International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn an attempt to harass a well-known environmental journalist by Karuturi Global Limited (KGL).
Silas Sikor of the Sustainable Development Institute responds to Sir Jonathon Porritt's suggestion that oil palm plantations are a solution to poverty.
- Global Witness
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10 September 2014
As investors rush to East and southern Africa for large-scale land acquisitions, a majority of Africa’s farmers now farm on less than one hectare.
Authorities of Quanzhou city in China’s Fujian province have expressed their interest in agricultural investment in growing rice and organic vegetables to supply the Chinese market.
- Vientiane Times
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10 September 2014
The ACB releases new report which shows the extent to which South African agribusinesses dominate the farm to fork agribusiness value chain in Africa-worth billions of dollars.
Thousands of miles from pricey U.S. farmland, a Michigan pension fund is expanding its investments in Australian farms, betting on good returns from the comparatively cheaper assets and surging commodity prices.
- Reuters
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09 September 2014
The Partnership League for Africa’s Development presents the STOP Africa Land Grab Concert to bring awareness to the on-going massive land acquisition in Africa by foreign investors.
- Black News
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09 September 2014
Recent reports reveal that the regional governments of Loreto and Ucayali, in the eastern part of the country, have sold millions of hectares of virgin forests as rural land for African oil palm cultivation.
- Latinamerica Press
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09 September 2014
UK-based project developer DGC Asset Management is to launch a new subsidiary, Vaccinium (UK) Limited, which will invest in farms and estates in the US, Latin America and Europe.
Indonesia's outgoing president is against a draft bill that would retroactively limit foreign ownership of plantations to no more than 30 percent.
- Reuters
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08 September 2014
FIAN Belgium, en partenariat avec la FUGEA, le MAP, Terre-en-vue et Terre de Liens, publie une étude qui s’intéresse à la pression foncière exercée actuellement en Europe qui menace l’avenir de notre agriculture.
El término ‛acaparamiento de océanos’ pretende arrojar nueva luz sobre una serie de importantes procesos y dinámicas que están afectando negativamente a las personas y comunidades cuya forma de vida, identidad cultural y medios de vida dependen de su participación en la pesca en pequeña escala.
- El Ciudadano
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07 September 2014