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Interdire l'achat de terres agricoles par des multinationales ?
- SudRadio
- 16 May 2016
Entretien avec Guillaume Darrouy du Centre National des Jeunes Agriculteurs (France)
Australia's $1 billion beef boom funded by foreign investment and super
- AFR
- 16 May 2016
Australia's cattle station sector is set to reach more than $1 billion-worth of deals in less than a year, with the two biggest sources of investment being the controversial areas of foreign investment and superannuation.
Dry weather forces BrasilAgro to slash corn sowings
- Agrimoney
- 16 May 2016
Land prices are up across Brazil, with prices in the Northeast up 7.5% over the past 12 month, BrasilAgro said.
Why Chinese agriculture engagement in Africa is not what it seems
- China File
- 16 May 2016
Based on new research in four African countries, Professor Ian Scoones says far from being on a land-grabbing spree in Africa, Chinese immigrant farmers and the deployment of Chinese agricultural technology and training programmes are having a positive impact.
#NoLandNoLife | Indonesia: PANAP conveys solidarity with Kampung Dadap’s struggle for land and livelihood
- PANAP
- 16 May 2016
We convey our firm solidarity with the people of Kampung Dadap in their struggle against the “PT Tangerang International City” (TIC) – a government backed massive reclamation project in Kampung Dadap, Tangerang Regency in Indonesia, and express our serious concern on the repression reportedly being committed against them.
À São Tomé, Agripalma marche sur des œufs
- Jeune Afrique
- 13 May 2016
Dans le sud-ouest de l’île de São Tomé, la co-entreprise entre l’État santoméen et le groupe luxembourgeois Socfin ressuscite la culture du palmier à l’huile.
France : Lettre ouverte au Ministère de lAgriculture
- Confédération Paysanne (Indre)
- 13 May 2016
Lettre ouverte de la la Confédération paysanne 36 concernant l'acquisition de plus de 1 700 ha de terres agricoles dans l'Indre par des entrepreneurs chinois
Nuevas maniobras de poderosos acumuladores de baldíos
- Las 2 Orillas
- 13 May 2016
El exrepresentante Wilson Arias denuncia una nueva modalidad de empresas que se aprovechan de tierras campesinas.
Next steps to strengthen global land governance
- The Conversation
- 13 May 2016
Many see the voluntary guidelines as an important opportunity to address wider issues of land inequality, historical dispossession and agrarian change, rather than simply as a route to “responsible investment”
United Cacao responds to bid to remove company from London Stock Exchange
- Mongabay
- 13 May 2016
The company defends its Peruvian plantations amid uproar over alleged environmental and social impacts.
Namibia: Russian landlord in Panama Papers
- Namibian
- 13 May 2016
Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov, who bought large tracts of land in Namibia, is among the long−serving clients of Mossack Fonseca, a disgraced law firm known for aiding the rich to hide their wealth in tax havens
Kazakh government invites opponents to discuss land reform
- Reuters
- 12 May 2016
Kazakhstan's government, facing a wave of unrest over farmland privatisation plans, invited some opponents of the reform to join a commission set up on Thursday to review it.
Companies run by ex-cricketer Phil Edmonds 'paid bribes to officials'
- Guardian
- 12 May 2016
Companies co-founded and run by Phil Edmonds, founder of leading African farmland investor Agriterra, paid “bribes” to African officials and have bought assets owned by secretive offshore structures, a campaign group has claimed.
Socfin, une épine dans le pied de Vincent Bolloré
- Jeune Afrique
- 11 May 2016
Déforestation, spoliation des terres, conditions de travail… Le groupe belgo-luxembourgeois, dont l'homme d'affaires français est actionnaire, concentre les critiques sur la gestion de ses plantations.
Atelier international sur la lutte pour la justice sociale et économique dans la pêche artisanale
- WFFP
- 11 May 2016
WFFP vient de publier le compte rendu d'un atelier sur la lutte contre l’accaparement des océans