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Soudan : 100 mille hectares de terres agricoles allouées aux exploitants turcs
- KUNA
- 13 August 2021
La Turquie a le droit d’exploiter 100 mille hectares de terres agricoles soudanaises, selon un accord entre Ankara et Khartoum.
Turkey, Sudan vow to boost relations, lift trade volume to $2B
- Daily Sabah
- 13 August 2021
At a bilateral meeting, Sudan and Turkey reiterate the agreement giving Turkish companies an initial 100,000 hectares of lands in Sudan for agricultural projects, with the promise of a further 700,000 hectares.
Golden Veroleum Liberia comes under spotlight again for not living up to MOU
- Independent Probe
- 12 August 2021
New analysis from community exercises indicate palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia structurally fails to comply with obligations and commitments from the MOUs signed in 2014 with affected communities. T
Courting justice: when legal challenges to corporate land grabs go wrong
- Political Ecology Network
- 11 August 2021
In July 2021, a French court ruled against a group of Indigenous Bunong farmers from Mondulkiri in Northeastern Cambodia. In light of recent discussions on the potential and constraints of legal activism, we aim here to highlight entrenched structural factors that can hinder communities in legal challenges to corporate land grabs.
On the Colombian plains, a leader stands up for her people against land theft
- Mongabay
- 11 August 2021
Ana Villa has fearlessly confronted agribusiness multinationals and armed groups that have tried to take over the land where rural communities and Indigenous people live in the Colombian plains, including the US corporation Cargill.
Who really benefits from the creation of a land market in Ukraine?
- Oakland Institute
- 06 August 2021
In the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe,” agriculture has been dominated by oligarchs and multinational corporations since the privatization of state-owned land following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Will this change, now that a controversial law to create a land market entered into effect on July 1, 2021?
Greenpeace: los satélites confirman que la deforestación en la Amazonia sigue fuera de control
- América Economía
- 06 August 2021
Según ha informado este viernes Greenpeace, el pasado martes la Cámara de Diputados de Brasil aprobó el proyecto de ley PL2633, "una legislación que quiere legitimar el acaparamiento de tierras públicas" y que para la ONG "está directamente relacionada con la deforestación de un tercio de toda la superficie que pierde la Amazonia brasileña".
As House focuses on China, farm groups see other land buyers
- Roll Call
- 05 August 2021
Farmland grabs by US companies and pension funds are being ignored as appropriators prioritise keeping Chinese interests in check, critics say
Bolsonaro's 'land grab' bill passes Brazil's lower house
- Reuters
- 04 August 2021
Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country's powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Australia: Supercharged ag investors see value in more than farmland
- QCL
- 04 August 2021
Agriculture, long overlooked as a handy defensive investment space by fund managers more interested in infrastructure, commercial real estate and shopping centres, has become the focus of big spending activity of late.
Proterra Investment Partners is selling its Corinella Group farm portfolio
- GAI
- 03 August 2021
Global investment company Proterra Investment Partners is divesting its Australian farm portfolio – the Corinella Group Pty Ltd consisting of 49 farms across southeastern Australia with expectations of fetching A$350 million.
Grandes transacciones de tierras en Ecuador
- Landmatrix
- 03 August 2021
En este documento se presentan datos actualizados sobre Grandes Transacciones de Tierras (GTT) en Ecuador.
Why UN Food systems summit is irrelevant to Uganda’s smallholder farmers: A case of capitalism pushing the poor away from family land
- Witness Radio
- 03 August 2021
Uganda still grapples with mass forced evictions being aided by international development financiers that are hosted and protected by big nations.
UAE keen to invest in Indonesia's sugar industry: ministry
- Antara
- 02 August 2021
The United Arab Emirates has expressed interest in investing in Indonesia's farming sector, specifically sugarcane plantations, says the secretary general of the Agriculture Ministry.
La Corée du sud tente de revenir à Madagascar
- Madagascar Matin
- 02 August 2021
Le projet de transformer Madagascar en futur grenier de l’océan Indien risque de ressusciter le scandale relatif à la location de terre érable pour des investisseurs sud coréens, selon la presse malgache