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Bill Gates attempts to explain why he bought more farmland than anyone else in America
- Futurism
- 22 Mar 2021
Gates was asked why he is buying so much farmland. His answer: “My investment group chose to do this ... It is not connected to climate.”
University assembly resolution to encourage TIAA divestment from fossil fuels
- Cornell Daily Sun
- 21 Mar 2021
Resolution by Cornell's University Assembly also calls on its main pension fund supplier to divest from agribusiness companies associated with deforestation, indigenous rights violations, and severe climate impacts.
Haïti : Des organisations paysannes dénoncent la spoliation de leurs terres au profit des oligarques pro-PHTK
- Rezo Nòdwès
- 20 Mar 2021
André Arpaid, un oligarque pro-PHTK, a reçu plus de 8 600 hectares de terres agricoles pour la création de la zone franche agro-industrielle de Savane Diane, qui produira l’édulcorant stévia pour la transnationale Coca Cola.
Campesinos denuncian acaparamiento de tierras en Haití
- El País Costa Rica
- 20 Mar 2021
El reciente reclamo responde al otorgamiento mediante decreto presidencial de más de ocho mil 600 hectáreas de tierras agrícolas para establecer la Zona Franca Agroindustrial de Savane Diane, que producirá el edulcorante stevia para la trasnacional Coca Cola.
Uganda: Dozens of armed police and armed company workers invade a village in Kiryandongo, abducted 4 village members
- Witness Radio
- 19 Mar 2021
Great Seasons SMC limited, owned by a Sudan investor based in Dubai, is one of three multinational companies evicting communities off their land for agribusiness investments without any legal process.
Senator Sherman questions Mano Palm legality to operate
- Daily Observer
- 19 Mar 2021
Grand Cape Mount County Senator Varney Sherman says Mano Palm is reneging on the US$12M transferred for Sime Darby’s social obligations to Grand Cape Mount
In King Leopold’s steps: The investors bankrolling the PHC oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Oakland Institute
- 18 Mar 2021
As community efforts to reclaim 100,000 hectares of their ancestral land are met with violent repression, unlawful arrests, and murder, a report unveils the names of the new investors financing the plantations in the DRC.
“Les Ogres de la Terre”, comment les multinationales chinoises acquièrent des terres agricoles dans le Berry
- France 3
- 18 Mar 2021
Dans ce documentaire, des agriculteurs témoignent de l’impuissance de la SAFER face à l’accaparement des terres en France.
Uganda: Land rights defender charged with setting fire to crops, released on bond
- Witness Radio
- 17 Mar 2021
Atyaluk David Richard is among dozens of community land and environment defenders in Kiryandongo who are under trial because of their resistance to illegal evictions by multinational companies.
Villagers in Zimbabwe face loss of land, livelihoods
- Anadolu Agency
- 17 Mar 2021
Villagers in Chilonga in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province are being kicked off their land, paving way for growing lucerne grass
Un nouveau rapport expose les investisseurs qui financent le vol de terres et les violations des droits humains en République démocratique du Congo
- Oakland Institute
- 16 Mar 2021
Alors que les efforts de la communauté pour récupérer 100 000 hectares de leurs terres ancestrales, initialement saisies il y a plus d'un siècle pour des plantations de palmiers à huile, sont confrontés à une répression violente, des arrestations illégales et des meurtres, un nouveau rapport de l'Oakland Institute dévoile les noms des investisseurs finançant les plantations en RDC.
México: Mujeres campesinas piden detener siembra de palma aceitera
- Chiapas Paralelo
- 16 Mar 2021
En el pronunciamiento final del encuentro, detallaron que el acaparamiento de tierras que han hecho las empresas aceiteras, ha acelerado la pérdida de soberanía alimentaria “y de los conocimientos tradicionales que las mujeres tenemos para la producción de alimentos y la preservación de semillas”.
Cambodia: International Criminal Court Prosecutor urged to prosecute land grabbing crimes
- FIDH
- 16 Mar 2021
A decision by the International Criminal Court Prosecutor concerning allegations of crimes against humanity stemming from the land grabbing frenzy is expected by June this year.
Cambodge : La Procureure de la Cour pénale internationale exhortée à poursuivre les crimes d’accaparement de terres
- FIDH
- 16 Mar 2021
La FIDH, Global Witness et Climate Counsel ont appris qu’une décision de la Procureure de la CPI concernant les allégations de crimes contre l’humanité découlant de la frénésie d’accaparement de terres est attendue d’ici juin
Camboya: el fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional debe perseguir los delitos de acaparamiento de tierras
- FIDH
- 16 Mar 2021
La FIDH, Global Witness y Climate Counsel han tenido conocimiento de que para junio de este año se espera una decisión del Fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) sobre las acusaciones de crímenes contra la humanidad derivadas del acaparamiento de tierras.