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RSPO verification mission shows Socfin certifications are unjustified
- FoE Netherlands
- 25 August 2022
Organisations call upon the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to undo certifications to Socfin, Africa's biggest plantation company.
El mapa del ecocidio en el Delta del Paraná
- Resumen Latinoamericano
- 25 August 2022
Desde hace varias décadas en Argentina se ha ido consolidando un modelo productivo modelado en función de los intereses de las principales potencias del mundo en alianza con los grandes terratenientes.
Des fonds d'investissement achètent des propriétés agricoles en Espagne et au Portugal
- Fresh Plaza
- 24 August 2022
Les investisseurs institutionnels commencent à considérer l'agriculture en Espagne et au Portugal comme une alternative à moyen et long terme
Town Chief remanded over theft at SOCFIN
- Politico Sierra Leone
- 24 August 2022
The Town Chief of Henai Village in Malen Chiefdom was remanded at the Pujehun Correctional Centre in Southern Sierra Leone after he was accused of stealing palm kernel from the plantation of SOCFIN Agricultural Company.
US Senator introduces bill to prohibit Chinese investment in agribusiness
- Krishi Jagran
- 22 August 2022
Senator Rounds noted on his website that this new legislation will also bar investment in US agribusiness from Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
Not a grain of truth in Ukrainian farmland claim
- AAP
- 22 August 2022
A claim circulating on social media that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sold off 17 million hectares of farmland to US corporations is baseless.
Macquarie gathers Queensland croplands in $120m deal
- AFR
- 21 August 2022
Macquarie Asset Management is stepping up its investment in farmland, taking control of Cowal Agriculture, a cropping enterprise affiliated with US-based Global Endowment Management.
Los grandes fondos cambian el ladrillo por el campo y se lanzan a comprar fincas rústicas como producto de inversión
- El Diario
- 20 August 2022
La compraventa de fincas alcanza máximos de 15 años y los grandes inversores se fijan en España y Portugal porque los precios son mucho más asequibles que en zonas como California o Australia
55 communities protest Edo Govt illegal acquisition of their farmland
- This Day
- 20 August 2022
Communities protest grabbing, bulldozing and replacing of their biodiversity with monocrop oil palms by Fayus Nigeria Ltd and several other of the Edo State governor's business friends and multinational companies.
Suriname offers land for food production
- Trinidad Express
- 20 August 2022
President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi announced that his country will make land available for agricultural production, fostering partnerships between Surinamese and other Caribbean producers and processors.
Paraguay: Extranjerización profundiza conflictos por la tierra
- BASE-IS
- 18 August 2022
La extranjerización de la tierra es una problemática latente en el campo paraguayo, la Cámara de Senadores tiene previsto analizar una Ley de Protección Nacional a las Tierras Rurales el próximo 1 de setiembre.
Revealed: The developers behind Scotland’s carbon credit ‘green rush’
- The Ferrett
- 18 August 2022
Scotland’s richest man, an oil giant, an earl, and private equity and property firms are among those developing carbon credit projects that critics say are pushing up land prices and allowing companies to “greenwash” their image.