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FGV denies report on land sale talks with Tadmax
- The Star
- 10 February 2014
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) has denied being in discussions with Tadmax Resources Bhd over the sale of the latter’s land in Indonesia.
Après avoir baissé, la lutte pour des droits fonciers au point de basculement
- IPS
- 07 February 2014
Des entreprises multinationales telles que Nestlé et Unilever ont pris une série de nouveaux engagements par rapport aux droits fonciers des communautés et populations indigènes mais ces promesses ne semblent pas avoir fait une grande différence selon la RRI
Sugar firm offers defense after call for probe of EU trade links
- Cambodia Daily
- 06 February 2014
The director of a CPP senator’s sugar plantation accused of stealing land from hundreds of Cambodian families said Wednesday that most locals were happy with the new jobs the plantation has generated.
Accaparement des terres agricoles : Un mal qui s’installe Mauritanie
- L'Authentique
- 06 February 2014
L’attribution par Conseil des ministres d’une superficie de 31.000 ha des terres agricoles de la Vallée à la firme saoudienne Al Rajihi, soulève ces jours-ci la colère des populations locales et la vive réaction de l’élite nationale.
African states seek new farmland deals without problems of past
- Reuters
- 06 February 2014
African countries that missed out on Gulf cash pouring into agricultural projects elsewhere on the continent are trying to entice Arab investors with deals they say are designed to avoid problems of the past.
Progress on land rights for forest communities slowing - report
- Reuters
- 06 February 2014
Progress toward securing the land rights of forest communities has slowed around the world, with some hard-won gains threatening to be rolled back in some countries even as others see advances, say forest experts.
PNG Govt yet to act on SABL inquiry recommendations
- Radio New Zealand
- 06 February 2014
"If the lease has been found to be fraudulently issued, then it needs to be cancelled, that's the whole issue, that's the bottom line," says Effrey Dademo of Act Now.
After slowdown, global fight for land rights at tipping point
- IPS
- 06 February 2014
RRI says the overriding picture in 2013 remained one of continuing resource grabs by local elites and corporations, aided by governments eager to give away land to investors on almost any terms.
Pacific land grab among worlds worst says expert
- ABC
- 06 February 2014
International expert on land-grabbing Fred Pearce says the Pacific has some of the world's worst examples of the practice.
Why agricultural investment ‘principles’ must be buried
- Pambazuka
- 06 February 2014
The FAO draft principles have little local basis and less community future, and are very likely to be employed to obscure the power imbalances that exist.
The smokescreen of foreign ownership of farmland
- LaCrosse Tribune
- 05 February 2014
Let us focus on the real issue that our legislators should be grasping: how do we keep farmers operating and attract farmers to own the land they work, and not become peasants on land rented from institutional investors, domestic or foreign.
Stealing the great rainforests of PNG
- Global Mail
- 05 February 2014
Only the Amazon and Congo basins rival Papua New Guinea for pristine tropical wilderness. But 5 million hectares of its jungle is under threat from foreign land grabs and back-door logging.
Qatar intends to invest in Azerbaijan’s agriculture
- APA
- 05 February 2014
Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Heydar Asadov meets with representatives of Qatar Holding to study opportunities for investment in Azerbaijan’s agriculture.
Equatorial Guinea commits to a co-investment fund of $1b to fuel economic diversification
- APO
- 05 February 2014
At the opening of the “Emerging Equatorial Guinea” Symposium, the government announces a Co-Investment Fund to support foreign investments, including in agriculture for which it has set aside 100,000 ha.
Por que a SLC vai seguir comprando terras no Brasil
- Amanhá
- 05 February 2014
Embora monitore oportunidades em países da África e da América do Sul, a subsidiária SLC LandCO ainda coloca suas fichas no Brasil por uma questão de preço