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Paraguay's indigenous fight for survival, against land grabs
- teleSUR
- 27 October 2015
Government inaction in the face of corporate lands grabs is threatening the survival of local Indigenous communities.
Foreign investors needed to expand agribusiness
- Financial Review
- 27 October 2015
PriceWaterhouse Coopers' China desk leader says clients he advises on food and agriculture deals are mostly property developers and building materials companies looking to shift their capital base abroad, given the headwinds in the Chinese construction sector.
Honduras: Desalojan a campesinos de tierras reclamadas por transnacional china
- Criterio
- 27 October 2015
Unas 150 familias están siendo desalojadas de 2,200 manzanas de tierra que reclama una empresa transnacional de origen chino, en una comunidad del municipio de Santa Cruz de Yojoa, en el departamento de Cortés, al norte de Honduras.
Paraguay: En Itakyry sojeros fumigan sobre poblaciones y perjudican plantación de yerba mate nativa
- CLOC - VC
- 26 October 2015
La localidad de Ytororó, en el distrito de Itakyry, está rodeada completamente por unas 1.000 hectáreas de tierras alquiladas a un colono brasileño de nombre Wilmar Dos Santos, quien es productor de soja transgénica y vive en un poblado aledaño.
Argentina: Disputa por tierras lejos de la Pampa Húmeda
- Página 12
- 25 October 2015
Nuevos datos de un informe preparado por la Dirección Nacional de Registro de Tierras Rurales. Las provincias más comprometidas son Catamarca, Salta, Corrientes y Misiones. El avance extranjero se registra lejos de la Pampa Húmeda.
Côte d’Ivoire : KKO International lève 6,5 millions d’euros pour ses 3 000 ha de cacao
- Financial Afrik
- 24 October 2015
La holding belge s’était lancée sur le marché boursier d’Alternex Paris et Bruxelles pour financer son projet de création d’une exploitation industrielle de 3 000 hectares de cacao en Côte d’Ivoire.
Mackay Sugar gains access to new farmland after investment firm acquires cattle property
- ABC
- 23 October 2015
Racecourse Projects, owned by Cargill's Black River Asset Management and Mackay Sugar, has purcahsed a 3,244 hectare cattle property in North Queensland.
Propriété des terres agricoles : de nouvelles règles à venir en Saskatchewan
- Radio Canada
- 23 October 2015
Des changements sont à prévoir dans les lois régissant la propriété des terres agricoles en Saskatchewan à l'ouest du Canada
African Development Bank : Agricultural transformation begins to take shape in Africa
- AfDb
- 23 October 2015
AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina proposed the creation of the agricultural corridors to attract investments into the rural areas of Africa in his address to the opening session of the 'Feeding Africa ' conference in Dakar
MST quer debate sobre compra de terras por estrangeiros no Brasil
- IHU
- 23 October 2015
O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) está preocupado com a estrangeirização das terras brasileiras, a partir da compra dessas áreas por proprietários estrangeiros em uma intensidade que colocaria em risco a soberania nacional.
Land grabs: LifeMosaic’s second video in the series Territories of Life
- REDD Monitor
- 22 October 2015
A new video by LifeMosaic, part of the series “Territories of Life“, looks at the impacts of the enormous land grab affecting indigenous peoples around the world.
Pension funds barred from Saskatchewan land purchases
- Agrimoney
- 22 October 2015
The government of Saskatchewan has tightened its already stringent land ownership rules, prohibiting out pension funds and any business with any overseas-issued debt on its books, from owning land.