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Formation sur les litiges fonciers au Cameroun
- VoA Afrique
- 13 June 2019
Une vingtaine de jeunes chercheurs, francophones et anglophones, viennent d’achever une session spéciale de formation et de renforcement de leurs capacités sur défis du foncier
Estrangeirização de terras e segurança alimentar e nutricional: Brasil e China em perspectiva
- Biodiversidad en América Latina y el Caribe
- 12 June 2019
O presente livro é resultado dos debates do I Seminário sobre Estrangeirização de Terras e Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional
Investment companies on notice for selling water to struggling farmers in Australia
- 9news
- 12 June 2019
Investment companies, such as major farmland investor Duxton, that are making “ridiculous” profits from selling water to farmers struggling with drought are on notice, as the Federal Government considers shutting them down.
Australia: Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture
- Financial Standard
- 12 June 2019
LGIAsuper will diversify its investment strategy and invest in the agriculture and timber funds of Folium Capital, run by former managers of Harvard's endowment funds.
Touted as 'development,' land grabs hurt local communities, and women most of all
- Phys.org
- 12 June 2019
Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new study by Oregon State University shows.
Cambodian farmers take Thai sugar giant to court
- Al Jazeera
- 12 June 2019
Two Cambodian sugar farmers are bringing a case against Thai firm Mitr Phol claiming its subsidiary illegally cleared their land.
Au Brésil, les monocultures grignotent la savane et menacent les communautés
- AFP
- 12 June 2019
121 familles dénoncent l'accaparement de leur territoire par une grande exploitation agricole, Estrondo
Cambodian farmers battle in landmark lawsuit against Thai sugar firm
- TRF
- 12 June 2019
The lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol, filed on behalf of about 3,000 people, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand.
Los monocultivos devoran tierras y acorralan a las comunidades del Cerrado de Brasil
- AFP
- 11 June 2019
"Vivíamos muy tranquilos, pero los guardias de la granja vecina empezaron a entrar en nuestras tierras, a vigilar nuestros desplazamientos. Tenemos miedo", cuenta Sabino Batista Gomes, mirando con preocupación cada vez que pasa un vehículo por la entrada de la comunidad brasileña de Cacimbinha.
The nature of social justice advocacy and local resistance to land concessions in Liberia
- Front Page Africa
- 11 June 2019
The sustained advocacy by communities affected by large land deals and civil society for change to the policies and laws governing land administration have resulted in departures from the historical norms on land rights and tenure security.
Investments in farmland in numbers
- https://www.dw.com/en/investments-in-farmland-in-numbers/av-49045592
- 10 June 2019
Investors and foreign states are buying up farmland in many parts of the world. Land is often considered a relatively safe investment, and everybody needs food.
Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of US farmland grow
- AP
- 10 June 2019
As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of U.S. farmland have gained traction.