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Fresh manure for Romania
- All Things Romania
- 13 February 2016
Southern Harvest Company, a subsidiary of the American investment fund Anholt Services, has pruchased 2,700 hectares of farming land in Romania following two separate transactions
Vincent Bolloré désigné comme accapareur de terres et censeur d’internet au Palais de justice de Paris
- Reporterre
- 13 February 2016
M. Bolloré, classé 9e fortune de France, attaque pour "diffamation publique envers un particulier" un article de synthèse publié par Bastamag consacré à la question de l’accaparement des terres
Southern Harvest buys 2,700 hectares of farming land in Romania
- Act Media
- 12 February 2016
The farmland area owned in Romania by Southern Harvest, a subsidiary of the US investment fund Anholt Services, just grew by 45%
Brasil: Gigante dos investimentos é acusada de grilagem de terras
- IHU
- 12 February 2016
Em um esforço gigantesco, o grupo financeiro americano e seus parceiros acumularam vastas áreas agrícolas, apesar de uma tentativa do governo brasileiro em 2010 para proibir que tais negócios se efetivassem em grande escala por parte de exploradores estrangeiros.
Thai firm: Sugar farm damage assessment is almost finished
- Cambodia Daily
- 12 February 2016
A Thai environmental auditing firm has confirmed that it is assessing the fallout from a trio of plantations in Oddar Meanchey province that Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol abandoned in late 2014 amid mounting accusations of land grabbing.
Ex-Cargill buyout firm seeks farmland acquisitions in Brazil
- Bloomberg
- 12 February 2016
Proterra Investment Partners , the private-equity firm spun off from agricultural commodities producer and trader Cargill Inc., is looking at several opportunities to buy farmland in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America.
Afrique du Sud: chahuté au Parlement, Zuma reconnaît que le pays est en crise
- AFP
- 12 February 2016
Jacob Zuma a annoncé une loi pour interdire aux étrangers de posséder des terres agricoles
Des terres et des territoires
- Helloasso
- 12 February 2016
Récit cartographique tous publics de 23 volets réalisé en deux formats : un document web et une exposition. Il propose une lecture originale des grands thèmes qui sous tendent les agricultures industrielles et paysannes (l'accès à la terre, la réforme agraire, la révolution verte, les semences, l'eau, la forêt...), leurs implications sur les sociétés humaines et l'environnement.
Companies must explore Africa for producing pulses, oilseed: Govt of India
- Business Standard
- 11 February 2016
"We are willing to offer 10,000-15,000 hectare on lease for 99 years," Zambia Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda said.
Civil society organisations express unflinching support for jailed land rights activists, condemn unfair land deals in Pujehun District
- 11 February 2016
We, the undermentioned organisations working to promote land rights and rule of law in Sierra Leone, are gravely concerned about the conviction and imprisonment of these activists.
Jail term for activists in Sierra Leone, trial of French journalists in Paris: critics of Bolloré silenced
- GRAIN et al.
- 10 February 2016
A day before the start of yet another trial brought on the Bolloré Group against French journalists, organisations denounce the imprisonment of 6 local community leaders affected by the investments of company linked to Bolloré
Emprisonnement en Sierra Leone, procès de journalistes en France, les voix critiques contre Bolloré réduites au silence
- GRAIN et al.
- 10 February 2016
A la veille d'un procès intenté par Bolloré contre des journalistes de médias français, des organisations dénoncent l’emprisonnement de 6 leaders des communautés locales affectées par les investissements d'une société liée au groupe Bolloré.