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Micmac autour de 20.000 hectares de terres
- Seneplus
- 21 January 2021
Enquête inédite à propos d'un scandale foncier au Sénégal sur fond d'exploitation du sol au profit de capitaux étrangers nichés dans des paradis fiscaux.
The agreements concluded by companies before the national contact point of the OECD must be respected
- Sherpa
- 21 January 2021
Hearing day in the case initiated against Bolloré by a collective of NGOs coordinated by Sherpa regarding the unethical practices of the Cameroonian Socapalm, directly linked to Bolloré.
Papua tribe moves to block clearing of its ancestral forest for palm oil
- Mongabay
- 21 January 2021
Members of the Auyu tribe of Papua, Indonesia, are demanding a halt to the operations of palm oil company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL), which appears to be gearing up to clear their ancestral forests. IAL’s concession is part of the Tanah Merah megaproject that is already dogged by allegations that key operating permits have been falsified.
Saudi Arabia triples agriculture investments abroad
- Gulf News
- 21 January 2021
A fund that supports Saudi agriculture investments abroad on the condition that at least 50 per cent of the project’s crops be exported to the Kingdom has tripled the value of its loans since 2016.
Feeding the world while saving the planet a 'difficult' balancing act
- Reuters
- 21 January 2021
A study of 1,500 large land deals totalling 37 million hectares - across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and eastern Europe - showed that clearing the land for farming may have emitted about 2.3 gigatonnes of carbon emissions.
Dwindling number of Africans own land
- DW
- 20 January 2021
Researchers say the growing interest of companies in investing in agricultural land is the main cause for land inequality.
World Bank, EU ready to provide technical support for Ukraine to launch farmland reform
- UNIAN
- 20 January 2021
The World Bank and the European Union stand ready to provide technical support and other resources for Ukraine to successfully implement farmland reform, says World Bank economist.
Research finds that multinational land deals harm local food security
- OAG
- 20 January 2021
A new study examines the agricultural impact of multinational land deals (aka ‘land grabbing’), which are found to be directly harmful to local food security and livelihoods
Palm oil firm Korindo aims to silence NGOs with baseless “SLAPP” lawsuit
- Mighty Earth
- 19 January 2021
Germany’s Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald) and Washington, D.C.-based Center for International Policy (CIP) blasted a baseless defamation lawsuit brought to the Hamburg Regional Court by a supplier to the Korindo conglomerate, a notorious Korean-Indonesian palm oil, logging and wind tower manufacturing giant.
Land deals meant to improve food security may have hurt
- PNAS
- 19 January 2021
Large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors, intended to improve global food security, had little to no benefit, increasing crop production in some areas while simultaneously threatening local food security in others.
Raio X: onde estão os 3,9 milhões de hectares sob controle estrangeiro no Brasil
- Brasil de Fato
- 18 January 2021
Reflorestamento e pecuária são as destinações mais comuns, segundo o Incra; PL busca flexibilizar regras para aquisição.
Bill Gates se convirtió en el mayor propietario de tierras agrícolas en EEUU
- Ámbito
- 18 January 2021
El fundador de Microsoft tiene un terreno de casi 28.000 hectáreas situado en el estado de Louisiana. Le siguen las propiedades de Arkansas (20.000 hectáreas) y de Nebraska (8.331 hectáreas).