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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 18 Jan 2017
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Liberia: Cease governmental surveillance and harassment against human rights advocates defending land and natural resource rights. Send letter to President Sirleaf
 
 
Tell TIAA-CREF to go deforestation and land grab-free!
 
Reuters | 18 Jan 2017
Does the end of high food prices mark the end of the global land rush?

FAO expert says it would be wrong to conclude that investors’ interest in agriculture has vanished and developing countries and donors should do more to ensure responsible investment and confront domestic “land grabbers".

The Conversation | 17 Jan 2017
The new superpowers in the global land grab and how they operate

Land deals are implemented – and often initiated – by sub-national states which are in competition with each other to win major investments.

Farm Ireland | 17 Jan 2017
Vulture funds closing in on hundreds of farms

Hundreds of farms in Ireland face repossession this year as so-called vulture funds swoop on indebted properties, agri-finance experts have warned.

TRF | 16 Jan 2017
Armed with apps and crops, women lead battle to save Senegal's shrinking farmland

Women in Senegal are fighting back against land grabbing, from young coders designing a mobile app to help women buy land to civil society groups rallying female villagers to stand up to multinationals

Financial Mail | 16 Jan 2017
Crookes Brothers might be ripe for the picking

The stage for an acquisition of Crookes could already be set thanks to the involvement of African agriculture-focused UK private equity firm SilverStreet Capital as the key shareholder through its Silverlands (SA) Plantations investment vehicle.

Huffington Post | 16 Jan 2017
Land grabs are partly to blame for skyrocketing violence in Central America

Global firms and local elites are taking land from farmers, which pushes them to cities, where jobs are few.

Farm Weekly | 16 Jan 2017
Investors wake up to ag value

Canadian investors - particularly pension funds - have led the way in changing Australian city money attitudes to agriculture.

Bloemisterij | 13 Jan 2017
Development of new horticultural area in Ethiopia

While Dutch ag investors get priority access to 1500 ha near Hawassa, their embassy is helping the Ethiopian government start a conversation with its discontented population.

WFAL | 13 Jan 2017
The synthesis of the thirteen WFAL2016 world meeting workshops are now available

Read the synthesis of the thematic sessions which took place on the 31st March, 1st and 2 April 2016 in Valencia, Spain, during the global forum of the World Forum on Access to Land and Natural Resources.

Phnom Penh Post | 13 Jan 2017
Rui Feng still clearing farmland, villagers say

China sugarcane company Rui Feng continued its campaign to clear disputed land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia yesterday, even after a video of its employees seemingly trying to beat villagers surfaced online earlier this week.

Cambodia Daily | 12 Jan 2017
Sugar company worn out by empty promises

Some 100 farmers who have spent the past 11 days sleeping on land to guard it from bulldozers in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia are exhausted by empty promises from the government to solve their problem.

Place | 12 Jan 2017
India's top court queries land use in special economic zones

In India, of the almost 5,000 hectares (12,355 acres) of land acquired for SEZs in the last five years, only 362 hectares have been used for their intended purpose, according to SEZ Farmers' Protection Welfare Association despite farmers have been devastated by the loss of their land.

Phnom Penh Post | 12 Jan 2017
Tensions between Chinese firm, ethnic villagers mount

Ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear, Cambodia filed a complaint against Chinese sugar company Rui Feng on Tuesday after a long-simmering land dispute almost erupted into violence last week.

Accountability Counsel | 12 Jan 2017
On 7th anniversary of earthquake, Haitian farmers file land grab complaint highlighting harm caused by disaster “recovery” efforts

A collective representing hundreds of Haitian farmers, filed a complaint to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) about its role in a case of land grabbing.

SOCFIN | 09 Jan 2017
SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to a sustainable management of its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri

In its Zero Deforestation Commitment published today, SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to manage and develop its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri while protecting the environment, respecting local communities and providing full transparency.

Mongabay | 04 Jan 2017
Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities

Indonesia central government has recognized the rights of nine indigenous communities to the forests. That movement still has long way to go, the nine “customary forests” encompass a total of 13,100 hectares. By comparison, Indonesia’s nine biggest oil palm firms in 2013 had planted nearly 2 million hectares.

Cambodia Daily | 21 Dec 2016
Farmers protest in Phnom Penh against sugarcane plantations

About 100 farmers from Koh Kong province traveled to Phnom Penh to press government officials for a solution to their long-running land disputes with a trio of sugarcane plantations they accuse of stealing their land.

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France Culture | 18 jan 2017
Accaparement des terres agricoles: une réalité française?

Les sols français sont-il réellement victimes d'accaparement?

Novethic | 17 jan 2017
Huile de palme : Greenpeace cible HSBC

Greenpeace accuse la banque de financer, entre autres, Goodhope Asia Holding Ltd contre laquelle des ONG et des communautés locales ont porté plainte auprès de la RSPO pour "accaparement de terres" en Papouasie.

La Tribune | 16 jan 2017
Niger-Arabie Saoudite : des pétrodollars contre des terres arables ?

Le Niger et le Royaume d’Arabie Saoudite viennent de conclure plusieurs accords de coopération, remettant à l’ordre du jour le très controversé projet d’achat de terres arables au Niger qu’envisagent des investisseurs saoudiens.

AFP | 16 jan 2017
Damnées de la terre : en quête d'emploi, des Birmanes mariées de force en Chine

La "situation s'aggrave en raison des combats dans certaines régions et de l'accaparement des terres", qui prive les paysans de leur moyen de subsistance, explique Moon Nay Li, secrétaire de la Kwat.

Infos Cameroun | 13 jan 2017
Emploi des enfants mineurs : Un adolescent camerounais porte plainte contre V. Bolloré

Soutenu par un cabinet d’avocat français, Guillaume Eboh Dipanda, jeune riverain des plantations de la Société Camerounaise des Palmeraies (Socapalm), vient de trainer Vincent Bolloré devant les tribunaux de Paris.

WFAL | 13 jan 2017
Les synthèses des treize ateliers de la rencontre mondiale du FMAT2016 sont disponibles!

Consultez la synthèse de chacune des sessions thématiques qui ont eu lieu les 31 mars, 1er et 2 avril 2016 lors du Forum Mondial sur l'Accès à la Terre et aux ressources naturelles à Valencia (Espagne).

Palmespoir | 13 jan 2017
Une année d’espoir à la Socapalm?... Peut-être

Quelques très insignifiants frémissements semblent signaler un changement de mentalité au sein de l’ogre SOCAPALM au Cameroun. Le loup serait-il devenu un agneau ?

Le Sud Online | 12 jan 2017
Le foncier qui tue !

Les litiges fonciers sont récurrents au Sénégal et sont le plus souvent facteurs de violences et de cas de décès.

Sud Quotidien | 12 jan 2017
Collectif des agriculteurs de Diokoul : Le président Moustapha Ba décède d'un malaise

Moustapha Ba est décédé suite à son incarcération dans le cadre de l'affaire de spoliation de terres entre les habitants de Diokoul et la société indienne Senegindia.

20 Minutes | 11 jan 2017
«La France doit protéger ses terres agricoles contre les investisseurs français et étrangers»

Interview avec le député Dominique Potier, qui a déposé une proposition de loi pour lutter contre l’accaparement du foncier en France

ActuSen | 26 dec 2016
Litige foncier à Kébémer : Mamadou Ndoye et ses camarades de la Ld haussent le ton et disent ça au Gouvernement

La Ligue démocratique surveille comme du lait sur le feu, la situation qui prévaut à Kébémer et consécutive à un litige foncier entre SENEGINDIA et des populations qui s’opposent à l’affectation de 1000 hectares à ladite Société.

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