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Africa’s only hope is Zim’s land reform model
- BH24
- 17 February 2015
Investors and hedge funders paying next to nothing for vast tracts of land in some African countries is a worrying trend and puts into context the Zimbabwe land policy and reform.
Countries urged on good land tenure security to boost devt
- New Vision
- 17 February 2015
Eight Eastern Africa governments under their umbrella organization IGAD have been urged to ensure tenure security for customary land rights because it is an essential element for sustainable development.
South Africa foreigner limit applies to farmland, minister says
- Bloomberg
- 17 February 2015
South Africa’s proposed laws to restrict foreigners from owning land will apply to farms and exclude residential property, Rural Development and Land Affairs Minister Gugile Nkwinti said.
L’Afrique du Sud veut interdire la propriété aux étrangers
- Le Figaro
- 16 February 2015
Une loi en préparation à Pretoria prévoit de limiter la surface des grandes propriétés et d’en interdire l’accès aux étrangers. Le texte concerne surtout les terres agricoles.
Oxfam dice que el Gobierno paraguayo dilata reparto de tierras a campesinos
- Yahoo Finanzas
- 16 February 2015
La ONG destacó que Cartes "no se ha manifestado públicamente sobre el caso de acaparamiento" y afirmó que continúa habiendo irregularidades en el proceso judicial abierto.
Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai divests from Myanmar property project to focus on farming
- Thanh Nien
- 16 February 2015
Company says it will invest part of the new $275 million into its cow farms, raising its current herd of 30,000 cows to 200,000. Another part will be used to pay debts and for its palm oil projects.
Ethiopia: stealing the Omo Valley, destroying its ancient Peoples
- The Ecologist
- 16 February 2015
A land grab twice the size of France is under way in Ethiopia, as the government pursues the seizure of indigenous lands to turn them over to dams and plantations.
Rights groups decry land activist killing
- Bangkok Post
- 16 February 2015
On February 11, Chai Bunthonglek, a land rights activist from Klong Sai Pattana village and member of the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand was gunned down. Four locals have been slain in similar attacks since 2010.
Trade Minister defends tighter foreign investment scrutiny
- ABC
- 15 February 2015
The tighter restrictions don't apply to buyers from the US, New Zealand or Chile because of their existing free trade agreements with Australia.
Thaïlande: Assassinat du défenseur du droit à la terre M. Chai Bunthonglek
- Frontline Defenders
- 14 February 2015
Le 11 février 2015 vers 18h30, un inconnu a abattu le défenseur du droit à la terre M. Chai Bunthonglek chez lui dans le district de Chaiburi, dans la province de Surat Thani.
Réforme foncière: Quatre points pour comprendre le système de bail, anti accaparement et anti bradage
- Seneweb
- 13 February 2015
La commission nationale de réforme foncière a fini de dessiner le squelette de ce qui sera la future loi foncière "anti-accaparement" au Sénégal.
Myanmar, Cambodia seek investors for rice business
- Gulf Times
- 13 February 2015
Two Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar and Cambodia, have declared to participate in the global rice business through foreign investors from Middle East, China, South Korea, Japan and Thailand.
Paraguay: Insisten en sacar tierras a los Sawhoyamaxa
- Paraguay.com
- 13 February 2015
Empresas volvieron a accionar judicialmente contra la expropiación de tierras a favor de la comunidad Sawhoyamaxa
Corporate encroachment reduces indigenous lands, biodiversity - U.N.
- Reuters
- 13 February 2015
"A lot of money is going into (land) speculation; this has worsened the situation," says Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Oil palm production: Ministerial committee inspects sites in SW
- Cameroon Online
- 13 February 2015
An inter-ministerial fact-finding committee from Yaounde has inspected the palm nurseries and other investment sites of the Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon Limited (SC-SOC) located in the South West Region of Cameroon.