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US: Corporations are consolidating water and land rights in the West
- The Counter
- 04 January 2022
With farms, ranches and rural communities facing unprecedented threats, a worrying trend leads to a critical question: Who owns the water?
Brasil: Os planos de Ricardo Faria, um dos maiores donos de terras do país
- Revista Exame
- 04 January 2022
O empresário Ricardo Faria se tornou um dos maiores produtores de grãos do país. Agora se prepara para abrir novas frentes no setor.
Lao villagers refuse to cede land for Chinese-owned banana farm
- RFA
- 04 January 2022
Villagers in southern Laos’ Saravane province are refusing to hand over community land to a planned Chinese banana farm, saying if they lose their land they will have no way to feed their families.
Siaran pers: Masyarakat adat mendukung Bupati Sorong Selatan menghadapi gugatan perusahaan perkebunan kelapa sawit di PTUN Jayapura
- Yayasan Pusaka
- 04 January 2022
Koalisi masyarakat adat yang terancam menjadi korban perusahaan perkebunan kelapa sawit terus menyatakan dukungan terhadap Bupati Sorong Selatan yang mencabut ijin perkebunan kelapa sawit. Dan memandang tindakan perusahaan memperkarakan keputusan Bupati sebagai wujud sikap perusahaan yang tidak menghormati hak-hak Orang Asli Papua.
A qui appartient la terre au Sénégal ?
- Seneplus
- 04 January 2022
Mbane, Ndengler, Mbodiène, Diass... Les litiges fonciers se multiplient au Sénégal depuis plusieurs années et ne trouvent toujours pas de solution durable.
Rectangle à coins arrondis: Note de la position de la CGLTE OA sur le 6eme Sommet UA-EU
- CGLTE OA
- 03 January 2022
L’avenir des pays africains se décident jusqu’à présent à travers des politiques, programmes et projets dans des salons huppés en Afrique ou en Europe sans une consultation préalable des peuples qui vont subir l’impact, en commençant par l’accaparement de millions d’hectares de terre, socles de vie des peuples africains.
Brasil: Quatro casos demonstram na prática a relação entre grilagem e desmatamento no Matopiba
- Brasil de fato
- 03 January 2022
Pesquisa aponta violações na região do Matopiba, que estão fazendo o cerrado sumir e ameaçam comunidades tradicionais
Brazil’s MST on land occupation and resistance to Bolsonaro
- Alborada
- 03 January 2022
Faced with multiple challenges Brazil's landless workers' movement (MST) has adopted new political lines and more occupations to fight the current crisis are now planned.
Nouvelle loi foncière, la catastrophe annoncée pour la paysannerie malgache
- RFI
- 02 January 2022
Les représentants du monde rural interpellent une ultime fois le président de la République et la communauté internationale pour que la loi 2021-016 sur le foncier, votée en juin quasiment sans consultation, ne soit pas promulguée.
Friends of the Earth Africa documentary on industrial plantation impacts on women
- FoE Africa
- 28 December 2021
New FoEAfrica documentary shows the impacts of industrial plantation expansion on women in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique
Argentina: en La Pampa hay 340 mil hectáreas en manos foráneas
- La Arena
- 27 December 2021
Si no se ponen límites a la extranjerización de los cotos de caza y de suelos productivos pampeanos; a pooles de siembra del cuadrángulo noreste de la provincia, la concentración de riqueza en inversores institucionales será cada vez mayor
Dutch banks finance US$3.5 billion in deforestation projects affecting Liberia
- Liberian Observer
- 24 December 2021
Dutch Banks ING Group, ABN AMRO, and Rabobank have provided 3.1 billion Euros (nearly US$3.5 billion) to agriculture projects that have led to deforestation, land grab and human rights violations around the world in the last five years, a new report has found.
How a bloody land feud in Honduras is stoking migrant flight to U.S.
- Reuters
- 23 December 2021
Nearly 150 murders and disappearances in connection with land conflicts have convulsed the Aguan Valley since 2008, when violence first intensified there.
DRC: An abusive palm oil business is shaming the European development banks
- InfoCongo
- 23 December 2021
The PHC oil palm plantations provide 100 years of lessons about the failures of agricultural, financial and governance systems in a globalized world.
El camino institucional de Sembrador Capital con el que apunta a invertir US$1.000 millones en la industria agrícola
- Red Agricola
- 21 December 2021
Entrevista con José Miguel Fernández, fundador y gerente general de Sembrador Capital