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02 Aug 2018
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Nestle response to Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer over alleged land grabbing Business and human rights resources centre | 31 Jul 2018
Nestle response to the Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer, Mitr Pohl over alleged land grabbing. The Thai company, Mitr Pohl is direct supplier to Nestlé and tier 2 supplier in other supply chains, mostly via traders.
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Behind the spectacular fall from grace of private equity firm Abraaj Deal Street Asia | 30 Jul 2018
Abraaj Capital, the PE firm that was very active in the rush to buy global farmland after the food financial crises of 2008, has collapsed and is under investigation for “mismanagement, comingling of funds and misappropriation of assets"
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Q: What does a global agrifood business do when it wants to focus more on sustainable development? A: It works with OFID. OFID Quarterly | 30 Jul 2018
Interview with top executives of Phoenix Group, the world's 3rd largest rice trader controlling 150,000 ha of farmland in different parts of the world
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Philippines is unsafe for farmers fighting for land PCFS | 28 Jul 2018
Statement by People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty on the ongoing threats, criminalisation and killing of farmers and land rights defenders in the Philippines.
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NGOs called to verify data on Koh Kong land dispute Phnom Penh Post | 26 Jul 2018
Cambodia provincial government on Tuesday called on civil society organisations to help verify data involving land dispute between villagers in Koh Kong province and a Chinese company. The land in question is in the midst of a dispute with Union Development Group (UDG).
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For indigenous peoples, losing land can mean losing lives Intercontinental Cry | 26 Jul 2018
Community land represents the backbone of rural life. Its loss—whether due to conflict, infrastructure projects, private investments or natural disasters—has grave consequences from loss of livelihood to broader environmental and social harms.
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Activists expose role of Dutch banks in the funding of palm oil industry development Radio Mundo Real | 25 Jul 2018
Friends of the Earth Netherlands launched a report warn that Dutch Banks ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank have to take responsibility for the disastrous environmental and social consequences of providing finance to the palm oil sector at large scale.
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Phoenix Group Phoenix Group | 25 Jul 2018
An overview of Phoenix's farms in Kazakhstan, at Baimyrza and Pushkinskoye, as captured by drones used in monitoring the operations across 100,000 Hectares of farm land.
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Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia - Land Grabbing Human Rights Watch | 13 Jul 2018
Human Rights Watch submission to the Universial Periodic Review of Cambodia, assessment since Cambodia’s previous UPR in 2014 in various sector including land grabbing.
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Litige foncier à Dodel et Démette : Les populations attendent toujours du chef de l'État la promulgation du décret d’annulation du projet marocain Afripartners DakarActu | 30 juil 2018
Le collectif des 36 villages impactés par le projet marocain Afri Partner exige de l’État l’application sans condition du décret d’annulation du projet
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Greenpeace Africa exhorte Halcyon Agri à stopper la destruction des moyens de subsistance des communautés et la biodiversité au Cameroun LaMinute.info | 26 juil 2018
« L’acquisition et l’exploitation des terres de Sudcam est un exemple typique d’accaparement des terres au Cameroun » s'insurge Greenpeace Africa dans un nouveau rapport
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