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Grainrail: ‘2nd revolution in Brazilian agribusiness’ and Amazon threat
- Mongabay
- 23 October 2018
A controversial new railroad, Ferrogrão (Grainrail), is poised to penetrate the Brazilian Amazon, if industrial agribusiness gets its way.
Sierra Leone: Investors and landowners reach consensus on land governance
- Awoko
- 23 October 2018
The peace agreement signed between Makpele chiefdom and Natural Habitat was as a result of concern over land grabbing where large tracts of land in the chiefdom are leased to the commercial investor by a small fraction of community stakeholders.
Gunn Agri acquires the 484,000-hectare Abingdon Downs
- Global AgInvesting
- 23 October 2018
Farm and asset management company Gunn Agri announced it has finalized the acquisition of Abingdon Downs, a 484,000-hectare breeding property in Queensland, Australia from the Keough Cattle Company, for an undisclosed sum.
Environmentalists accuse ING of 'greenwashing' at Brussels demo
- Euronews
- 23 October 2018
One of the more specific projects targeted by the activists involves the palm oil company SocFin, which is active in Sierra Leone.
PIC buys into Africa's biggest feedlot in $365 million deal
- Bloomberg
- 23 October 2018
The South African state-workers’ pension funds and black-economic empowerment group Pelo Agricultural Ventures take a majority stake in Karan Beef (Pty) Ltd., owner of the continent’s largest cattle feedlot.
ING finances controversial palm oil companies in spite of sustainability policy
- FIAN et al
- 23 October 2018
As ING launches its sustainable investment campaign, a civil society coalition from Belgium and the Netherlands calls upon ING to clean up their act. ING’s financing of controversial palm oil companies such as SOCFIN is far from sustainable.
Acquittement général au procès Socfin-Hubert Fabri
- L'Echo
- 23 October 2018
La 11e chambre de la cour d'appel a acquitté ce matin l'homme d'affaires belge Hubert Fabri et ses sociétés Socficom et Socfinco, des entités de la puissante galaxie Socfin, qui règne sur la production de caoutchouc et d'huile de palme en Afrique et Asie du sud-est.
Action de dénonciation : la banque ING continue de financer des plantations d’huile de palme controversées
- FIAN et al
- 23 October 2018
Alors qu’ING lance une campagne sur l’investissement durable, un groupe d’ONG dénonce publiquement aujourd’hui ces financements à des entreprises d’huile de palme, telles que SOCFIN
Burkina Faso adopts a new agricultural investment code: How does it contribute to sustainable development?
- IISD
- 22 October 2018
The newly adopted agricultural investment code aims to develop resilient and productive rural sectors, while reinforcing a market-oriented approach based on the principles of sustainable development.
Les affrontements informationnels autour du projet ProSavana au Mozambique
- Infoguerre
- 22 October 2018
La mobilisation de la société civile contre ProSavana est inédite et ne doit pas masquer la réalisation d’autres projets, comme l’illustre l’ampleur du développement du marché de l’éthanol.
Traité "Entreprises et droits humains" : l'appel de la société civile ne peut rester sans réponse de la part de l'Europe
- Le Vif
- 22 October 2018
Fassia et Joseph sont venus de Sierra Leone pour témoigner d'abus impliquant l'entreprise agroindustrielle belgo-luxembourgeoise SOCFIN.
O império colonial do Japão e as origens do projeto agrícola ProSavana em Moçambique
- DW
- 20 October 2018
Tem lugar em Tóquio uma Conferência Triangular dos Povos sobre o ProSavana. Este mega-projeto agrícola no norte de Moçambique segue modelos históricos do Japão, conta a pesquisadora japonesa Sayaka Funada-Classen.