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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 10 Aug 2016
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SEFE | 10 Aug 2016
An appeal for assistance from Cameroonian communities resisting the Herakles Farms palm oil projects

The NGO SEFE and communities resisting Herakles Farms in Cameroon call on international media, individuals and organisations to support local people in protecting their lands and forests.

Sudan Vision | 09 Aug 2016
AAAID Investments have exceeded its paid capital: executive

AAAID Chairman says scores of investors have expressed the desire for partnerships with the Authority in agriculture.

ABC | 09 Aug 2016
Australia: Jacqui Lambie to push for Foreign Investment Review Board overhaul

Tasmanian senator says she will grill officials when they front Senate Estimates later this year over FIRB's history of approving foreign farm and asset purchases against the national interest.

Reuters | 09 Aug 2016
Dozens shot dead in anti-government protests across Ethiopia says opposition

Unrest flared in Oromiya for several months until early this year over plans to allocate farmland surrounding the regional capital for development.

Mongabay | 08 Aug 2016
Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Locals allege the Green Fuel ethanol plant has grabbed land and displaced families without compensation, polluted water supplies, and failed to pay its workers — leaving them with few options in a region beset by drought.

Phnom Penh Post | 08 Aug 2016
Monster sugar mill eats through sugarcane supply

Company began operations using the harvest of sugarcane cultivated on 5,000 hectares and needs to significantly expand the cultivation area to produce sufficient sugarcane to keep its line operating year-round.

VoA Cambodia | 05 Aug 2016
Dozens march against sugar company ‘land grabs’

Villagers from Koh Kong province delivered petitions to the government and European Union on August, 4, 2016 to lodge complaints about alleged land grabbing by two sugar plantation firms.

Agrimoney | 04 Aug 2016
Zambeef shares soar more than 50%, on $65m CDC investment

The deal will hand the UK government's development agency a 17.5% stake in Zambeef, which is pursuing Zambia's first oil palm plantation on over 20,000 ha.

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France Info | 10 aout 2016
En Nouvelle-Zélande une plage privée est rachetée par l'Etat grâce au financement participatif

En Australie, une campagne de financement participatif est en cours pour acheter les ranchs du roi du bétail australien, Sydney Kidman.

RFI | 10 aout 2016
Ethiopie: pourquoi le régime suscite-t-il tant de colère?

Le Plan de développement intégré d'Addis Abeba est temporairement suspendu, mais les Oromos sont persuadés que la politique d'expropriation et de déplacement des populations oromos va se poursuivre

Espace Manager | 08 aout 2016
Un enseignant-chercheur à Y. Chahed : « je ne vous fais pas confiance »

"Allez-vous assumer le fait de vendre la terre de vos ancêtres à des investisseurs privés et publics étrangers ?" demande un enseignant-chercheur à Youssef Chahed, nouveau chef de gouvernement désigné de la Tunisie

SeneNews | 08 aout 2016
Ethiopie: Prés de 100 personnes tuées par la police

Les manifestations, aux motifs différents, avaient pour point commun une dénonciation de l’accaparement de l’appareil d’État par des responsables essentiellement issus de la région du Tigré.

IGIHE | 08 aout 2016
Des investisseurs mauriciens : 10.000 Ha de terre pour une sucrerie de 160.000 T

Le Rwanda est en train d'octroyer 10.000 hectares à des investisseurs mauriciens pour la production du sucre

Agora | 04 aout 2016
Mali : Sécurisation foncière : L’UACDDDD présente les synthèses harmonisées des us et coutumes aux autorités

La gestion collective des terres correspond aux aspirations du peuple malien qui ne revendique pas le droit à la propriété privée, souligne la Convergence malienne contre les accaparements de terres

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LU 14 | 05 ago 2016
Entrevista de LU14 Diego Monton Coordinador Nacional MNCI

Sobre el pedido de inconstitucionalidad y nulidad del decreto que modifica la Ley de tierras en manos extranjeras

MNCI - Vía Campesina | 05 ago 2016
Argentina: El MNCI Via Campesina presentó Amparo para frenar la extranjerización de tierras

El Movimiento Nacional Campesino Indígena (MNCI), integrante de la Vía Campesina, presentó un recurso de amparo para declarar la inconstitucionalidad y nulidad del decreto que modifica la Ley de tierras en manos extranjeras.

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MST | 04 Aug 2016
Brasil: Movimentos Populares em alerta à sociedade contra a venda de terras para estrangeiros

Atualmente, a compra de terra por estrangeiros encontra limites. É possível a aquisição de até três módulos rurais, sem qualquer condicionalidade.

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