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G7伊勢志摩サミット2016に向けたアフリカにおける食料安全保障及び栄養のためのニューアライアンスに関する声明
- JVC
- 23 May 2016
アフリカの人びとの食料主権および食料への権利を守るために活動してきた私たち市民は、2016年5月25、26日に開催される伊勢志摩サミットに際し、G7首脳に向けて「食料安全保障及び栄養のためのニューアライアンス」に対する深い懸念を表明いたします。
Wanted ! Terres agricoles
- ARTE
- 20 May 2016
Ce mois de mai a vu expirer la dernière règlementation transitoire qui devait protéger les "nouveaux venus" d’Europe de l’Est, contre les investisseurs étrangers à l’affût des terres agricoles.
Florida farmland becoming big deal for institutional investors
- Growing Produce
- 20 May 2016
Real estate agent says with commodity prices down, institutional investors who had been investing in farmland in the Midwest are turning their attention to places like Florida, and sees upswing in investment from Latin America.
World Bank lifts freeze on Cambodia loans amid protests
- Mongabay
- 20 May 2016
The Bank says the move will help alleviate poverty in the Southeast Asian country, but land rights activists expressed disappointment over the decision.
Après le documentaire de France 2, le DG de la Socapalm viré !
- Info Cameroun
- 19 May 2016
Depuis la diffusion en Avril 2016 de l’émission «Complement d’enquête» sur la chaine française France 2, le personnel de la Socapalm a perdu le sommeil, relate Info Cameroun
98- year old, blind Elizabeth has to give way for palm oil plantation
- LJ4WA
- 19 May 2016
Thousands of people are being disenfranchised, evicted and deprived of their livelihoods near Kade, Eastern Region of Ghana, by the Belgian oil palm plantation company GOPDC.
Brazil's Guarani Indians killing themselves over loss of ancestral land
- Guardian
- 19 May 2016
Arson attacks and eviction at gunpoint for plantations driving many to despair and take their own lives.
Lutte des riverains des plantations Socfin Bolloré
- Projet React
- 19 May 2016
Pour revendiquer leurs droits, les riverains des plantations Socfin-Bolloré s'organisent.
Vietnamese, Thai firms to pour $4 bln into Russian dairy production
- Reuters
- 18 May 2016
State-backed Russia Direct Investment Fund announced plans on Wednesday to sign an agreement with Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group on joint investments in the construction of a $1 billion milk and dairy complex in the Ryazan region of Russia.
Vidéo : Les femmes ouest africaines défendent l'huile de palme traditionnelle
- GRAIN
- 18 May 2016
Les paysannes en Afrique de l’Ouest travaillent pour protéger la production traditionnelle d’huile de palme face aux accaparements de terres et à l'impact destructeur des plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile.
Video: West African women defend traditional palm oil
- GRAIN
- 18 May 2016
New video shows how rural women in West Africa are working to protect traditional palm oil production in the face of land grabbing by industrial oil palm plantations.
Chinese investors look into agriculture potential
- Fiji Times
- 18 May 2016
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Qingdao in China is looking into Fiji's agriculture sector as a potential area of investment.
Saravan approves concession for custard apple plantation
- Vientiane Times
- 18 May 2016
Saravan provincial authorities in Laos approve a 200 ha land concession to a Korean company which will grow custard apple and moringa for export
Thomson Reuters Foundation launches Place to put land and property rights on global news agenda
- Reuters
- 17 May 2016
Thomson Reuters Foundation today launched Place (Property, Land, Access, Connections, Empowerment), an innovative platform to boost coverage of land and property rights, one of the most under-reported issues worldwide.
La Fondation Thomson Reuters lance la première plateforme d'information mondiale sur les droits fonciers
- Commodafrica
- 17 May 2016
La Fondation Thomson Reuters, en collaboration avec Omidyar Network, a lancé hier PLACE, une plateforme pour couvrir les droits fonciers