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'This is a last hold-out': son of a murdered farmer in Colombia
- Guardian
- 23 July 2018
Ramón Bedoya says his father, a land activist, was shot by local paramilitaries in league with agribusiness and narcos who fill the void left by Farc rebels
'I tended to the bodies': attacked by the Philippine army
- Guardian
- 23 July 2018
Villagers in a southern Philippine island of Mindanao massacred amid conflict between indigenous community and coffee plantation
Libéria : Golden Veroleum quitte la Table ronde sur l'huile de palme durable
- Agence Ecofin
- 23 July 2018
Golden Veroleum, le 1er producteur d’huile de palme du Libéria, a quitté la RSPO en réaction aux nombreuses critiques dont elle faisait l’objet concernant le non-respect des droits des communautés locales
Le réveil indigène
- France Inter
- 20 July 2018
Ce matin, Marie-Thérèse est sur le terrain en reportage dans un village au cœur d'une immense plantation de palmiers à huile de la Socapalm.
Middle eastern investment in Africa: A means to improve gulf food security?
- Future Directions
- 19 July 2018
Food security of the Gulf states is heavily dependent on foreign imports. Europe and the Americas have been the traditional markets supplying food to them, but recent development of African Continental Free Trade Area may encourage Gulf investors to embrace potential opportunities in Africa.
Expofrut-Univeg-Greenyard: las responsabilidades empresariales del caso Solano
- Anred
- 18 July 2018
Univeg (hoy Greenyard) era el grupo empresarial que concentraba entre otras a Expofrut Argentina. Esta última contrataba a la tercerizadora Agrocosecha que empleó y estafó a Daniel Solano y a sus 400 compañeros; ese es, para la querella, el móvil del asesinato y desaparición del joven.
Accompagner une répartition juste et équitable des terres dans le Mékong
- Mediaterre
- 18 July 2018
Le projet Mekong Region Land Governance - financé par les gouvernements suisse, allemand et luxembourgeois - cherche a promouvoir la propriété foncière des petits paysans
Bolloré : le groupe se lance dans l'huile d'olive
- Bourse Direct
- 18 July 2018
Le groupe Bolloré va transformer ses fermes de coton et soja aux Etats-Unis, gérées par le groupe Socfin, en oliveraies.
As indigenous peoples wait decades for land titles, companies are acquiring their territories
- WRI
- 17 July 2018
Governments should recognize indigenous and community land rights, engage in better monitoring of company misconduct during land acquisitions, and ensure that businesses secure the free, prior and informed consent of the people who live on the land before they begin operations.
Dutch company indicates interest in building cattle ranches in Nigeria
- 17 July 2018
Cownexxion indicates its interest in building cattle ranches in Nigeria on sidelines of meeting between NIgeria's President and CEOs of Dutch companies at The Hague.
Reckoning with human rights violations in Thailand's extraterritorial investments
- The Diplomat
- 17 July 2018
Thai investments in ASEAN have intensified at a breakneck pace. But without mechanisms to ensure compliance with international human rights standards, they have resulted in land conflicts and a wide array of human rights infringements.
One Tree Agriculture lists Kinbeachie aggregation at Toobeah
- Grain Central
- 17 July 2018
One Tree Agriculture is owned by private equity fund manager, Proterra Investment Partners, which was spun off in 2016 as an investment advisory and private equity fund manager by Cargill’s Black River Asset Management.