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Accaparement des terres et résistance au Mali
- Radio Canut
- 09 November 2013
Entretien radiophonique avec Massa, autour des problématiques et des luttes sur les accaparements de centaines de milliers d’hectares de terres au Mali
Coca-Cola veut lutter contre l'accaparement de terres dans sa chaîne d'approvisionnement
- Belga
- 08 November 2013
Coca-Cola a décidé de mettre en oeuvre une politique de "tolérance zéro" des accaparements de terres dans sa chaîne d'approvisionnement, indique vendredi Oxfam dans un communiqué de presse.
Feronia Inc. announces US$25 million private placement led by CDC, the UK government's development finance institution
- Marketwire
- 08 November 2013
CDC will directly hold 27.5% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Feronia, a large-scale commercial farmland operator in the DRC
Major palm oil companies accused of breaking ethical promises
- Guardian
- 08 November 2013
Large plantations are destroying forests, damaging wildlife and causing social conflict in Asia and Africa, report finds.
Coca-Cola vows to axe suppliers guilty of land grabbing
- Guardian
- 08 November 2013
Drinks firm announces zero-tolerance policy and encourages other companies to follow UN's responsible governance rules
ProSavana: Manipulações, mentiras e meias verdades
- Verdade
- 08 November 2013
Não temos um Governo a trabalhar para o povo, a defende-lo e aos seus interesses, temos um governo cego de ganância, a fazer negócios irreflectidos, um atrás do outro e como se não houvesse amanhã.
Carta de la sociedad civil japonesa sobre Prosavana
- 08 November 2013
Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil japonesas apelan al Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MOFA) y a la Agencia japonesa de cooperación Internacional (JICA) para que suspendan inmediatamente y reformulen el programa ProSAVANA
Actionnariat de Senhuile-Senethanol : Ousmane Ngom mouillé par un rapport
- Walfadjri
- 08 November 2013
Le cadre pour la réflexion et l'action sur le foncier au Sénégal, épaulée par l'ONG GRAIN et l'association italienne Re:Common a publié un rapport d'enquête sur les investisseurs qui se cachent derrière le projet Senhuile-Senethanol.
Who is behind Senhuile-Senethanol?
- CRAFS, GRAIN, Re:Common
- 07 November 2013
A controversial foreign investment to produce agrofuels for Europe on 20,000 ha in Senegal has angered communities and sparked violent clashes between peasants and the police.
Des groupes dévoilent qui est derrière le projet d'accaparement de terres Senhuile-Senéthanol au Sénégal
- CRAFS, GRAIN, Re:Common
- 07 November 2013
Un investissement étranger controversé visant à produire des agrocarburants pour l'Europe sur 20 000 hectares de terres agricoles au Sénégal a suscité de violents affrontements entre paysans et forces de l’ordre.
Malaysia's KL Kepong acquires Liberian palm oil operations
- Reuters
- 07 November 2013
Malaysia's third-largest listed plantation company, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, said it had agreed to a $21.3 million cash acquisition to gain a foothold in the palm oil sector in Liberia.
China and the Soybean Challenge
- 06 November 2013
As China’s appetite for meat, milk, and eggs has soared, so too has its use of soybean meal. And since nearly half the world’s pigs are in China, the lion’s share of soy use is in pig feed.
Gestion du foncier : L’accaparement des terres menace la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique
- Le Soleil
- 05 November 2013
Les Ong africaines avertissent les autorités du continent des impacts négatifs sur la sécurité alimentaire que pourront engendrer les acquisitions massives de terres en Afrique au détriment des communautés.
Calabar Declaration
- WRM
- 05 November 2013
Members of communities affected by industrial monoculture oil palm plantations and other organisations from Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia reaffirm opposition to land and forest grabs.
West African civil society groups strategize against land grabbing
- APA
- 05 November 2013
Members of the West African civil society and the Coalition for the Protection of African Genetic Heritage on Monday opened a regional forum on the impact of land grabbing on food security in Dakar