The Chain: Cerrado fires show TIAA and Harvard’s Endowment face mounting deforestation risks
- CRR
- 07 November 2019
With fires on their Cerrado properties, Harvard’s and TIAA’s deforestation exposure appears to be growing.
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SOCFIN pays Le 379 million land lease
- Sierra Express Media
- 06 November 2019
The payment forms part of the annual payments under the agreement between the lessee and the government of Sierra Leone
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4 new Cambodian banana plantations approved for export to China
- Produce Report
- 06 November 2019
This brings the total number of Cambodian banana plantations approved to export to China up to nine, representing a total planting area of around 10,000 hectares.
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Saudi Arabia seeking investment opportunities in foreign agricultural markets
- Future Directions
- 06 November 2019
Consistent interest from Saudi Arabia in direct investment in foreign agriculture, such as SALIC's recent purchase of 200,000 ha in Western Australia, will continue.
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Argentinian cropping company buys Northern Territory cattle station Sturt Downs for $6.8 million
- ABC
- 06 November 2019
Cross Pacific Investments, which is backed by the Buratovich family of Argentina, has now spent more than $43 million on top end Australian land in the last few months, totalling just over 540,000 hectares.
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Crop firm wilts under cash crunch
- The Citizen
- 05 November 2019
Kilombero Plantations Limited in Tanzania joins a long list of failed big agriculture projects in Africa in recent years, including Agrisol and Sun Biofuels in Tanzania; Karuturi in Kenya and Ethiopia; Nile Trading in South Sudan; Senhuile in Senegal, and Bukanga Lonzo in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Kazakhstan seeks to ban sales of land along its borders
- Bloomberg
- 05 November 2019
The proposed legislation would bar both foreigners and locals from buying any land in all districts bordering China and in a 25 kilometer-wide strip adjacent to Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
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La caravane des alliances: un documentaire sur les mouvements d'accompagnement
- CIDSE
- 04 November 2019
En Afrique de l'Ouest, un mouvement s'est développé sous l'égide de la convergence mondiale pour les terres et les eaux et l’église catholique commence à s’y impliquer
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The money farmers: How oligarchs and populists milk the EU for millions
- NYT
- 04 November 2019
The European Union spends $65 billion a year subsidizing agriculture. But a chunk of that money emboldens strongmen, enriches politicians and finances corrupt dealing and land grabs.
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Perú: ONU pide a Goreu derogar norma pro deforestación y tráfico de tierras
- Servindi
- 04 November 2019
El Comité insta al GOREU a tomar medidas especiales para proteger los derechos de la comunidad Santa Clara de Uchunya en el conflicto originado por la conversión a plantación de palma aceitera de 7000 ha de su territorio tradicional.
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Indonesia protests: Land bill at center of unrest
- Mongabay
- 03 November 2019
In recent weeks, Indonesia has seen its largest mass protests since the “people power” movement that forced President Suharto to step down in 1998. Among a variety of pro-democracy demands, the protesters want lawmakers to scrap a controversial bill governing land use in the country.Critics say the bill could be used to imprison indigenous and other rural citizens for defending their lands against incursions by private companies.
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