Land grabbing as an internationally wrongful act
    Displacement Solutions has just published a major 184-page legal report on the land grabbing in Myanmar, including for agriculture, and how these processes constitute internationally wrongful acts.
    • DA
    • 21 October 2019
    Socfin Cambodia position statement
    Recently some articles have been released in the French and Cambodian press regarding a procedure contesting our responsible management and Bolloré’s alleged liability in our activities in Cambodia (1-10-2019).
    • Socfin
    • 18 October 2019
    Government agrees to develop agriculture farm and plantation with Elite Agro UAE LLC
    Central Kalimantan provincial government in Indonesia agrees to cooperate with Elite Agro LLC of UAE to develop agriculture and plantation sector. As initial step, government will prepare 5,000 hectares of land for the agriculture project.
    • Sampit Prokal
    • 18 October 2019
    Cross River Assembly reads riot act to multinationals
    Cross River State House of Assembly has ordered Wilmar PZ and other multinationals to obey the laws of the state or face the music, following community complaints of exploitation and land grabbing by Wilmar at its plantations.
    • The Guardian
    • 17 October 2019
    Dying for land in Lao?
    Villagers detained for defending their lands from land grabs were beaten and subjected to electric shocks in the days following their arrest, with another later reported to have died in custody.
    • Asean Post
    • 16 October 2019
    Ivory Coast law could see chocolate industry ‘wipe out’ protected forests
    Critics condemn move placing thousands of square miles of rainforest under control of international companies, such as Olam and Siat.
    • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/16/ivory-coast-law-could-see-chocolate-industry-wipe-out-protected-forests
    • 16 October 2019
    Rapina delle terre e deforestazioni, olio di palma e soia OGM. #Buycott!
    La campagna di sensibilizzazione #Buycott inizia il 4 agosto 2019, in reazione all'emergenza climatica denunciata da Antonio Gutierrez, segretario generale ONU. Partendo dalla descrizione del land grabbing, un manifesto programmatico per stare dalla parte dell'Ambiente, dicendo no ad agricoltura e allevamenti intensivi.
    • https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/idee/rapina-delle-terre-e-deforestazioni-olio-di-palma-e-soia-ogm-buycott
    • 16 October 2019
    Dutch development bank funded projects tied to murder, land-grabs: report.
    The Dutch newspaper Trouw identified at least seven projects that FMO funded in which the companies involved were connected to murder, intimidation, environmental damage, arbitrary arrests and land grabbing.
    • Dutch News
    • 15 October 2019
    Saudi Arabia and Russia sign up to closer ties with 20 new deals
    The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company signed an agreement to join forces in the search of investment projects in the Russian agricultural sector
    • Arab News
    • 15 October 2019
    Australia: CPC and Terra Firma bosses buying back the farm
    Terra Firma, founded by British multi-millionaire Guy Hands, has owned CPC since 2009 when it paid James Packer and partners about $425m for what was then a 5.6m hectare estate.
    • Farm Weekly
    • 15 October 2019
    Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank financiert landroof en andere misstanden
    De Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank financiert projecten waar misstanden voorkomen, blijkt uit onderzoek van Trouw.
    • Trouw
    • 15 October 2019
    Chinese banana plantations bring work and pollution to Laos
    Banana plantations are raising local salaries but the chemicals used are poisoning rivers and land
    • China Dialogue
    • 14 October 2019
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