Au Maroc, il est interdit de vendre du foncier en milieu rural aux étrangers et aux sociétés dont le capital est détenu par des étrangers. Sauf qu’ils peuvent toujours bénéficier d’une dérogation leur permettant d’acheter un terrain à condition d’y réaliser un projet d’envergure.
Nine Lao villagers held for over two years for protesting the loss of land awarded by the government to a Vietnamese rubber company have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to six years.
Macquarie Bank has come under fire for land clearing operations undertaken by Viridis Ag, a farming enterprise owned by the banking group’s agricultural investment management business, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Asset.
After a decade of hardship, indigenous villagers in Cambodia scored a significant victory after they put pressure on the World Bank Group over its financial ties to a land-grabbing company, Vietnam agribusiness giant HAGL.
The sustainability of food supply chains has become increasingly important in determining where First State Super, an Australian $75 billion superannuation fund, directs its investments.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sent a delegation to Central Kalimantan in Indonesia to observe several areas as a follow up to a plan to invest in food crops in the province.
Una investigación periodistica revela que sojeros y ganaderos, en su mayoría de nacionalidad brasileña, se apropiaron irregularmente de unas 50 mil hectáreas de tierras públicas, que deberían ser parte de una franja de bosques de Hidroeléctrica Itaipú.
Joseph Rahall, la tête de Green Scenery, organisation de défense de l'environnement et des droits de l'homme, sillonne régulièrement les vingt-quatre villages de la région de Malen pour rappeler aux paysans leurs droits à la terre.
Des chiffres de la présence chinoise sur des terres agricoles en Afrique font débat au Cameroun. En cause un graphique du China Africa Research Ininitative, une organisation rattachée à la faculté des études internationales de l'université américaine John Hopkins.
Agribusiness—especially soy, sugar, palm oil, and beef production—was the second deadliest sector for people standing up for the environment and their lands.
Australia’s Macquarie Group has purchased a 49% stake in cotton farm Cubbie Station from a consortium led by Chinese conglomerate Shandong Ruyi for an undisclosed sum
A new report by Makerere University's Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC) has pinned the National Oil Palm Project for illegal land acquisition in Kalangala and Buvuma districts.
