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21 Mar 2019
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Violent tensions at Feronia's oil palm plantations in the DR Congo RIAO-RDC, et al. | 20 Mar 2019

This Saturday military forces fired live bullets at villagers within the Lokutu oil palm plantation concession area of the Canadian company Feronia Inc, following weeks of growing tension between communities and the company.

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Brazil’s key deforestation drivers: Pasture, cropland, land speculation Mongabay | 20 Mar 2019

Brazilian deforestation is most highly driven by land speculation, whereby land speculators deforest an area, possibly selling off the timber, then convert the land to pasture, and then again quickly sell the land to a soy producer at a much increased price.

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CBN vows to make Nigeria world’s third palm oil producer The National | 18 Mar 2019

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says that all the states in the South-South and South-East regions have agreed to provide at least 100,000 ha for investors in oil palm plantations.

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Myanmar land reform: Calls for new law to be scrapped Al Jazeera | 14 Mar 2019

Rights groups are calling on Myanmar's government to scrap a new land reform law they fear could leave millions of people with nowhere to call home.

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Kenya: Survey ordered to settle Del Monte land dispute Daily Nation | 04 Mar 2019

Fruit processor Del Monte will have its land in Murang’a and Kiambu counties surveyed in in order to address the historical injustices committed against the area residents.

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Tensions violentes dans les plantations de palmiers à huile de Feronia en RD Congo RIAO-RDC et al. | 20 mar 2019

Ce samedi des militaires auraient tiré à balles réelles sur des villageois dans le district d’exploitation de plantations de palmiers à huile de la société canadienne Feronia à Lokutu, suite à des semaines de tension entre les communautés et la société.

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Grogne des communautés impactées par les plantations de palmiers à huile du Lot1/Mouila d’Olam Gabon Initiatives | 13 mar 2019

Les communautés dénoncent les licenciements et les non renouvellement des contrats des filles et fils desdits villages alors que les contrats sociaux donnent priorité des emplois aux villages impactés

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Madagascar signe une série d’accords de coopération avec Maurice RFI | 11 mar 2019

Le Maurice compte sur une relance de l’agriculture malgache et se réjouit que son voisin ait annoncé son ambition « de redevenir le grenier de l’océan Indien » pour pouvoir fournir, par exemple, les 50 000 tonnes de maïs dont Maurice a besoin chaque année.

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Argentina: Macri dio luz verde a un proyecto de ley para las inversiones forestales La Nación | 19 mar 2019

El proyecto contempla también una reforma a la ley de Tierras que fija un límite a la propiedad de campos en manos de extranjeros.

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Argentina: Otro revés para Benetton y Bullrich en el Poder Judicial Página 12 | 18 mar 2019

Deberán sentarse a negociar con los mapuches. La jueza Karina Estefanía de la ciudad de Esquel absolvió a los integrantes de la Pu Lof en Resistencia Cushamen por el delito de usurpación y abigeato impulsado por Benetton y la provincia de Chubut.

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Argentina: Corrientes promueve instalar pastera y vender más tierras a extranjeros El Territorio | 16 mar 2019

La provincia de Corrientes apunta a la instalación de industria celulósica papelera y, para ello, propone ampliar el cupo destinado a la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros.

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Land and Poverty Conference 2019

World Bank | Washington DC | 25 Mar 2019

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