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25 Jul 2019
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Urgent: Land defender violently killed by a security guard of Canadian palm oil company Feronia in the DRC. Take action now!
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Land defender violently killed by a security guard of a Canadian palm oil company in the DR Congo RIAO-RDC | 22 Jul 2019
A member of the Congolese organisation RIAO-RDC was brutally killed by a security guard of the Canadian palm oil company Feronia Inc near the company’s Boteka plantations.
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Foreign investment in farmland 'overstated': Rabobank AFR | 22 Jul 2019
Foreign ownership of Australian farmland is "overstated" when measured on a dollar-value basis, according to a new report by agribusiness lender Rabobank.
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Craigmore to convert Northland dairy land to kiwifruit production NZ Herald | 22 Jul 2019
Craigmore Sustainables, a New Zealand-owned company that draws its funds from overseas, with over 50 per cent now coming from Germany, is going to convert 137ha of Northland dairy country to kiwifruit production.
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Livestock Wealth becomes multimillion-rand enterprise ITWeb | 19 Jul 2019
Livestock Wealth started with 26 cows in 2015 and currently manages a herd of around 2000 cattle at four farms across South Africa on behalf of 800 investors from South Africa, Germany, the US, Canada, the UK and China.
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In Madagascar, villagers oppose plans for a dam that would inundate their land Mongabay | 19 Jul 2019
Italian company that built a 7,000 ha maize plantation is now behind a dam project that would submerge several villages, forcing hundreds or thousands of people out of their ancestral homes.
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Online discussion: Land and corruption in Africa in 3 topics Land Portal | 18 Jul 2019
The discussion will address the role of traditional leaders in customary land administration, forced evictions as a form of land corruption and its impact on women's land rights and an analysis of alternative dispute resolution systems in addressing land corruption.
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Un défenseur des terres violemment tué par un garde de sécurité d'une compagnie canadienne d'huile de palme en RD Congo RIAO-RDC | 22 juil 2019
Un membre de l'organisation congolaise RIAO-RDC a été brutalement tué par un agent de sécurité de la société canadienne Feronia Inc, près des plantations à Boteka
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Soutenez les expulsé·e·s contre Neumann Kaffee Gruppe et le Gouvernement ougandais FIAN | 19 juil 2019
En 2001, l'armée ougandaise a expulsé de force les habitants de 4 villages du district de Mubende en Ouganda au profit de l’allemand Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. Dix huit ans après, le tribunal a ordonné la médiation.
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Crece la extranjerización de las tierras argentinas desde la gestión macrista Análisis Digital | 19 jul 2019
Existen hoy 13.378.912,63 hectáreas que están registradas en manos de extranjeros. En consecuencia, hay recursos naturales estratégicos que quedan dentro de las propiedades privadas sin establecerse un acceso público.
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Online discussion: Land and corruption in Africa
Land Portal | | 17 Jul 2019
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