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Governo Bolsonaro lança programa “Invade Brasil”, mais um presente para grileiros
- IHU
- 08 December 2020
Florestas e populações tradicionais seguem sendo ameaçadas com mais esse estímulo à invasão de terras públicas por criminosos e desmatadores.
Palm oil giant Wilmar unfazed as watchdogs cry foul over Papua deforestation
- Mongabay
- 08 December 2020
An area of natural forest the size of 1,500 football fields has been cleared since January in an oil palm concession in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua by a company that ultimately supplies major traders and global brands.
Pour plus de respect des droits humains par les entreprises
- PaperJam
- 07 December 2020
Le Luxembourg abrite-t-il des entreprises dont l’action est condamnable? On trouve, dans le collimateur de l’initiative, Socfin (société du groupe Bolloré, côté au Luxembourg) et Ferrero.
Land grabs victims in Uganda form a movement to fight for their rights
- Witness Radio
- 07 December 2020
Communities affected by land grabbing from different parts of Uganda have formed a movement to fight for food sovereignty while pushing back on land grabs by multinational agribusiness companies and individual investors.
Unequal land, unequal societies
- Zimbabweland
- 07 December 2020
Land inequality is even larger than previously thought, and that this has dramatic effects on poor people’s livelihoods, particularly those of women and young people.
Sungai beracun: Perlawanan untuk merebut kembali air dari perkebunan kelapa sawit di Indonesia
- ECOTON, GEMAWAN, GRAIN, KRUHA
- 07 December 2020
Lonjakan permintaan minyak sawit datang dengan konsekuensi yang mahal, mulai dari perusakan hutan hujan, eksploitasi tenaga kerja, dan perampasan tanah serta perampasan air yang brutal. Tekanan dari perkebunan kelapa sawit telah memaksa komunitas di Kalimantan Barat berjuang demi akses air bersih dan memproduksi makanan.
Référendum en Suisse : les intérêts économiques l’emportent sur les valeurs éthiques
- Pressenza
- 06 December 2020
Le référendum visait à rendre les entreprises basées en Suisse responsables devant la loi si elles permettaient le travail des enfants, polluaient les rivières ou pratiquaient l’accaparement des terres
Toxic river: the fight to reclaim water from oil palm plantations in Indonesia
- ECOTON, GEMAWAN, GRAIN, KRUHA
- 04 December 2020
The industry boom in the demand for palm oil has come at the high price of rainforest destruction, labour exploitation, and brutal land and water grabbing. The pressure from oil palm plantations has pushed communities in West Borneo on a common struggle to access clean water and continue producing food.
Se debate en el parlamento de Uruguay limitar la extranjerización de la tierra
- El Diario de Carlos Paz
- 03 December 2020
El proyecto que busca limitar la extranjerización de la tierra, impulsado por senadores del Frente Amplio con apoyo delo bloque de Cabildo Abierto (Manini Ríos), ya tiene tratamiento parlamentario.
Desigualdade Fundiária, drama global
- Outras Palabras
- 03 December 2020
Estudo revela como as políticas neoliberais criam um campo de “desertos verdes”: sem trabalho, devastador e monótono. Oligarquia rural, agronegócio e fundos especulativos unem-se, controlam terras e são cada vez mais hostis à democracia
México: Senador de Morena busca expropiar latifundios; no hay aval de bancada: Monreal
- Milenio
- 02 December 2020
José Narro Céspedes, senador de Morena, presentó una iniciativa de ley para reformar la Constitución, con el propósito de que la Federación expropie los latifundios que según él se reconstituyeron a partir de 1992 con la reforma agraria que se hizo.
'Turning fear into strength’: One woman’s struggle for justice and land rights in Sulawesi
- Mongabay
- 01 December 2020
Eva Bande was jailed for her role as a community organizer against land grab by extractive industries on the Indonesian island, Sulawesi. Ten years on, her fight continues.