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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 26 Oct 2016
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Tell TIAA-CREF to go deforestation and land grab-free!
 
 
Sign petition calling on Government of Malawi to drop court case against the People's Land Organisation, which is claiming reparations from tea estates for land grabbing and forced labour.
 
 
Stand for the Congo Basin Forest! Sign to stop the SGSOC palm oil project!
 
Manitoba Cooperator | 26 Oct 2016
Canada: Senate to investigate farmland ownership

The Senate agriculture committee is launching a study into the ownership of Canadian farmland and the challenges that farmers face in expanding their operations.

Reuters | 25 Oct 2016
Ethiopians who fled over land rights now face eviction from Calais "Jungle"

People from Oromiya, a region at the heart of Ethiopia's industrialisation efforts, accuse the state of seizing their land and offering tiny compensation, before selling it on to companies, often foreign investors, at inflated prices.

Produce Plus | 25 Oct 2016
Itochu to invest US$57.7m in bananas

Itochu's $57.7m investment through its Dole business will include a 55 per cent increase of its 20,000 ha plantations in the Philippines by 2018

Daily Mail | 23 Oct 2016
Dutch farmer on Ethiopia violence: 'I was terribly scared'

After nearly a year of protests, demonstrators in Ethiopia turned their anger to foreign investors who they blame for occupying land appropriated by the government.

IDI | 21 Oct 2016
Follow the money to justice: new online tool

Online resource explains how to mine publicly available information to identify and analyze the companies, investors and other actors behind destructive projects.

Land Portal | 20 Oct 2016
Law in the natural resource squeeze: 'land grabbing', investment treaties and human rights

Lorenzo Cotula discusses highlights from his latest academic piece, in which he explores whether investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals, and how these impact the land rights of rural people.

Guardian | 20 Oct 2016
Liberia: the growth of a new palm oil frontier

Golden Veroleum Liberia is building one of the largest palm oil plantations in the civil-war scarred country, bringing jobs but dividing communities

Global Witness | 20 Oct 2016
Palm oil giant Golden Veroleum bulldozes religious sites in Liberia, protected by armed police

Palm oil giant Golden Veroleum has bulldozed religious sites in southeast Liberia and has paid police armed with assault rifles to protect its plantations, according to a new Global Witness exposé.

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Ensemble pour la forêt du Bassin du Congo! Signez pour stopper un projet destructeur
 
Reflets | 24 oct 2016
Accaparement de terres agricoles en France : quel est le plan des Chinois ?

Il est très certainement une opération industrielle concertée autour de la production et l’exportation de lait en poudre vers la Chine, selon Reflets.

RFI | 24 oct 2016
Un consortium australien mis sur pied contre un investissement chinois

Quatre familles parmi les plus riches d’Australie s'associent pour s'interposer entre un investisseur chinois et son objectif, le groupe Kidman qui détient 2,5% des terres agricoles d’Australie et 185 000 têtes de bétail.

Rural-Info.net | 24 oct 2016
Cameroun – Accaparement de terre dans le sud-ouest: les États-Unis accuses d’avoir fait pression sur Paul Biya

Greenpeace et Oakland Institute accusent l’Ambassade des États-Unis au Cameroun d’avoir ignoré des allégations de corruption au sein de Herakles Farms/SGSOC

Ndar Info | 21 oct 2016
Non à la vente des terres du Ndiael ! Restitution des terres aux populations ! ( Communiqué)

Les italiens de Tampieri Financial Group qui contrôlent Senhuile sont en négociation avec des entrepreneurs marocains pour leur céder des terres.

Midi Libre | 20 oct 2016
Christian Roqueirol lutte contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles

"Les groupes étrangers sont censés apporter du progrès et de l'argent, sauf que les communautés locales n'en voient pas les retombées."

Radio Australia | 20 oct 2016
Empire Kidman : des éleveurs australiens défient Gina Rinehart

Un groupe d'éleveurs australiens contre la femme la plus riche du pays, alliée à un groupe chinois : c'est l'affiche d'un duel qui s'annonce passionnant, avec en ligne de mire, les terres agricoles de la famille Kidman.

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Coalición Mundial por los Bosques | 21 oct 2016
La ONU Reconoce el Impacto de la Producción de Carne sobre la Deforestación y el Acaparamiento de Tierras

“Medidas ambiciosas, concretas y cuantificables son necesarias para limitar el consumo excesivo de carne y otros productos animales por parte de las élites ricas, y para parar la deforestación y el cambio climático

Leonardo Rossi | 20 oct 2016
Argentina: Soberanía en juego

El 29 de junio el presidente Mauricio Macri tomó una decisión clave en lo que refiere a la soberanía territorial y el esquema de la propiedad de la tierra en un país donde el modelo agrario es central.

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