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20 Jun 2019
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Tanzania farmers violently displaced by a REDD+ project have launched a crowdfunding campaign for legal support.
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To stop destruction of Liberia’s rainforest, he put his life on the line e360 | 18 Jun 2019
Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive industries that were clearing its forests.
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Australia: CPC property selldown continues, with Ucharonidge divestment Beef Central | 18 Jun 2019
The sell-down of northern grazing assets continues for Terra Firma’s Consolidated Pastoral Co, with a deal announced today to sell its Ucharonidge station in the Northern Territory to Malcolm Harris’s Cleveland Agriculture.
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Wealthy families are adding forests to their portfolios Bloomberg | 18 Jun 2019
Bank of America’s Specialty Asset Management group manages more than 94,000 assets with a value of $13.6 billion for individuals and institutions looking for timberland, farms, ranches, energy interests, or real estate.
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President Bio hails Sunbird Bio-energy Global Times | 18 Jun 2019
Sunbird Bioenergy, after the recent change of management, is set to produce sugar for the local market in Sierra Leone and for export to neighboring countries
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State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study Guardian | 14 Jun 2019
Giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations mean people in lower Omo valley face starvation and conflict, says US thinktank
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Karuturi Global's new land deal in Ethiopia must be scrapped ASO et al | 13 Jun 2019
A diplomatic intervention by the Indian government and law suits filed by the company appear to have pushed Ethiopian authorities to backtrack and offer a new lease in the Gambella region, this time for 15,000 hectares.
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Quand la finance s’empare des terres agricoles La Terre de chez nous | 18 jui 2019
De grands producteurs qui exploitent des dizaines de milliers d’hectares s’accaparent toujours plus de terres dans le Chaco, délogeant des paysans qui pratiquent l’agriculture vivrière ou l’élevage de subsistance, souvent depuis des générations.
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Sénégal : La fraude et les terres menacent l’emploi Le Quotidien | 17 jui 2019
Les agro-industriels de la Vallée souhaiteraient avoir la possibilité de développer encore plus leurs activités. Et pour ce faire, ils demandent des terres.
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Le nouvel accord foncier de Karuturi Global en Ethiopie doit être abandonné ASO et al | 13 jui 2019
En avril 2019, Karuturi Global a informé ses actionnaires qu'on lui avait "accordé 15 000 hectares de terrain pour des activités agricoles" à Gambella, mais le contrat de bail n'a toujours pas été délivré par les autorités compétentes
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Formation sur les litiges fonciers au Cameroun VoA Afrique | 13 jui 2019
Une vingtaine de jeunes chercheurs, francophones et anglophones, viennent d’achever une session spéciale de formation et de renforcement de leurs capacités sur défis du foncier
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