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Office du Niger : Plus de 30 000 ha bientôt mis en valeur
- Nouvelle Expression
- 08 November 2016
L’entreprise turque TOYA vient de s’engager à développer les cultures de coton sur 20.000 ha et de maïs sur 10.000 ha dans la zone de Macina au Mali.
Prosavana contestado em Moçambique e não só
- RFI
- 08 November 2016
Um comunicado de mais de 80 organizações não governamentais de todo o mundo denuncia a "irregularidade" de um mecanismo de diálogo implementado pelos gestores do controverso programa ProSAVANA.
Stop land grabbing! Big businesses gain as natives lose out – conference
- Borneo Today
- 08 November 2016
Meeting notes how land conflicts as a result of agribusiness expansion are proliferating throughout SE Asia and urges pause in the hand out of licenses while community and indigenous peoples’ land rights are secured.
Melka group company in Peru withdraws from RSPO as Shipibo complaint exposes land grabbing and illegal deforestation
- FPP
- 08 November 2016
In its letter to the RSPO, Plantaciones de Pucallpa claims to have divested all its palm oil estates, land, related activities and equipment and PdP has no involvement in the Palm oil industry.
En RD Congo, des terres arables sont sous l’emprise de l’élite du pays, selon l’ONG Tropenbos International
- Agence Ecofin
- 07 November 2016
Les intellectuels congolais acquièrent la propriété de terres agricoles qu’ils ne souhaitent ou ne peuvent exploiter au détriment des populations rurales qui perdent ainsi leur unique moyen de subsistance. C’est ce que dénonce l’ONG Tropenbos International.
Goodhope Asia accused of land grabbing in West Papua for palm oil
- CorpWatch
- 07 November 2016
PT Nabire Baru plantation encroaches on the customary lands of the Yerisiam Gua peoples, who have written letters and protested peacefully against the project for the last four years. In 2012, the company was reported to have cleared 32,000 hectares in Nabire province.
Nigeria: OLAM urges FG to make rice importation ban process gradual
- The Authority
- 07 November 2016
Olam has started developing a second 13,500 ha fully irrigated paddy farm on a greenfield site in Ondorie, Nasarawa State.
Philippines: Chinese investors eye 6,000 ha tea plantation in MILF territory
- GMA
- 07 November 2016
Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno said he will meet with leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to help Chinese investors set-up a 6,000 ha tea plantation within the rebels' controlled territory in Mindanao.
The Hidden side of agribusiness: Violation of indigenous and community land rights in Southeast Asia
- 07 November 2016
As the global rush for land intensifies, provoked in particular by the demand for alternatives to fossil fuels, governments across Southeast Asia have welcomed investments by both local and foreign agribusiness companies
Chinese ownership of agricultural land soars above 3 million hectares
- SMH
- 07 November 2016
The amount of agricultural land owned by Chinese interests has soared above 3 million hectares, more than double the 1.46 million declared by the Australian Taxation Office last month, according to a Fairfax Media analysis of reported land sales.
How to stop European money fuelling land grabbing overseas
- Global Witness
- 04 November 2016
A worrying number of land grabs in developing countries involve European companies or are backed by European money – from banks, equity and pension funds, for instance.
Large scale land acquisitions for investment in Kenya: Is the participation, and benefits of affected local communities meaningful, and equitable?
- LDGI
- 04 November 2016
A case study of the situation in Lamu, Isiolo and Siaya Counties by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)