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Bollore-Socfin steals Liberian land with empty promises and government help
- Chieforganizer.org
- 22 September 2016
Virtually none of the promises made by the company to the communities in exchange for lands were kept.
New site shines a spotlight on pandemic of deforestation driven by illegal agriculture
- 22 September 2016
A new website has been launched this week to monitor the devastating impact of illegal large-scale commercial agriculture as a driver of global deforestation.
Dossier : La Belgique et l'Europe complices des accaparements de terres
- SOS Faim
- 22 September 2016
Plusieurs ONG belges ne quittent pas des yeux trois entreprises, actives dans l’huile de palme, qu’elles soupçonnent d’accaparement de terres : Siat, Socfin et Feronia
Sénégal : pour Yacine Fall, les autorités se doivent de réagir face aux accaparements des terres agricoles
- Agence Ecofin
- 22 September 2016
« Les Indiens veulent délocaliser un village entier dans la vallée du fleuve pour installer un champ de patates douces à la place », dénonce l’ancienne fonctionnaire internationale sénégalaise
Land grabbing en Mauritanie: le feu qui couve
- Kassataya
- 22 September 2016
Les habitants de Fanaye Niakwar, dans l’arrondissement de Tékane, ont perdu le sourire depuis qu’ils ont vu des engins et des ouvriers poser des piquets pour clôturer un vaste terrain de près de 2000 ha.
Land Portal launches innovative dynamic country portfolios based on linked open data
- Land Portal
- 21 September 2016
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
MoU signed to help Chinese agriculture go global
- china.org.cn
- 21 September 2016
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening a partnership to help the Chinese agriculture industry go global in Beijing on Tuesday. China has invested a total of US$7.18 billion in overseas agricultural projects.
China’s Rifa pays $55m to beef up its NSW estate
- Farm Weekly
- 21 September 2016
In its second swoop on prime northern NSW cattle country this year, Chinese-owned pastoral business, Rifa Salutary, has snapped up another two aggregations for an estimated $55 million.
Caravana de solidariedade às vítimas dos megaprojectos no Corredor de Nacala
- ADECRU
- 20 September 2016
Comunidades camponesas e rurais juntam-se na caravana de solidariedade às vítimas dos megaprojectos no Corredor de Nacala
China interested in agricultural investment in Kalimantan
- The Jakarta Post
- 20 September 2016
China has expressed its interest in bringing its private firms to invest in agriculture in areas in the border region of Kalimantan, Indonesia, a top official said on Monday.
Tanzania: The dilemmas and difficulties of land policy reform
- The Citizen
- 20 September 2016
Is there such a thing as "responsible large-scale investment in land and agriculture"? asks Prof Marjorie Mbilinyi.
Lao government promises over land are met with suspicion
- RFA
- 20 September 2016
Laos’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has estimated that government officials have given more than one million hectares of the country’s total land area of 23.7 million hectares as concessions to foreign investors