ministères à Brasilia pour s’élever contre une menace inédite sur leurs droits et leurs terres.
Uganda's Non-Governmental Organization Bureau has suspended 54 organizations for alleged 'non-compliance', including Witness-Radio, which has been defending several communities whose lands have been grabbed by foreign agribusinesses.
Nigerian grassroots defender Ajele Sunday wanted dead for helping communities fight for their land against SOCFIN's subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm Plantation in Edo State.
New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Corporation have agreed to buy Lawson Grains, which owns a 90,500 hectare agricultural land estate across New South Wales and Western Australia.
Australia’s second-biggest farmland investor has sold its Lawson Grains portfolio comprising 105,000 hectares of crop land in NSW and Western Australia to Sydney-based global forestry investment manager New Forests and Canada’s Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
Grupo agrícola, que responde na justiça por apropriação indevida de terras, recebeu uma permissão irregular para desmatar uma área de Cerrado nativo maior que a cidade do Recife.
El grupo ambientalista Somos Monte denunció destrucción de bosque nativo y acaparamiento de tierras en el Paraje La Fidelidad, localidad de Misión Nueva Pompeya, departamento General Güemes, provincia de Chaco.
Les solutions fondées sur la nature détournent l'attention des vraies causes de la crise climatique et de la perte de la biodiversité - exploitation croissante et à but lucratif des ressources - et qui mènent à l'accaparement des terres des peuples autochtones
