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Ukranians reject the forced "free sale" of their land
- farmlandgrab.org
- 06 December 2019
Open letter to the heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Cameroon: Safacam plans to invest XAF3.5 bln to extend its oil palm and hevea plantations in Dizangué
- Business in Cameroon
- 06 December 2019
The government of Cameroon recently granted an additional 2,000 hectares of land to Société Africaine forestière et Agricole du Cameroun, subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Socfin, to expand oil palm and rubber plantations
Cameroun: Palmier à huile, Hévéa – 2 000 hectares de plus pour un opérateur
- Cameroun Tribune
- 05 December 2019
La Société africaine forestière et agricole du Cameroun (Safacam), filiale du groupe SOCFIN, vient de bénéficier de 2 161 hectares supplémentaires pour étendre ses plantations dans le Littoral
NGOs brought before Luxembourg judge in Socfin defamation case
- Chronicle
- 05 December 2019
Four NGOs and seven of their employees were summoned to appear before an investigating judge in Luxembourg, from 2 to 5 December 2019, following a defamation complaint filed by the agro-industrial multinational Socfin.
Des ONG dénoncent les nouvelles poursuites-bâillons du groupe agro-industriel SOCFIN
- FIAN Belgium
- 05 December 2019
Du 2 au 5 décembre, 4 ONG et 7 de leurs employé.e.s ont été appelé.e.s à comparaître devant un juge d’instruction au Luxembourg suite à une plainte en diffamation initiée par la multinationale agro-industrielle SOCFIN.
Gouvernance foncière : Un forum africain s’ouvre ce jeudi à Sélingué sur la question
- Maliweb
- 05 December 2019
Au Mali, les mobilisations au niveau national ont permis de fléchir les politiques qui ont adopté des lois pour limiter l’accaparement des terres.
Cambodian villagers block digging work by Chinese company
- RFA
- 03 December 2019
Villagers believe that local authorities have illegally conspired to sell a large part of the forest to Hamenivent
Canadian pension fund loads up on Australian water rights and almond farms
- SMH
- 03 December 2019
A Canadian pension fund has bought a huge parcel of Australian permanent water rights for $490M to irrigate almond trees, in a move that puts the spotlight on foreign ownership of farms and water resources as drought ravages the country.
Fast food suppliers importing deforestation and violence from Brazil
- Greenpeace
- 03 December 2019
Mega-traders Cargill and Bunge are exporting soya from an agricultural estate in Brazil with a long record of violence, illegality, and environmental destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation has uncovered
Un fonds de pension canadien se dote de droits sur l'eau en Australie et de fermes d'amandiers
- Jambon Burst
- 03 December 2019
Olam a déclaré avoir signé un accord de partage des revenus avec Investissements PSP pour les vergers d'amandiers, les actifs associés et les droits d'utilisation de l'eau en Australie
'Not in national interest': Ministers block foreigners from buying 4500ha of farmland
- NZ Herald
- 02 December 2019
In a rare rejection of New Zealand's Overseas Investment Office application, Canadians have been barred from buying more than 4500ha of South Island farmland.
Liberia: Regional oil palm stakeholders call for community inclusion in natural resource governance
- Front Page Africa
- 02 December 2019
Stakeholders attending a two-day regional dialogue on oil palm development in West Africa have called for the inclusion of local communities in oil palm development in the sub-region.