How TIAA Funds Environmental Disaster in Latin America
- Nacla
- 06 January 2017
Pension fund giant TIAA is investing its clients’ funds in farmland and agribusinesses tied to environmental and human rights abuses in Latin America.
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Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities
- Mongabay
- 04 January 2017
Indonesia central government has recognized the rights of nine indigenous communities to the forests. That movement still has long way to go, the nine “customary forests” encompass a total of 13,100 hectares. By comparison, Indonesia’s nine biggest oil palm firms in 2013 had planted nearly 2 million hectares.
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Sobre a liberação da venda de terras para estrangeiros no Brasil
- Brasil de fato
- 03 January 2017
Tramita no Congresso PL que propõe a liberação quase que irrestrita da aquisição de imóveis rurais a estrangeiros.
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A Odebrecht e a ocupação de terras em Angola
- Floha 8
- 31 December 2016
O que nos interessa aqui são os abusos cometidos em parceria com as autoridades angolanas em Angola.
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Land grabbing: New colonialism and how about Eritrea?
- Geeska Afrika
- 29 December 2016
Eritrean law blocking foreign investors from owning land and the country's desire for self-reliance makes it highly unlikely that it will fall for the neocolonial phenomenon of land grabbing.
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Second Protest & Request over the JICA's Intrigue against Mozambican Peasants / 「プロサバンナ事業に関する再抗議・要請：JICAからの回答を受けて」
- 29 December 2016
私たち、日本の 5 団体からの 12 月 7 日付「緊急抗議・要請1」に FAX でご回答頂き、ありがとうご ざいました。
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Urgent Protest & Request over the JICA's Intrigue against Mozambican Peasants / 「緊急抗議・要請： JICAによるモザンビーク農民・市民社会来日者への弾圧の試み」
- 29 December 2016
以下、12月7日付けで提出された「緊急抗議・要請」です。 JICAから届いた「回答書」も含めて、以下のJVCのサイトで詳しく紹介されていますので、そちらをご覧下さい。
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1000 ha à SENEGINDIA: le Collectif des producteurs de Diokoul déchire l’arrêté du Sous-préfet
- Press Afrik
- 28 December 2016
Les producteurs et leurs alliés se sont donné rendez-vous le 28 décembre 2016 à l’audience au tribunal de Grande Instance de Louga «pour marquer (leur) désapprobation au projet SENEGINDIA».
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After Asia, palm oil faces backlash in Africa
- AFP
- 28 December 2016
The sheer scale of land required by agribusiness-driven oil palm plantations is having an impact in Gabon, Cameroon and the Congo Basin
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Brasil: Patrus Ananias alerta para a legalização da grilagem com MP 759
- MST
- 27 December 2016
"É próprio de um governo golpista comprometido com o capital especulativo transnacional, que mira com olhos gulosos o solo de nossa pátria".
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Paraguay: Policías resguardan fumigación en Guahory y detienen a campesinos
- Última Hora
- 27 December 2016
De los ocupantes de la colonia Guahory, seis fueron derivados a una Comisaría de Caaguazú tras un procedimiento policial realizado para resguardar la fumigación de los brasiguayos.
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Déclaration suite à l'arrestation de 5 membres du Collectif pour la défense des terres de Dioukoul
- FSS
- 26 December 2016
Cinq paysans sénégalais qui résistent l'attribution de 1000 ha à l'entreprise indienne SenegIndia dans la commune de Dioukoul ont été arrêtés
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Litige foncier à Kébémer : Mamadou Ndoye et ses camarades de la Ld haussent le ton et disent ça au Gouvernement
- ActuSen
- 26 December 2016
La Ligue démocratique surveille comme du lait sur le feu, la situation qui prévaut à Kébémer et consécutive à un litige foncier entre SENEGINDIA et des populations qui s’opposent à l’affectation de 1000 hectares à ladite Société.
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Will our peasant and family agriculture system survive this unjust rush to grab our land?
- Amandla!
- 25 December 2016
The land grab of multinational companies has intensified in the global south, particularly in Africa over the last decade. In this article, Anabela Lemos explains what is happening in Mozambique.
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Organizações da Sociedade Civil do Niassa, Nampula e Zambézia “libertam-se” de Maputo graças aos dólares do ProSavana
- Verdade
- 23 December 2016
Todavia nenhum dos camponeses entrevistados pelo @Verdade possuem o Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra (DUAT) que cultivam, “Não conseguimos pagar” disseram.
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05 May 2025 - Washington DC, US
World Bank Land Conference 2025: Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action: Moving from Awareness to Action
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07 Oct 2025 - Cape Town, South Africa
Land, Life and Society: International conference on the road to ICARRD+20
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