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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 18 Nov 2015
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Sign the petition to denounce the arrest of Ethiopian food & land activists and help support their families.
 
Greenpeace | 18 Nov 2015
Herakles Farms project rears its ugly head again

Company appears to be desperately using the courts, physical assaults and intimidation to attack citizens exercising rights guaranteed in their constitution and under international law.

VICE | 18 Nov 2015
This socially responsible pension fund invested in Brazilian farms seized by violent land grabbers

An American investment giant that manages multi-billion-dollar pension funds in the United States, Canada, and Sweden faces allegations that it has circumvented Brazilian laws on foreign acquisition of farmland

Reuters | 17 Nov 2015
U.S. pension fund under pressure to go public with Brazil land deals

A U.S. investment firm that manages U.S., Canadian and Swedish pension funds came under pressure on Tuesday to give locations of its land investments in Brazil as coalition of campaign groups voiced concerns about the impact on local farmers.

NY Times | 17 Nov 2015
TIAA-CREF, U.S. investment giant, accused of land grabs in Brazil

The American financial group and its partners amassed vast new holdings of farmland despite a move by Brazil’s government in 2010 to effectively ban such large-scale deals by foreigners.

GRAIN | 16 Nov 2015
Fonds de pension étrangers et accaparement des terres au Brésil

Une société new-yorkaise chargée de la gestion de l'épargne-retraite des travailleurs en Suède, aux États-Unis et au Canada se soustrait aux lois brésiliennes sur les investissements étrangers pour acquérir des terres agricoles

VietNamNet | 16 Nov 2015
Investors hunt for farmland to make quick profits

Land plots for cultivation are now in hot demand by investors, who can make profits now and protect their assets in the long term.

Mongabay | 16 Nov 2015
Greenwashing? RSPO audits rife with ‘mistakes and fraud,’ report finds

The world’s biggest sustainable palm oil organization is accused of ignoring flaws within its certification process that have allowed oil palm companies to hide significant violations of the body’s own sustainability standards behind its seal of approval.

GRAIN | 16 Nov 2015
Foreign pension funds and land grabbing in Brazil

A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities.

La Flamme | 13 Nov 2015
The REDD+ and its carbon trade will not resolve the climate crisis

The REDD+ and its carbon trade will not resolve the climate crisis

EU Observer | 12 Nov 2015
Dutch bank faces questions on Romania land-grab

Despite their due diligence, Rabobank missed the fact that they were buying land in a village racked with corruption and land rights abuse, and from sellers deeply involved in murky business.

Radio Canada | 12 Nov 2015
Land grab conference in Quebec

Land grabs and the speculation in land acquisitions are a growing reality globally. These trends were the focus of a one-day conference near Montreal yesterday looking into the evolution and effect on farmers in the province of Quebec.

DW | 12 Nov 2015
Rabobank raids rural Romania

A small and poor village in Romania has become the focus of a story involving land grabbing by foreign-owned multinationals and mafia-style corruption.

Kinnevik | 12 Nov 2015
Kinnevik sells Rolnyvik for a cash consideration of SEK 400m

Investment AB Kinnevik today announced that it has sold its Polish agricultural business Rolnyvik, which holds 6,700 hectares of land in Poland, for a total consideration of approximately SEK 400m in cash.

ABC | 11 Nov 2015
PNG government indicating logging for agricultural development will continue

Logging operations are only ramping up, and exploiting special leases, meant for the development of agricultural projects, to clear forest on land belonging to customary owners.

Reuters | 11 Nov 2015
Rabobank sees recovery in China offshore food and agri deals

China's appetite for offshore investment in food and agriculture is expected to rebound from a lull that has delayed some deals, given strong interest to meet growing domestic demand, a leading banker said.

Xinhua | 30 Oct 2015
First rice product from Sino-Singapore Jilin Food Zone to enter Singapore

SSJFZ is a unique platform which integrates multiple Singapore elements with local application across its entire "farm to table" process.

VoA Khmer | 30 Oct 2015
Six years on, families evicted for sugarcane plantation still in limbo

Some six years after about 2,000 families were pushed off 19,000 hectares of land that was converted to plantation for sugarcane, which is processed into sugar used by Coca-Cola.

Eurodad | 29 Oct 2015
Doing Business 2016’s reformed indicator will favour land-grabbing

Instead of taking suggestions on board from CSOs or its own monitoring bodies, the World Bank continues to push its agenda at the expense of small-scale farmers.

Straits Times | 26 Sep 2015
Another setback for Jilin Food Zone

Resignation of CEO is latest setback to the project in north-eastern China's Jilin province meant to diversify food sources for Singaporeans and help improve safety standards for Chinese consumers.

Africa Report | 27 May 2014
Mauritius' Omnicane to invest $250 million into Ghana's sugar plantations

A Mauritius sugarcane firm Omnicane is set to invest $250 million into sugarcane plantations in northern Ghana

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Pétition de Sauvons la forêt
« Bolloré a pris nos terres. Et maintenant notre liberté. » Des paysans d’Afrique et d’Asie accusent la holding luxembourgeoise Socfin de s’être accaparée leurs terres pour ses cultures d’huile de palme. Ils ont lancé une série de blocages dans les plantations pour que l’actionnaire principal Bolloré s’emploie à faire respecter leurs droits et restituer leurs terres. Soutenons leur action ! 

 
Jeune Afrique | 17 nov 2015
La Chinafrique fait sa révolution

Dans le secteur agricole « la Chinafrique » est loin d’avoir atteint des résultats mirifiques, malgré un intérêt majeur des groupes chinois pour le continent au début des années 2000.

Union Paysanne | 17 nov 2015
L'Union paysanne révoltée par un nouveau rapport qui démontre que la Caisse de dépôt et placement est impliquée dans l’accaparement massif et violent de terres au Brésil

Les travailleurs québécois et québécoises seront peut-être surpris d'apprendre que leurs fonds de pension fructifient en encourageant l'éviction violente de paysans de leurs terres au Brésil.

El Moudjahid | 16 nov 2015
Algérie : L’investissement privé, un rôle de locomotive

Le ministre de l'agriculture est prêt à attribuer des terres aux industriels au Sud, dans les hauts plateaux, et à établir des partenariats avec des concessionnaires de terres relevant du domaine privé de l'Etat.

La Flamme | 13 nov 2015
La REDD+ et sa finance carbone ne résoudront pas la crise climatique

La REDD+ et sa finance carbone ne résoudront pas la crise climatique

Good Planet | 11 nov 2015
Le braquage planétaire des terres agricoles

Dans son dernier ouvrage Lettre à un paysan sur le vaste merdier qu’est devenue l’agriculture, le journaliste Fabrice Nicolino dénonce l’industrialisation de l’agriculture et le Land grabbing.

Radio Canada | 09 nov 2015
Canada: Le réchauffement climatique menacerait la souveraineté alimentaire

La Fondation David Suzuki s'inquiète que des spéculateurs accaparent les terres agricoles de Québec, dont la valeur pourrait grimper avec un accroissement de la saison de production provoqué par le réchauffement de la planète.

Congo Indépendant | 15 juil 2015
"Lutte contre la corruption" : Quid du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga Lonzo?

Le financement du parc agro industriel de Bukanga Lonzo pour un montant de 82 Millions de dollars américainscas est le cas le plus grave de malversation financière et détournement des deniers publics de l’histoire récente du Congo

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GRAIN | 17 nov 2015
Fondos de pensiones y el acaparamiento de tierras en Brasil

El informe, “Fondos de pensiones extranjeros y el acaparamiento de tierras en Brasil”, es el resultado de una investigación en terreno realizada por Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos, GRAIN, Inter Pares y Solidaridad Suecia-América Latina.

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R7 Noticias | 17 Nov 2015
Relatório denuncia que fundos de pensão estrangeiros estão ligados a grilagem de terras no Brasil

Pesquisa mostra que grupos internacionais estão burlando legislação brasileira que restringe capital estrangeiro no agronegócio nacional

Jornal do Brasil | 17 Nov 2015
'NYT': TIAA-CREF, gigante de Investimentos dos EUA explora terras brasileiras de forma indevida

Documentos comprovam que milhões foram gastos para aquisição indevida

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