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Argentina: Tierras Estatales Transformadas en Grandes Transacciones de Tierras
- Land Matrix
- 01 July 2021
El informe aborda dos casos de estudios, que representan cuatro grandes transacciones de tierras
Socfin’s RSPO certification challenged by affected communities in Cameroon
- CED
- 01 July 2021
Local communities hold a press conference today to protest against the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil certificate awarded to Socfin’s subsidiary company SAFACAM in Cameroon on 30 December 2020
La certification RSPO de SOCFIN contestée par les communautés riveraines au Cameroun
- CED
- 01 July 2021
Aujourd'hui, des communautés locales annoncent leur désapprobation totale du certificat de la Table Ronde pour l'Huile de Palme Durable (RSPO), attribué le 30 décembre 2020 à la société SAFACAM, filiale camerounaise du groupe SOCFIN.
Colombia: Los menonitas acumulan en los Llanos una tierra con pasado turbio
- Mongabay
- 01 July 2021
La extensa compra de tierras de los menonitas no es un caso aislado. Existen 214 colonias que han adquirido unas 3,9 millones de hectáreas en nueve países latinoamericanos.
As lockdown bites, multinationals resort to the use of herds hired from pastoralists to evict locals off their land
- Witness Radio
- 30 June 2021
As natives continue to resist illegal evictions, multinational companies opt to hire livestock as a new tactic to forcefully evict smallholder farmers from their land.
Libre-échange: le scepticisme croît au sein du Mercosur
- swissinfo
- 30 June 2021
«Les communautés autochtones au Brésil, chassées de leurs terres, n’ont jamais été consultées au cours des négociations» de l'accord de libre-échange AELE-Mercosur
What are the effects of large-scale land acquisitions in Africa on selected economic and social indicators?
- Misereor
- 30 June 2021
New report for Misereor reviewed scientific literature on the microeconomic and social effects of large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Tropical limited invests in pineapple plantation
- Politico Online
- 30 June 2021
The company owned by Itochu Corp of Japan is currently cultivating 300 out of 4,335 hectares leased under agreements with landowners in Lugbu Chiefdom, Sierra Leone
Japfa to acquire two dairy farms for $165.7 million to strengthen foothold in China
- Straits Times
- 30 June 2021
Singapore-based Japfa, through its 75 per cent-owned subsidiary AustAsia Investment Holdings, has agreed to buy two dairy farms in Shandong, China.
Droits fonciers des peuples autochtones : les juges et la société civile revoient le cadre juridique
- Cameroon Magazine
- 29 June 2021
Am Cameroun, les peuples autochtones des forêts voient leurs droits fonciers menacés chaque jour par les pressions exercées sur leurs terres par l’exploitation forestière, l’exploitation minière, la conservation et l’agro-industrie.
Food estate di Papua: Perampasan ruang berkedok ketahanan pangan?
- Walhi
- 28 June 2021
Perjuangan panjang dan suara lantang Orang Asli Papua untuk merebut daulat atas tanah, air, udara dan hak dasar lainnya kembali menemui tantangan yang bernama kebijakan pembangunan food estate. Arahan lokasi food estate di Papua seluas ± 2.684.680,68 hektar. Lebih dari dua juta hektar berada di kawasan hutan.
Sénégal : Keur Moussa dit NON à la spoliation de ses terres par Fili Fili
- Thies Info
- 28 June 2021
Le collectif And Defar Keur Moussa a battu le macadam ce week-end pour réclamer leurs terres.