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Le Liberia s'apprête à voter une loi foncière en faveur des communautés locales
- CommodAfrica
- 22 August 2016
D'ici le 30 août, le Liberia devrait avoir voté une loi qui renforcerait le droit des communautés locales sur des "terres coutumières"
L'Afrique, premier continent concerné par les transactions foncières massives
- RFI
- 21 August 2016
Une société saoudienne envisage l'achat de 120 000 hectares de terre dans la région de Diffa à l'extrême-est du Niger.
Colombia: El dilema de una multinacional
- El Espectador
- 20 August 2016
Primera imputación a firma extranjera por supuesto daño a los recursos naturales y contaminación.
Sierra Leone: Fighting over palm fruits lands sick man in hospital - a case of human rights abuse in Malen Chiefdom
- Green Scenery
- 19 August 2016
Eight private security guards of Sharp Security attached to Socfin Agricultural Company in Malen Chiefdom attacked community members of Walleh village, claiming they were in possession of palm fruits belonging to the company.
Gratitude Railroad launches Gratitude Farmland Fund
- PR Newswire
- 19 August 2016
GFF seeks to acquire farmland in regions where land is undervalued relative to production value and will make its first investments in acquiring farms in the southeastern U.S.
Paraguay: Fiscal desalojó a familias campesinas para entregar tierras del Estado a sojeros brasileño
- ALAI
- 18 August 2016
Ayer por la mañana el fiscal de Salto del Guairá, Israel Villalba, y unos 150 policías desalojaron a 13 familias de sus lotes agrícolas
Harvard names head of $3.6 billion natural resources group
- Bloomberg
- 18 August 2016
Harvard Management Co. names Colin Butterfield, former CEO of TIAA's Brazilian farmland investment company, as head of natural resources at the university’s $37.6 billion endowment.
Marche de protestation à Diokoul : les 1000 ha de la discorde
- Enquête Plus
- 17 August 2016
Un litige foncier oppose les habitants de Diokoul Diawrigne, au Sénégal, au conseil municipal de la communauté rurale. A la base, la décision d'attribuer à la société Senegindia 1 000 ha.
Argentina: El primer 'Parlamento de las naciones originarias' cuestionó el proyecto oficial de venta de tierras
- La Nación
- 17 August 2016
En un hecho inédito, una universidad nacional respaldó las jornadas mapuches; entre los reclamos por una convivencia en armonía con la naturaleza, apreció una queja hacia la administración de Mauricio Macri.
L'accaparement des terres, un phénomène mondial
- Relations
- 17 August 2016
Aujourd’hui, les processus d’accaparement des terres mobilisent et préoccupent de plus en plus les collectivités rurales et paysannes, non seulement du Sud, mais aussi du Nord
In Brazil's 'Wild West' a young prosecutor takes on corrupt land deals
- Reuters
- 17 August 2016
In a poor corner of remote northeastern Brazil often viewed as the country's 'Wild West', a young state prosecutor is chalking up wins in the fight to stop corrupt land deals.
Uganda: Tilting land laws: Minister Amongi’s poisoned chalice
- Daily Monitor
- 17 August 2016
The beneficiaries of this state-led and coercive measure will result in dispossession of land owners for the benefit of the government, private companies or individuals.
Conferencia Internacional Tierras y Territorios en las Américas
- Conferencia Internacional Tierras y Territorios en las Américas
- 16 August 2016
La conferencia “Tierras y Territorios en las Américas: acaparamientos, resistencias y alternativas” se realizará en la ciudad de Bogotá entre los días 26 y 28 de agosto de 2016 en la Universidad Externado de Colombia
Gabon aims to cut yawning poverty gap by ending its dependency on oil
- Guardian
- 16 August 2016
"Since 2009, the government has been focused on agribusiness, specifically palm oil and rubber, even though various studies have shown that people’s priority is food crops and vegetables," says NGO Brainforest.
IFC commits $45M to China's Hosen Capital
- CMN
- 16 August 2016
The World Bank's IFC is committing up to US$30 million to Hosen Investment Fund III, the latest vehicle from Hosen Capital, a Chinese private equity fund with a strong focus on agriculture and food industry.