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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
Open letter to downstream consumer goods companies on the criminalisation of rights defenders in Ecuador
- FPP
- 21 December 2021
Energy & Palma has opened a SLAPP lawsuit against leaders in the Barranquilla de San Javier community after they tried to defend their land from invasion by the palm oil company
Las distintas formas de quedarse con tierras de pueblos indígenas en Perú
- El País
- 20 December 2021
A menudo, este acaparamiento de tierras se produce para el cultivo de palma o de coca destinada al narco, pero también puede estar relacionado con la minería ilegal o el tráfico de terrenos con fines inmobiliarios.
AgriPalm pays off farmers, to develop 4,500-ha oil palm plantation
- Guardian
- 17 December 2021
AgriPalm Ltd, a subsidiary of Flour Mills Nigeria Plc, has unfolded its plan to cultivate the remaining 3000 hectares of land with palm oil trees, to bring the total cultivated land to 4,500 hectares.
Indigenous activist Massa Packer Turay accuses Liberian government of neglect
- Front Page Africa
- 16 December 2021
The uncertain conditions left behind by Sime Darby and the apparent failure of the government to intervene has revived the activism instinct of a selfless champion of community rights.
Land Voice - Responsabilité Sociale des Organisations
- LandCam
- 16 December 2021
Emission "Land Voice" diffusée sur la radio communautaire Nkuli Makeli le 29 novembre 2021 sur le thème "Résponsabilité Sociale des Organisations".
Mediation ends five-year Mondulkiri land dispute
- Khmer Times
- 16 December 2021
Mediation between some Bunong indigenous community members in Busra and the European-owned rubber company Socfin Cambodia has concluded
Nigeria : Tiamin Rice lance une exploitation rizicole de 10 000 hectares à Bauchi, la plus grande du pays
- Agence Ecofin
- 16 December 2021
La ferme de 10 000 hectares a été aquis auprès du gouvernement pour la somme de 3 million de niara (730 000 $US / EUR 647 000)
Accaparement de terres et litiges fonciers : Un gros chantier qui attend le gouvernement
- La Gazette
- 16 December 2021
13 ans depuis l'affaire Daewoo, des cas d'accaparements de terres continuent à défrayer les chroniques à Madagascar
Tiamin establishes N18billion mega rice farm in Bauchi
- Daily Nigerian
- 16 December 2021
the farm is the largest modern farm in Nigeria with ten thousand hectares with a projection to produce 120,000 metric tons of rice per annum and other farm produce like maize.