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Phoenix Group
- Phoenix Group
- 25 July 2018
An overview of Phoenix's farms in Kazakhstan, at Baimyrza and Pushkinskoye, as captured by drones used in monitoring the operations across 100,000 Hectares of farm land.
Deadliest year on record for land and environmental defenders, as agribusiness shown to be the industry most linked to killings
- Global Witness
- 24 July 2018
Global Witness annual figures show at least 207 land and environmental activists were killed in 2017 across 22 countries, almost 4 a week, making it the worst year on record.
Quelques défis à relever pour revitaliser le mouvement paysan congolais
- ACP
- 24 July 2018
Selon un expert du ministère de développement rural, l’accaparement des terres plombe la revitalisation du mouvement paysan en République démocratique du Congo
New study reveals dangers inherent in land registration
- Act Now!
- 24 July 2018
Customary land registration processes can easily be captured by local ‘big men’ and companies with disastrous consequences for local people, says study on oil palm expansion in Papua New Guinea.
2017, année meurtrière pour l’environnement
- Libération
- 24 July 2018
Global Witness confirme la hausse continuelle du nombre de défenseurs de l’environnement assassinés. Les conflits sur l’usage des terres sont le plus souvent en cause, et les meurtres restent largement impunis.
Liberia's biggest palm oil project quits eco-certification scheme
- Reuters
- 23 July 2018
Golden Veroleum quits Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in response to accusations from a global watchdog that it failed to get consent from communities before expanding onto their lands.
'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.