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Help demand justice for communities robbed in huge illegal land grab
- Act Now
- 01 August 2013
Your help is needed now for communities across Papua New Guinea who are still waiting for justice in one of our planets largest illegal land grabs.
The Rockefeller Foundation highlights Olam rice initiative as a ‘catalytic innovation’ in African agriculture
- 4-traders
- 01 August 2013
The Rockefeller Foundation says the 10,000 ha rice farm and outgrower scheme that Olam is constructing in Nigeria is a win-win land project.
Capital Alternatives and Capital Carbon Credits taken to the High Court by the Financial Conduct Authority
- redd-monitor
- 01 August 2013
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has taken Sierra Leone farmland investor Capital Alternatives to the High Court for “promoting and/or operating collective investment schemes (CISs) in the UK illegally and without our authorisation”.
Rue89 et Bastamag mis en examen sur plainte du groupe Bolloré
- Rue89
- 01 August 2013
La publication de Rue89 a été mis en examen sur plainte du groupe Bolloré pour une vigie de onze lignes publiée en octobre 2012 concernant l’accaparement des terres en Afrique.
L’île Maurice, angle mort de la « liste Canfin » des paradis fiscaux
- Survie
- 01 August 2013
Le ministre délégué au Développement a publié fin mai une liste de 17 paradis fiscaux par lesquels l’Agence française de développement ne passera plus. Une avancée, certes, mais qui « oublie » l’Île Maurice.
Land to the tillers: Responses to land grabs
- Truthout
- 31 July 2013
Land reform movements, organizations of indigenous peoples, small farmers, and other citizens are responding to the increased sacking of land and other natural resources throughout the global South.
Multinacional israelita se apropió ilegalmente de 1.023 hectáreas en el Magdalena, denuncia senador Robledo
- PDA
- 31 July 2013
El senador Colombiano Jorge Enrique Robledo denunció un nuevo caso de apropiación ilegal de baldíos por parte de una multinacional.
Mundo rural de Moçambique contra privatização da terra
- RFI
- 30 July 2013
Entrevista de activista moçambicano Boaventura Monjane.
Mozambican civil society announces campaign against the privatisation of land
- O Pais
- 30 July 2013
More than 30 civil society organisations and peasant groups have decided to unite their forces in a national campaign against the privatisation of land, with the Prosavana project at the top of their list.
Sociedade civil anuncia mobilização contra privatização da terra
- O Pais
- 30 July 2013
Mais de 30 organizações da sociedade civil decidiram juntar esforços para defender a terra e os recursos naturais. As organizações, que incluem movimentos de camponeses, vão lançar ainda este ano uma campanha nacional contra privatização da terra.
Cevital à la conquête de l’Afrique… si la Banque d’Algérie le veut
- Maghreb Emergent
- 29 July 2013
Issad Rebrab voit dans les terres agricoles de l’Afrique d’immenses opportunités d’investissements pour assurer la sécurité des approvisionnements alimentaires de l’Algérie.
Louis Dreyfus hungry for more agricultural assets-document
- Reuters
- 29 July 2013
Trading giant Louis Dreyfus plans to invest in assets ranging from orange groves to sugar refiners, it said in the first glimpse of its strategy following the departure of its long-serving CEO in June.