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Selling out West Papua
- Al Jazeera
- 25 June 2020
A video investigation on allegations of fraud and human rights abuses in billion-dollar land deals in West Papua, Indonesia to develop oil palm plantation.
Brasil: Compra de terras em larga escala por investidores estrangeiros eleva desmatamento em zonas tropicais, diz estudo
- IHU
- 25 June 2020
Aquisições de terras em larga escala — que cobrem pelo menos 200 hectares — contribuem para a destruição das florestas tropicais.
Nigeria: Deforestation, land grabbing on the rise in Cross River
- Vanguard
- 25 June 2020
Environmental Right Action/ Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoEN have asserted that the incident of land grabbing and deforestation was becoming increasingly alarming in various Cross River communities.
The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua?
- Gecko Project
- 25 June 2020
A Korean conglomerate paid $22 million to an “expert” to help it get land in Papua for oil palm plantations, at the heart of the largest rainforest left in Asia.
Indonesian court jails indigenous farmers for ‘stealing’ from land they claim
- Mongabay
- 23 June 2020
A court in Indonesia has sentenced two indigenous farmers to eight and 10 months in prison for harvesting palm fruit from land whose ownership is contested by the community and a palm oil firm, PT Hamparan Masawit Bangun Persada. The ruling appeared to ignore evidence showing that the villagers are the rightful owners of the land
Ukrainian farmers to enjoy preferential terms for farmland acquisition.
- UNIAN
- 23 June 2020
Farmers to receive preferential terms for farmland acquisition after the land market is introduced and local governments will be granted authority to manage the lands of local communities outside the settlements.
Land purchases by private companies accelerate tropical deforestation, data shows
- Carbon Brief
- 23 June 2020
Study finds that, compared with similar areas that have not seen private investment, areas with large-scale land acquisitions had higher forest loss in 52% of cases.
Pour mieux partager et protéger la terre, 10 organisations demandent une loi foncière en 2021 ! (Communiqué)
- CCFD Terre Solidaire
- 23 June 2020
Une refonte de la politique foncière en France est indispensable et urgente pour stopper les accaparements fonciers en France et ailleurs, et tendre vers la souveraineté alimentaire
Kazakhstan seeks foreign investors to develop agro industrial complex
- Astana Times
- 22 June 2020
Investment opportunities in the agroindustrial business in Kazakhstan were one of the key topics during a recent webinar for investors from Kuwait hosted by Kazakh Invest
Uganda: Kiryandongo Sugar Limited in another Covid-19 lockdown land grab
- Witness Radio
- 22 June 2020
Kiryandongo Sugar limited, a multinational agribusiness company, which has been dispossessing thousands since 2017 in Kiryandongo district, is grabbing another piece of land in the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.
European pension funds back Stafford’s latest Australia farmland fund
- IPE Real Assets
- 22 June 2020
London-based Stafford Capital Partners has raised €12m from three European pension funds towards its soon-to-be-launched follow-up to its Australian farmland fund.
Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit, new innovation head
- Reuters
- 20 June 2020
Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company has launched a venture capital programme to invest in food and farming firm