• Journée internationale des monocultures au Gabon
    • La voix de la Dola
    • 10 September 2018

    Le président de Muyissi environnement à Mouila, Ladislas Désiré Ndembet, invité de l'émission Focus sur La voix de la Dola

  • Les mégaprojets agricoles dans le sud de l’Algérie, sont-ils une tromperie ?
    • Maghreb Emergent
    • 08 September 2018

    Il parait que de richissimes hommes d’affaires algériens ont bénéficié des terres agricoles avec des superficies de 10 000 ha, mais jusqu’à présent aucun investissement n’a été réalisé.

  • Harvard University accused of land grab & violation of indigenous people's rights: study
    • Down to Earth
    • 08 September 2018

    The university's endowment fund, meant to support educational and research goals, was misused to acquire 850,000 hectares of farmland across 5 continents during the past 10 years.

  • Québec : Les libéraux veulent freiner la vente de terres agricoles à des fonds d'investissement
    • Journal du Quebec
    • 07 September 2018

    Sans le nommer directement, Philippe Couillard s’est engagé à « limiter » les activités de rachat de terres agricoles de l’un des cofondateurs de la CAQ, Charles Sirois, qui dirige le fonds d’investissement Pangea.

  • Harvard’s foreign farmland investment mess
    • Bloomberg
    • 07 September 2018

    The university’s holdings in developing markets have proved to be more trouble than they’re worth.

  • El fiasco de Harvard: mil millones de dólares en tierras agrícolas
    • GRAIN y Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
    • 06 September 2018

    Uno de los mayores compradores de tierras agrícolas del mundo está en problemas debido a su implicación en conflictos por la tierra, destrucción ambiental e inversiones arriesgadas. Este nuevo informe de GRAIN y Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presenta por primera vez un análisis exhaustivo de las cuestionadas inversiones de la Universidad de Harvard en tierras agrícolas por todo el mundo.

  • Un milliard de dollars de Harvard dans un fiasco lié aux terres agricoles
    • GRAIN et Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
    • 06 September 2018

    L’un des principaux acquéreurs de terres agricoles au monde est sur la sellette en raison de conflits fonciers, de destruction de l’environnement et d’investissements à risque. Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN et de Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos présente, pour la première fois, une analyse exhaustive des investissements controversés de l’Université Harvard dans les terres agricoles au niveau mondial.

  • O fiasco agrícola bilionário da Universidade de Harvard
    • GRAIN e Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
    • 06 September 2018

    Um dos principais compradores de terras agrícolas no mundo é alvo de críticas por conflitos fundiários, devastação ambiental e investimentos arriscados. Novo relatório da GRAIN e da Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos apresenta uma análise abrangente e inédita dos investimentos polêmicos da Universidade de Harvard na compra, em escala global, de terras agrícolas.

  • Harvard's billion-dollar farmland fiasco
    • GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
    • 06 September 2018

    One of the world's major buyers of farmland is under fire for their involvement in land conflicts, environmental destruction and risky investments. A new report by GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Harvard University's controversial investments in global farmland.

  • New guides help communities to negotiate fair contracts with investors
    • Namati
    • 06 September 2018

    With investors increasingly turning to more remote locations for the establishment of forestry, agribusiness, mining, and infrastructure projects, it is critical that communities worldwide gain a practical understanding of contract negotiations.

  • The strategic importance of Rakhine State
    • Straits Times
    • 06 September 2018

    The process of primitive accumulation provides a lens to understand the current process of land grabbing in Myanmar's Rakhine State - how vast swathes of farmland, the coastal belts, and oil and offshore gas reserves are being captured.

  • China reaches into Russia's Far East in hunt for crop supplies
    • Bloomberg
    • 04 September 2018

    JBA Holdings, a joint venture involving Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. and Joyvio Group, will invest $100 million in a soybean crusher and grain port in Russia, and will lease 100,000 ha to grow wheat, corn and soybeans.

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