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Accaparement de terres au Cambodge : 80 Bunong agissant en justice en France déboutés en première instance
- Le Monde
- 07 July 2021
Cette affaire illustre la difficulté des peuples autochtones à faire valoir leurs droits face à des multinationales.
ProSAVANA市民社会報告書2013（ProSAVANA Civil Society Report 2013_jpn)
- 07 July 2021
ProSAVANA市民社会報告書2013ー現地調査に基づく提言 ProSAVANA Civil Society Report 2013: Facts and Findings By Sayaka Funada Classen with Naoko Watanabe
When Noam Léandri from Angers was investigating land grabbing in Cambodia
- Ouest France
- 05 July 2021
The court of Nanterre has just dismissed 80 Bunong farmers who accused the French group of illegally appropriating their land in Cambodia. Ten years ago, Noam Léandri from Angers was commissioned by the International Federation for Human Rights to produce a report on the subject. He looks back.
L’agro-industriel Safacam, filiale camerounaise de Socfin, essuie des protestations contre sa certification Rspo
- Investir au Cameroun
- 05 July 2021
Pour le leader communautaire Michel Essonga : « Il est difficile de comprendre comment Safacam a pu obtenir un certificat Rspo sans changer ses pratiques. Elle viole nos droits fonciers et pollue nos ruisseaux et rivières. Les gens sont intimidés et harcelés. Pourquoi les auditeurs n'ont-ils pas pris nos doléances en considération ? »
Schweppes to ramp up production with US$35m investment
- The Herald
- 05 July 2021
Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited has undertaken to invest US$35 million in the next 10 years into a 2 700 hectare citrus plantation as it seeks to increase production and valued addition at its Beitbridge Juice Processing Plant.
Cambodia. Standing up to Bolloré, the Bunong ethnic group mourns its forest
- Ouest France
- 04 July 2021
The Cambodian farmers who sued the Breton businessman for land grabbing were dismissed by the court of Nanterre.
Cambodge. Face à Bolloré, l’ethnie Bunong pleure sa forêt
- Ouest France
- 04 July 2021
Les paysans cambodgiens ont été déboutés par le tribunal de Nanterre, dans une affaire d’accaparement de terres les opposant à l’homme d’affaires breton.
Farmers protest seizure of farmlands by Savannah Sugar Company in Adamawa
- Channels TV
- 03 July 2021
Farmers gathered to protest the seizure of their lands by a sugar company owned by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest person.
Farmers protest seizure of farmlands by Savannah Sugar Company in Adamawa
- Channels TV
- 03 July 2021
Farmers in Adamawa State Nigeria have staged a protest against the seizure of their lands by a sugar cane company owned by the Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest person.
La justice déboute des paysans cambodgiens accusant le groupe Bolloré d'accaparement de terres
- France 24
- 02 July 2021
Le tribunal français a trouvé qu' "aucun des 80 demandeurs et intervenants volontaires ne justifie d'un droit réel ou personnel pour exploiter les terres litigieuses".
Court dismisses Cambodian farmers accusing Bolloré group of land grabbing
- France24
- 02 July 2021
Eighty Cambodian farmers of the Bunong ethnic group were dismissed on Friday by the judicial court of Nanterre. They believed that they had been robbed of their ancestral forest by the Bolloré group, who replaced it with rubber plantations. The farmers' lawyer has appealed against this judgment.
Argentina: Tierras Estatales Transformadas en Grandes Transacciones de Tierras
- Land Matrix
- 01 July 2021
El informe aborda dos casos de estudios, que representan cuatro grandes transacciones de tierras
Socfin’s RSPO certification challenged by affected communities in Cameroon
- CED
- 01 July 2021
Local communities hold a press conference today to protest against the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil certificate awarded to Socfin’s subsidiary company SAFACAM in Cameroon on 30 December 2020
La certification RSPO de SOCFIN contestée par les communautés riveraines au Cameroun
- CED
- 01 July 2021
Aujourd'hui, des communautés locales annoncent leur désapprobation totale du certificat de la Table Ronde pour l'Huile de Palme Durable (RSPO), attribué le 30 décembre 2020 à la société SAFACAM, filiale camerounaise du groupe SOCFIN.
Colombia: Los menonitas acumulan en los Llanos una tierra con pasado turbio
- Mongabay
- 01 July 2021
La extensa compra de tierras de los menonitas no es un caso aislado. Existen 214 colonias que han adquirido unas 3,9 millones de hectáreas en nueve países latinoamericanos.