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Razing the stakes
- Global Witness
- 07 May 2020
Controversial hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey invested more than US$170m into one of Brazil’s most damaging agribusinesses despite it deforesting large areas and receiving numerous environmental fines
Olam to terminate sale and revenue share arrangement of US onion, garlic processing plant
- Business Times
- 05 May 2020
Due to "significant financial market disruption/challenge arising from Covid-19", Olam has terminated a deal for its onion and garlic facility in California with Mesirow Financial and taken back its farmland.
Swedbank 2007 Romania junk bond land scheme investigation closure appealed
- ERR
- 05 May 2020
Victims of an alleged 2007 land investment fraud scheme in Romania say they are going to the Office of the Prosecutor General with the case following the Police and Border Guard Board's decision not to launch a criminal investigation.
Chiwenga courts private sector, commercial farmers
- Bulawayo 24
- 05 May 2020
Zimbabawe's Government cites pandemic in allocating 7,000 hectares of irrigated crop land in Beitbridge district to private companies, including Schweppes.
Organizaciones instan al gobiernos a proteger a los y las activistas y a las comunidades amenazadas por grupos armados durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- FIDH
- 05 May 2020
Colombia y Honduras son considerados como dos de los países más peligrosos del mundo para los defensores de los derechos humanos, el medio ambiente y los derechos a la tierra.
Mali : l’Office du Niger met 5000 hectares à la disposition de la diaspora
- Financiañ Afrik
- 04 May 2020
Le partenariat va permettre d’installer les entrepreneurs de la diaspora dans cette zone de l’Office du Niger.
Macquarie’s Viridis Ag, Primewest lead strong run of rural deals
- CRE
- 03 May 2020
Macquarie-backed Viridis Ag has bulked up its national broadacre cropping portfolio, buying a 356-hectare property in Belubula Valley, amid a steady stream of blue-chip farming deals in Australia.
The dangers of legalising public land theft in Brazil : agribusiness, deforestation, and the melting pot of future pandemics
- GRAIN
- 02 May 2020
The type of land use, the concentration of land and natural resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and the homogenization of landscapes, are key elements in the debate on the current health crisis and human resilience.
Belfius: palm oil, exploited minors and pollution in sustainable investment funds
- RTBF
- 02 May 2020
"Have you ever seen a communications specialist of a corporate group admit, without blinking, to the exploitation of minors by subcontractors? That is what happened to us in Cameroon," explains RTBF journalist Emmanuel Morimont
Belfius: huile de palme, mineurs exploités et pollution dans un fonds durable
- RTBF
- 02 May 2020
Emmanuel Morimont, journaliste au RTBF, raconte l'histoire de son enquête sur la Socapalm au Cameroun et l'impact qu'il a eu sur la banque Belfius
Communiqué de presse de la Socapalm
- Socapalm
- 01 May 2020
En réponse à l'émission #Investigation de la RTBF du 29 avril 2020
‘We are invisible’: Brazilian Cerrado quilombos fight for land and lives
- Mongabay
- 01 May 2020
In the Brazilian Cerrado, on the nation’s agricultural frontier, rapid deforestation by expanding agribusiness, depletion of water resources, and an unsympathetic government are further complicating the resolution of the long-time struggle over land rights.