«Ces investisseurs sont directement responsables des vols de terres et des violations des droits de l’homme perpétrés contre les communautés locales,» selon Frédéric Mousseau
The abduction of villagers is part of the wider use of violence orchestrated by the police who are working for investors including Great Seasons SMC Limited and it is linked to the community’s resistance to a land grab.
- Witness Radio
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24 Mar 2021
Sur Reddit, un internaute a demandé "Hey Bill ! Pourquoi achetez-vous autant de terres agricoles ?". La réponse : "Mon groupe d'investissement a choisi de faire cela. Ce n'est pas lié au climat".
Three leading climate and human rights nonprofits have asked the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in the Hague to pursue rampant “land grabbing” by the government of Cambodia and its commerce partners as a crime against humanity under the court’s jurisdiction.
- Inside Climate News
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23 Mar 2021
Ukrainian pig company KSG Agro and its Swiss partner plan to build a breeding complex for 50,000 pigs in Kazakhstan, which is free of African Swine Fever, to export pork to China.
Resolution adopted by the Professional Staff Congress, a union that represents 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York and the CUNY Research Foundation.
Nuveen's head of sustainability will support Westchester's response to rising investor demand for carbon neutral portfolios, providing scalable, natural solutions to counter climate change through farmland investments.
- Financial Standard
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23 Mar 2021
Le Coordonnateur National du Forum Civil s’engage à jouer sa partition dans l’affaire des 20 000 hectares de terres du Ndiaél affectés à des investisseurs étrangers.
Plusieurs centaines de paysannes et paysans ont marché, le samedi 20 mars 2021, depuis la localité de Papaye jusqu’au centre-ville de Hinche, pour continuer de dénoncer les actes d’accaparement de leurs terres au profit des multinationales
Les populations du village de Feralla continuent à refuser toute idée d’aménagement de la cuvette dite de «Koylal» dans le cadre du Projet régional d’appui pour l’irrigation au Sahel, financé par la Banque mondiale.
- Le 360 Afrique
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22 Mar 2021
A new report from the Oakland Institute, reveals that several well-known pension funds, trusts and endowments are invested in a group of oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo accused of environmental and human rights abuses.
But more than four years after signing a deal, five communities allege they were cheated. They say the company still owes them, and they demand retroactive payment.
- FrontPageAfrica
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22 Mar 2021