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Oil palm plantations and water grabbing: Ivory Coast and Gabon
- WRM
- 12 September 2022
The impact on water availability for communities that live in and around industrial oil palm plantations is systematic and dramatic.
From Asia to Africa: Tentacles of oil palm plantations are squeezing communities dry
- WRM
- 12 September 2022
As companies take over more community land, they also grab the water sources from them.
New farming project as Morocco pushes development in Western Sahara
- Arab Weekly
- 10 September 2022
Morocco is seeking investors for a $213 million agriculture project in Western Sahara that will establish farms on 5,200 ha for growing fruit, vegetables and animal feed.
A community of over 300 smallholder farmers conned as their land is sold to a local investor without their consent
- Witness Radio
- 09 September 2022
As foreign agribusinesses take over Kiryandongo communities’ fertile land, other local investors are also eyeing the remaining land occupied by the poor families in the southwestern district of Uganda to grab their land.
As a Cameroon palm oil firm gets RSPO certified, it’s also found in breach
- Mongabay
- 09 September 2022
Fresh controversy has emerged over the leading certification scheme for sustainable palm oil after a verification mission exposed ongoing issues around certified oil palm plantations in Cameroon.
Indonesian palm oil billionaire goes on trial
- Asia Sentinel
- 09 September 2022
A tycoon once named one of Indonesia’s richest has gone on trial for alleged corruption estimated to have cost the state the equivalent of US$5.25 billion and caused major environmental damage from the destruction of vast amounts of virgin forest for oil palm plantations.
Alberta MLA and Quebec MNA showing leadership on farmland ownership, says NFU
- NFU
- 09 September 2022
Canada's National Farmers Union applauds the efforts by two provincial members of parliament tabled in their respective provincial legislatures this spring and attempt to curb farmland grabbing by powerful financial actors.
Feminismos de la tierra y de las semillas
- Biodiversidadla.org
- 08 September 2022
El proceso de extranjerización de las tierras partió de la conquista y colonización de America Latina. La lucha por el acceso a la tierra por parte de las mujeres campesinas es, en consecuencia, parte de la lucha anticapitalista, contra la privatización compulsiva producida por la conquista y la colonización, y frente a algunas reformas agrarias
Un député albertain et une député québécoise font preuve de leadership en matière de propriété agricole, déclare l’UNF
- UNF
- 08 September 2022
L’Union nationale des fermiers du Canada applaudit deux projets de loi d’initiative parlementaire qui furent déposés pour tenter de limiter l’accaparement des terres agricoles par de puissants acteurs financiers.
‘The Grab’ review: Exposing a nearly invisible conspiracy to control the world’s food and water
- Variety
- 08 September 2022
Film maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite uncovers a massive global scheme to gobble up resources, pairing with the Center for Investigative Reporting to bring these shadowy operations to light.
New Forests launches New Agriculture to buy global farmland
- Farm Online
- 07 September 2022
The $8.7 billion Sydney-based global investor and manager of nature-based property assets has formed New Agriculture to build a much bigger portfolio of agriculture assets.
Selamatkan lembah Grima Nawa
- Masyarakat Adat Lembah Grime Nawa
- 07 September 2022
Masyarakat Adat lembah Grime Nawa Kabupaten Jayapura dikagetkan dengan kehadiran Perusahaan sawit PT.Permata Nusa Mandiri diatas tanah adat lembah Grime Nawa. Perusahaan sawit secara sepihak telah mengklaim tanah adat seluas 30.920 hektar di 6 Distrik yaitu: Distrik Unurumguay, Distrik Nimbokrang, Distrik Nimboran, Distrik Namblong, Distrik Kemtuk Gresi, dan Distrik Kemtuk.
Así se están moviendo las inversiones en el agro uruguayo
- El Observador
- 05 September 2022
Personas vinculadas y no relacionadas al campo, tanto uruguayas como extranjeros, eligen al sector agropecuario para volcar capitales
Shock doctrine en Ucrania
- La Vanguardia
- 04 September 2022
La reciente Conferencia sobre la Recuperación en Ucrania recomendó una batería de medidas de desregulación y privatización que proponen incluso eliminar restricciones sobre la venta de suelo agrícola, en el llamado "granero" de Europa, a corporaciones extranjeras
Necesitamos un movimiento para sacar las pensiones de los mercados financieros
- GRAIN
- 02 September 2022
Conversaciones con activistas de todo el mundo en mayo y junio de 2022, dejan en claro la necesidad de un movimiento político y social para sacar las pensiones de los mercados financieros, incluso para acaparar la tierra