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South Africa: Land ownership by foreign nationals will be prohibited
- ANC
- 30 January 2015
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe says there will also be compulsory declaration of land holdings by the propertied class
Who’s winning the struggle for land in Cambodia?
- Oxfam America
- 29 January 2015
Changes and sudden loss of lands for indigenous people have far-reaching implications besides livelihood, income, and food. Despite pressure on indigenous communities, people are finding ways to defend their rights.
Americans biggest buyers of New Zealand land since 2010
- NZ City
- 29 January 2015
Americans were the biggest buyers of New Zealand land in the past five years, although buyers from China topped the list in 2014.
Farmland board rules against investment group
- Western Producer
- 29 January 2015
Saskatchewan’s Farm Land Security Board has issued its second decision on a case that could transform the way land is bought and sold in the province. 
Embattled flower farm Karuturi
- KTN Kenya
- 28 January 2015
Receiver managers of embattled flower farm Karuturi are disputing claims the farm and its assets have been put up for sale.
Is ‘land policy’ the solution to land grab in Africa?
- Oakland Institue
- 28 January 2015
Debate over large scale land investments in Africa is shifting from the disastrous impact of land grabs to the need for African governments to deal with citizens’ outrage by developing a ‘land policy’.
Nigerian farmers face destitution from 300 sq.km land grab backed by UK aid
- The Ecologist
- 28 January 2015
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland.
Equatorial Palm Oil investira 20,5 millions de $ dans sa joint-venture au Liberia
- Ecofin
- 28 January 2015
EPO a l'ambition d'augmenter ses superficies exploitées au Liberia de 50 000 hectares d’ici 10 ans, et de doubler ce chiffre en 20 ans.
Dominion Farm's land grab in Nigeria
- ERA/FoEN | CEED
- 28 January 2015
Farmers in Taraba State refuse to give up their lands for massive rice plantation project backed by the G8
Dominion Farms accapare des terres au Nigeria
- ERA/FoEN | CEED
- 28 January 2015
Des agriculteurs de l'État de Taraba refusent de céder leurs terres à un énorme projet de riziculture soutenu par le G8
Equatorial Palm Oil secures $20.5m loan for joint venture
- StockMarketWire
- 27 January 2015
Equatorial Palm Oil has announced that its 50% owned joint venture company, Liberian Palm Developments, has entered into a $20.5m loan agreement.
Indonesia: We reject the palm oil companies because this is our home
- WALHI
- 27 January 2015
A new video from WALHI documents the views of villagers in Bengkulu Province, on the west coast of Sumatra, who are resisting the expansion of palm oil on their lands.
Press release on Bamba Village shooting incident
- ALLAT
- 27 January 2015
In wake of shooting and arrests, ALLAT calls for a moratorium on large scale land acquisitions in Sierra Leone.
The corporate takeover of Ukrainian agriculture
- IPS
- 27 January 2015
Frédéric Mousseau, Policy Director at the Oakland Institute, argues that the United States and the European Union are working hand in hand in a takeover of Ukrainian agriculture
Flower firm Karuturi goes under the gave
- The Daily Nation
- 26 January 2015
Naivasha-based flower farm Karuturi Ltd — the Kenyan subsidiary of the world’s biggest producer of cut roses — has been put on sale by receiver managers.