This study examines whether the ten largest Dutch pension funds have investments in companies involved in land rights violations and if they are taking concrete steps to prevent and mitigate land rights violations.
- Dutch Fair Pension Guide
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24 February 2021
In a country where nearly 40% of the population suffers from food shortages, some 8,600 hectares of fertile land is now to be used to produce stevia as a sweetener for the multinational Coca-Cola.
- Haïté Liberté
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24 February 2021
Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO said it has agreed to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat from Saudi Arabian-owned farms in Australia, Canada and Ukraine for delivery from May to December 2021.
"No Brasil sofremos a concentração de terras desde o descobrimento, mas nos últimos anos é perceptível uma acentuada concentração, com danos terríveis aos produtores familiares, concentração de renda, êxodo rural, desemprego, desmatamento e à desindustrialização do país", escreve José Rodrigues Filho.
- Ecodebate
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22 February 2021
Laos reveals Chinese investor requests 3,200-4,800 ha of land concessions to grow durian for export to the China.
- Thansettakij
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21 February 2021
De todas las estancias habilitadas (41 en Santa Cruz y 1 en el Beni), el 62 % pertenece a empresarios bolivianos y el 38 % a capital extranjero, sobre todo de Brasil y en menor medida Argentina.
- Mongabay
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21 February 2021
Les communautés impactées par la société PHC/Feronia - qui a repris les plantations de palmier à huile d'Unilever établies en RDC il y a 110 ans - temoignent des injustices contre lesquelles elles se battent et leurs luttes pour faire valoir leurs droits.
- Objectif-Vert
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20 February 2021
Le projet de Bukanga Lonzo refait surface en RDC. POLITICO.CD tente de défaire l’affaire, à travers cette série inédite et exclusive.
- Politico.cd
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19 February 2021
The privatisation Uzbekistan’s cotton sector is seeing huge tracts of land being transferred to private operators for cotton cultivation, with farmers coerced into “voluntarily” giving up their land leases, with devastating effects on rural livelihoods.
- Apparel Insider
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19 February 2021
La problématique du foncier refait surface au niveau du département de Dagana, au Sénégal, où le Collectif des habitants des 37 villages du Ndiaél veut à tout prix récupérer ses terres.
The company is also found to have violated the land and cultural rights of local communities, including the right to free prior and informed consent and social requirements on basic needs and grievance and remedy.
Land conflicts in Indonesia escalated in 2020, with palm oil and pulpwood companies taking advantage of movement restrictions to expand aggressively, according to a new report.
- Mongabay
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17 February 2021