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A quarter of Northern Territory pastoral lease land held by foreign interests
- ABC
- 16 September 2015
An ABC Rural investigation reveals the extent of the creep of foreign ownership in the Top End, particularly over the past three years.
Western Australia makes Ord risk demand
- West Australian
- 16 September 2015
Government considers the development of two plots of land on the Ord River irrigation scheme so risky that it demanded a $150 million a year guarantee from the Chinese company behind the farming project.
Libération des leaders de l’association Maloa en Sierra Leone
- ReAct
- 16 September 2015
Les 7 membres de l’association de défense des droits des riverains de la plantation Socfin-Bolloré en Sierra Leone ont été libérés suite au paiement de leur caution.
Cambodia government shortens lease time on land concessions
- VoA Khmer
- 15 September 2015
Cambodia government has announced a new review of economic land concessions, shortening the period of some from 99 years to 50 years. Land concessions to private enterprises over the years has creating thousands of land disputes and causing many people to become displaced.
Ministry cracks down on dormant ELCs
- Khmer Times
- 15 September 2015
Twenty-three companies holding a total of 90,682 hectares in Cambodia economic land concessions (ELCs) have had their concessions rescinded, while another 20 are being monitored.
Lançamento do documentário - “ProSavana: Terra usurpada, vida roubada”
- Youtube
- 15 September 2015
Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais, em parceria com o Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies e Future Agricultures, numa acção mobilizadora lançam a versão online do documentário “ProSavana: Terra Usurpada, Vida Roubada”.
Paraguay: El Congreso intenta blanquear a Campos Morombí declarando Marina Kue como reserva estatal
- Biodiversidad en América Latina y el Caribe
- 15 September 2015
El origen de este conflicto radica en el acaparamiento de esas tierras por parte de la familia Riquelme, propietarios de la empresa Morombí, que en 2005 a partir de ardides judiciales se las queda.
Sangarebougou : Sus à la spéculation foncière !
- Maliweb
- 15 September 2015
Il ressort des investigations que la région de Koulikoro, ce sont des milliers d’hectares qui ont été illégalement acquis par des prétendues sociétés immobilières en complicité avec certains agents de l’Etat.
Old Mutual targets African properties
- Business Day
- 15 September 2015
Old Mutual Investment Group is targeting agricultural investments in Africa through Futuregrowth, an asset management affiliate of Old Mutual.
China's Bright to buy 50 pct stake in NZ meat processor
- Reuters
- 15 September 2015
A unit of China's state-owned Bright Food Group Co Ltd will take a half share in New Zealand's biggest meat co-operative for $197 million, as China looks to import more of the country's agricultural products.
Oman 'seriously' considering overseas farm opportunities
- Muscat Daily
- 15 September 2015
“We have received proposals for huge pieces of land in two countries. We would like to see these formalised and signed, after which we can announce the investment opportunities," says Minister of Agriculture.
Wall Street investors buying up farmland
- DesMoines Register
- 15 September 2015
Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets — everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways.