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Court halts land clearance on edge of protected park in Zambia
- Guardian
- 07 February 2022
Conservationists welcome interim injunction to stop farm development by Tanzania oil company they say threatens migration of 10 million fruit bats
Financialisation of agriculture : an analysis of land issues
- CEP
- 05 February 2022
Findings from a study conducted by the Centre for Studies and Forecasting of France's Ministry of Agriculture on the takeover of agricultural land by financial players.
89 832 land agreements are incorporated in Ukraine
- Ukraine Government
- 04 February 2022
The Ministry of Agrarian policy and Food of Ukraine reports that 89 832 agreements are closed within the framework of market of land, since the land market was opened in July 2021.
El acaparamiento de tierras en Colombia en el marco de la “fiebre por la tierra” global
- Land Matrix
- 03 February 2022
En este documento retomamos algunos planteamientos de los debates generales sobre el acaparamiento mundial de tierras para ponerlos en diálogo con la manera en que se ha expresado este fenómeno en Colombia.
Okomu oil suspends operations after deadly attack by gunmen
- Premium Times
- 03 February 2022
The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State, Nigeria has suspended its operations in the aftermath of an incident described by management as a “terrorist attack”.
The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is turning public land private, clearing the way for deforestation
- The Conversation
- 02 February 2022
The most widely publicized threat to the Amazonian rainforest is deforestation. Less well understood is that public lands are being converted to private holdings in a land grab we’ve been studying for the past decade.
Procédures-bâillons: une pétition remise à la Commission, une directive attendue
- RTBF
- 01 February 2022
Des membres de la coalition "CASE", un groupement d'ONG contre les "procédures-bâillons", ont remis mardi à la commissaire européenne aux valeurs et à la transparence Vera Jourova une pétition de plus de 200.000 signatures.
Security operatives have gone after those who burnt my farm, ex-President Obasanjo says
- Sahara Reporters
- 01 February 2022
Land conflicts are alleged to be connected to a fire that burnt Obasanjo's 2,420 hectare mango farm in Benue State, Nigeria.
Luxembourg : Des entreprises «négligent les droits humains»
- L'essentiel
- 01 February 2022
Une coalition de 17 organisations de la société civile luxembourgeoise demande au gouvernement de se prononcer sur la mise en place d'une loi contraignante en la matière.
France : Dans le Jura, 600 personnes reprennent la terre aux spéculateurs pour la rendre aux paysan-ne-s
- Cobfédération paysanne
- 30 January 2022
Plus de 600 personnes ont investi une parcelle de 2 hectares à Passenans dans le Jura, avant de défricher collectivement ces terres laissées à l'abandon depuis plus de 10 ans.
Algérie : 136.000 hectares mis à la disposition des investisseurs
- Algérie-Eco
- 30 January 2022
« Plus de 750 mille hectares de terres agricoles attribuées et non exploitées, relevant du domaine de l’État, ont déjà été retirées à leurs détenteurs pour être réattribuées à de nouveaux investisseurs et l’opération se poursuit », affirme le gouvernement algérien
The government must proactively follow up the evaluation results and decision on sanction of business license revocation
- Yayasan Pusaka
- 28 January 2022
On January 5, 2022 the Government of Indonesia revoked over 2000 permits of mining and plantation companies, which included 26 oil palm plantation companies in Papua Province and 22 companies in West Papua Province. But reports showed that several companies including Indofood Group plantation are still operating without Land Use Rights.