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God's will or ecological disaster? Mennonite deforestation in Mexico
- Reuters
- 12 July 2022
Mennonites are linked to expanding farmland acquisition and deforestation - not always with the right paperwork - in the Yucatan Peninsula
Iran to use one million hectares of land in Venezuela to grow food
- Iran International
- 10 July 2022
An Iranian official says that Venezuela has agreed to provide one million hectares of agricultural land for Iran’s overseas cultivation projects to secure food.
Los fallos de control de la PAC deja abierto un campo al fraude y al acaparamiento ilegal de tierras
- Agroinformación
- 10 July 2022
Uno de los principales riesgos de fraude en la Política Agrćiola Commún es el problema del acaparamiento ilegal de tierras, que implica la concentración de tierras agrícolas y subsidios de la PAC en manos de grandes empresas e inversores, especialmente en áreas montañosas y estados miembros de Europa del Este.
10 Años de Curuguaty, la masacre que ha configurado el modelo extractivista en Paraguay
- ANRED
- 08 July 2022
En los últimos 10 años se desarrolló un fuerte acaparamiento de tierras para soja transgénica, maíz transgénico y trigo, a los que se suman nuevos rubros del agronegocio: plantaciones de arroz y monocultivos de eucalipto.
Sierra Leone’s conflict palm oil certified as sustainable
- China Dialogue
- 08 July 2022
Some community members accuse Socfin of land-grabbing and pollution. We visited the company’s plantation in Malen to find out what’s happening beneath the palm fronds.
Open Letter: AIDESEP repudiates Ocho Sur palm oil group intimidation, demands buyers step up to protect human rights and forests
- AIDESEP
- 07 July 2022
AIDESEP calls on Ocho Sur's international buyers to reiterate that they have an obligation to exercise due diligence before purchasing palm oil from this company.
La Belgique, complice d’accaparement de terres à Madagascar ? Le cas de Tozzi Green
- Entraide et Fraternité
- 07 July 2022
BIO, la banque belge de développement, finance une multinationale accusée d’accaparer des terres aux dépens des paysan∙nes.
Le palmier du sang de PHC à Lokutu
- L'Avenir
- 07 July 2022
On se croirait en train de suivre un film d’horreur. Le dimanche 26 juin 2022, une équipe des gardes industriels, G4S et la police est descendus à la division Bolembo où elle constante qu’une quantité de régimes et fruits de tâches de noix furent déplacés.
Under Bolsonaro policy, invaders seize control of 250,000 hectares of Indigenous lands
- Mongabay
- 07 July 2022
The Brazilian government has approved the registration of more than 250,000 hectares (620,000 acres) of farms since April 2020 within Indigenous reserves that are still undergoing the demarcation process.
Dangote Sugar targets additional 14,000 tonnes from Tunga project
- Leadership
- 07 July 2022
The company is currently scaling up sugar cane planting with the target to reach about 3000 hectares of cane harvest by January 2025, of the 78,000 hectares of land acquired by Dangote Industries Limited.
Tyson Foods and Tanmiah of Saudi Arabia sign strategic partnership
- Globe Newswire
- 06 July 2022
Tanmiah operates 93 farms as well as 6 hatcheries, 2 feed mills, 4 slaughterhouses, 3 food processing plants, and 13 dry and cold storage facilities located in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE.
Déclaration des Organisations Paysannes de Guinée sur le foncier
- Guinée Matin
- 05 July 2022
"Nous estimons urgent et nécessaire d’organiser des États Généraux du Foncier, étape qui permettra de décliner des priorités en matière de gouvernance des ressources foncières"