The EU must urgently develop new financial regulations to stop investors backing projects that result in harmful consequences such as land-grabbing, human rights violations or higher greenhouse gas emissions, according to a group of leading NGOs.

The Oromia Regional Investment Commissiona says 167 total investment projects were approved in the last six months requiring the provision of 4600 hectares of land.

Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), decried the intensifying attacks against peasants struggling for land. Peasants asserting their rights to the land are subjected to human rights abuses, agrarian struggles and peasant leaders are being criminalized, imprisoned, and worse, were massacred.

Last week's killing of Cambodian forest defenders, and the recent shooting of Indonesian farmers, show the increasing involvement of state forces in quelling dissent against agribusiness, campaigners said.

A $5 billion Exim Bank of India fund to support Africa's agriculture development through the "Feed Africa" project seems to fit into the Africa Development Bank's plans to improve the agriculture sector

A group of companies controlled by one of Dubai’s richest families has signed a deal for a $1 billion dollar investment in a 77,000 sugar beet and grains farms in Minya, Egypt.

Asian Peasant Coalition strongly condemns the repression and land grabbing carried out by the Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. against the indigenous Kuy people of Preah Vihear, Cambodia.

Mozambique's Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Mozambique tells the Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy that his ministry will co-ordinate with other relevant authorities to provide UAE investors with land to for agricultural projects

Why did it take years for Cargill and Wilmar to cut off one of Guatemala’s most corrupt companies?

The slaughter of people defending their land or environment continued unabated in 2017, with new research showing almost four people a week were killed worldwide in struggles against mines, plantations, poachers and infrastructure projects.

An Indonesian community rights group has filed a complaint against the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil at the OECD for failing to address complaints by residents of two West Kalimantan villages.

Four new permits for palm oil expansion issued in Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia covering area almost the size of Singapore - major parts of which are comprised of high-density forest cover. One is given to Wilmar International key suppliers, Ganda group.

This report by IIED discusses evolving patterns in land use investments, developments in investment frameworks, and implications for legal empowerment approaches.

Selon des ONG belges, les initiatives d'autorégulation lancées par les entreprises du secteur de l'huile de palme n’ont pas apporté de réels changements sur le terrain.

La dynamique burkinabè de la convergence globale des luttes pour la terre, l’eau de l’Afrique de l’Ouest propose d’amender l’article 17 en précisant que le droit de jouissance des investisseurs non nationaux se fera par un bail à long terme

Ces projets d’investissements ont nécessité la mise à disposition de 4600 hectares de terres, concernent principalement les secteurs de l'agro-transformation, de la manufacture et de l'agriculture.

D'ici 2023, Olam pense pouvoir s'accorder avec l’Etat pour augmenter ses plantations de palmier à huile de 50 000 à 100 000 hectares

La PHP indique que ce repli peut s’expliquer par des défis fonciers que rencontre cette filiale du groupe français qui exploite actuellement une superficie de 3 932 ha dans le Littoral

Départs en retraite massifs. Investissements étrangers dans des terres agricoles. Artificialisation continue des sols. Une mission d’information va plancher sur ces sujets qui inquiètent le monde agricole.

Au Pérou, des menaces violentes et des cas d’intimidations ont suivi la publication d’une décision de justice prise contre une compagnie d’huile de palme responsable de l’appropriation et de la déforestation de plus de 7,000 hectares de terres ancestrales.

Casi 200 defensores de la tierra y el medio ambiente fueron asesinados en 2017 por enfrentarse contra gobiernos y empresas alrededor del mundo, con América Latina en el primer lugar de esta represión.

Keterbatasan di tengah pentingnya informasi terkait penguasaan lahan dan berbagai industri ekstraktif di Papua menjadi alasan utama peluncuran webGIS Mata Papua sebagai alat monitoring baru.