After consultation with civil society and in light of growing awareness of abuses, UN experts on economic, social and cultural rights stress in new guidance that protecting against corporate abuse is not just important, but a government's obligation.
- Business & Human Rights
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27 June 2017
More than 100 farmers and farm workers became beneficiaries of the first bungkalan - land cultivation- in the Philippines under Duterte regime. Farmers collectively cultivated 7.9 hectares which is part of the 700 hectares Sanson landholding covering about 17 villages of the said town.
KKO International a investi dans la plantation de 1 300 ha de cacao en Côte d'Ivoire, pays leader mondial dans cette culture.
- Ouest France
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26 June 2017
Le Point de Contact National belge de l’OCDE vient de mettre fin à son rôle de médiateur dans l’affaire de la Socapalm, une affaire impliquant le groupe Bolloré et la Socfin d’un côté et des ONG telles que Sherpa de l’autre.
Elles se sont déclarées prêtes à s’immoler par le feu, à l’image des femmes de Nder, au cas où leurs terres ne leur seraient pas restituées.
Sherpa regrette que le plan d’action inédit adopté par elle et le groupe Bolloré devant le PCN français n’ait finalement pas été appliqué.
Mais les protestataires mettent en avant la décision de la Cour Suprême qui a suspendu les travaux du projet Senegindia.
This report seeks to provide an overview of the current state of China’s overseas investment in agriculture in the Mekong region - including through land acquisitions - with a focus on Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
German meat company Tönnies has applied to the Serbian authorities to secure more than 100 hectares of available land in five municipalities to set up pig farms.
- Global Meat News
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22 June 2017
On June 20, a conflict broke out between police and farmers in Diokoul, Senegal, as the farmers tried to prevent Senegindia from putting barbed wire around a 1,000 ha area which it's taking from them.
Le feu couve toujours à Diokoul où 6 personnes contre le projet de 1000ha de Senegindia ont été arretées
According to the agreement, Turkey will lease a total of 793,000 hectares in six different regions in Sudan, of which 12,500 hectares will be allocated to the joint company. The rest will be leased to private sector firms.
- Asharq Al-Awsat
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21 June 2017