New research examining the geographical coverage of international investment treaties raises concern about how they might affect public action to address 'land grabbing'.

Mr Hornibrook, who was a former head of Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management, along with some members of his sales team, were found to have extracted sensitive commercial information from a rival fund.

Australian banking giant ANZ has come under fire for its response to a scandal over its financing of a sugar plantation previously linked to forced evictions and child labour in Kampong Speu province.

Follow up from 2014 Oxfam report "Banking on Shaky Ground – Australia's big four banks and land grabs", asserts that all four banks have failed to ensure the affected communities' rights to food, shelter and a sustainable livelihood were restored.

​Almost two years ago Oxfam revealed that Australia’s Big 4 Banks — the ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac — are backing agriculture and timber companies linked to land grabs in developing countries.

A Thai environmental auditing firm has confirmed that it is assessing the fallout from a trio of plantations in Oddar Meanchey province that Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol abandoned in late 2014 amid mounting accusations of land grabbing.

Proterra Investment Partners , the private-equity firm spun off from agricultural commodities producer and trader Cargill Inc., is looking at several opportunities to buy farmland in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America.

"We are willing to offer 10,000-15,000 hectare on lease for 99 years," Zambia Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda said.

We, the undermentioned organisations working to promote land rights and rule of law in Sierra Leone, are gravely concerned about the conviction and imprisonment of these activists.

After Canada, Denmark, Finland and the World Bank, Germany is ending its work on land rights in Cambodia, a strong indictment of the government’s at­titude toward land grabbing.

De nombreux partenariats avec des investisseurs étrangers sont en cours dans le domaine agricole, se félicite le directeur de l’organisation foncière au ministère de l'Agriculture algérien

Selon le groupe de défense des droits civils AfriBusiness, le plan d’accession à la propriété foncière du président Jacob Zuma pourrait provoquer un exode massif des investisseurs

La vive dénonciation des attributions de terres en 2011 à Socfin a été le début d’un combat qui a porté devant les feux de l’actualité les militants anti-accaparement du Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (Maloa).

M. Bolloré, classé 9e fortune de France, attaque pour "diffamation publique envers un particulier" un article de synthèse publié par Bastamag consacré à la question de l’accaparement des terres

Jacob Zuma a annoncé une loi pour interdire aux étrangers de posséder des terres agricoles

Récit cartographique tous publics de 23 volets réalisé en deux formats : un document web et une exposition. Il propose une lecture originale des grands thèmes qui sous tendent les agricultures industrielles et paysannes (l'accès à la terre, la réforme agraire, la révolution verte, les semences, l'eau, la forêt...), leurs implications sur les sociétés humaines et l'environnement.

Un tribunal de Sierra Leona ha condenado a seis personas que se oponen a un proyecto de palma aceitera en la que el conglomerado francés Bolloré posee una importante participación de la destrucción de árboles y de incitar a la población local para protestar sobre derechos de tierras.

El Estado hondureño se rehúsa a reconocer su condición de pueblo indígena y le niega el derecho a la tierra. Corporaciones y terratenientes avanzan con el monocultivo de palma africana, amenazando la soberanía alimentaria.

Em um esforço gigantesco, o grupo financeiro americano e seus parceiros acumularam vastas áreas agrícolas, apesar de uma tentativa do governo brasileiro em 2010 para proibir que tais negócios se efetivassem em grande escala por parte de exploradores estrangeiros.

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