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Une année d’espoir à la Socapalm?... Peut-être
- Palmespoir
- 13 January 2017
Quelques très insignifiants frémissements semblent signaler un changement de mentalité au sein de l’ogre SOCAPALM au Cameroun. Le loup serait-il devenu un agneau ?
Rui Feng still clearing farmland, villagers say
- Phnom Penh Post
- 13 January 2017
China sugarcane company Rui Feng continued its campaign to clear disputed land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia yesterday, even after a video of its employees seemingly trying to beat villagers surfaced online earlier this week.
Sugar company worn out by empty promises
- Cambodia Daily
- 12 January 2017
Some 100 farmers who have spent the past 11 days sleeping on land to guard it from bulldozers in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia are exhausted by empty promises from the government to solve their problem.
India's top court queries land use in special economic zones
- Place
- 12 January 2017
In India, of the almost 5,000 hectares (12,355 acres) of land acquired for SEZs in the last five years, only 362 hectares have been used for their intended purpose, according to SEZ Farmers' Protection Welfare Association despite farmers have been devastated by the loss of their land.
Le foncier qui tue !
- Le Sud Online
- 12 January 2017
Les litiges fonciers sont récurrents au Sénégal et sont le plus souvent facteurs de violences et de cas de décès.
Collectif des agriculteurs de Diokoul : Le président Moustapha Ba décède d'un malaise
- Sud Quotidien
- 12 January 2017
Moustapha Ba est décédé suite à son incarcération dans le cadre de l'affaire de spoliation de terres entre les habitants de Diokoul et la société indienne Senegindia.
Tensions between Chinese firm, ethnic villagers mount
- Phnom Penh Post
- 12 January 2017
Ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear, Cambodia filed a complaint against Chinese sugar company Rui Feng on Tuesday after a long-simmering land dispute almost erupted into violence last week.
On 7th anniversary of earthquake, Haitian farmers file land grab complaint highlighting harm caused by disaster “recovery” efforts
- Accountability Counsel
- 12 January 2017
A collective representing hundreds of Haitian farmers, filed a complaint to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) about its role in a case of land grabbing.
Green Desert: Communities in Tanintharyi Renounce the MSPP Oil Palm Concession
- EIA
- 12 January 2017
This notorious palm oil industry has now expanded to Myanmar with devastating consequences for human rights and the environment
«La France doit protéger ses terres agricoles contre les investisseurs français et étrangers»
- 20 Minutes
- 11 January 2017
Interview avec le député Dominique Potier, qui a déposé une proposition de loi pour lutter contre l’accaparement du foncier en France
Le Parlement engage la bataille contre l’accaparement et la concentration des terres agricoles
- AFP
- 10 January 2017
Après les vignobles, des investisseurs financiers ciblent désormais les terres agricoles françaises, mettant en danger la transmission et la pérennité des exploitations familiales, déjà affaiblies par la crise.
Farmers granted bail in Myanmar army land-grabbing case
- SBS
- 10 January 2017
Twenty-one farmers were granted bail by a Myanmar court on Tuesday after being jailed over a land-grab dispute with the military that has highlighted acute challenges faced by the rural poor.