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17 Oct 2019
Sign the petition to release 28 land rights defenders illegally detained in Uganda for opposing land grabbing |
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Ivory Coast law could see chocolate industry ‘wipe out’ protected forests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/16/ivory-coast-law-could-see-chocolate-industry-wipe-out-protected-forests | 16 Oct 2019
Critics condemn move placing thousands of square miles of rainforest under control of international companies, such as Olam and Siat.
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Dutch development bank funded projects tied to murder, land-grabs: report. Dutch News | 15 Oct 2019
The Dutch newspaper Trouw identified at least seven projects that FMO funded in which the companies involved were connected to murder, intimidation, environmental damage, arbitrary arrests and land grabbing.
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Saudi Arabia and Russia sign up to closer ties with 20 new deals Arab News | 15 Oct 2019
The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company signed an agreement to join forces in the search of investment projects in the Russian agricultural sector
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Australia: CPC and Terra Firma bosses buying back the farm Farm Weekly | 15 Oct 2019
Terra Firma, founded by British multi-millionaire Guy Hands, has owned CPC since 2009 when it paid James Packer and partners about $425m for what was then a 5.6m hectare estate.
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Chinese banana plantations bring work and pollution to Laos China Dialogue | 14 Oct 2019
Banana plantations are raising local salaries but the chemicals used are poisoning rivers and land
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Indonesia finds one-fifth of palm oil plantations are illegal Bloomberg | 10 Oct 2019
About 19% of Indonesia’s palm oil plantations are unlicensed. The government now plans to take back unplanted palm oil concessions.
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Indigenous groups call on gov’t for speedy registration of collective land Phom Penh Post | 10 Oct 2019
Representatives of 24 indigenous groups from 15 provinces of Cambodia urge the government to solve their outstanding land dispute and expedite the process of registering their collective farmland to prevent private companies grabbing it.
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PE firm Navis Capital acquires Malaysian durian company Hernan Deal Street Asia | 08 Oct 2019
Navis, which is backed by the US government’s development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation, will also look to acquire 10,000 acres for a durian plantation, starting in Pahang state.
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Liberian and Indonesian communities report their grievances with Dutch bank ABN Amro Milieudefensie | 07 Oct 2019
Community representatives, impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances with ABN Amro, the financier of those companies.
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La SIAT doit revoir sa copie en Côte d'Ivoire
Une entreprise belge s'est lancée dans la monoculture d’hévéas sur leurs terres... sans leur consentement ! Les habitantes et habitants de Groumania, en Côte d'Ivoire, ont besoin de vous pour se faire entendre. ActionAid France lance un appel urgent que vous êtes invité à signer. |
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RDC : Greenpeace Afrique alerte sur les violations de droits humains suite à un conflit forestier dans la province de Tshopo Actualité CD | 14 oct 2019
Greenpeace Afrique alerte sur des violations de droits humains dans un conflit forestier opposant la communauté Yalifombo et la société Plantations et Huileries du Congo SA (PHC) appartenant à la firme canadienne Feronia Inc dans la province de la Tshopo.
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Combien de temps la Belgique restera-t-elle complice des crimes des multinationales? Le Vif | 13 oct 2019
Un traité contraignant visant à garantir le respect des droit humains par les firmes transnationales est urgent vu l'ampleur des violations commises par des sociétés comme la SOCFIN en Sierra Leone
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Sénégal : Non aux exigences de réforme foncière de la Banque mondiale ! Xalima | 10 oct 2019
La politique de Macky Sall n’a pas pu mettre fin à l’accaparement des terres rurales qui, en 2016, transmettait 270.908 hectares, soit 3% des terres arables, à 18 privés, dont 6 Sénégalais, 9 français et 3 autres étrangers, selon Ibrahima Sene
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Huile de palme : les ONGs contre le financement des agro-industriels VOA Afrique | 10 oct 2019
Déforestation et accaparement des terres au Cameroun par les agro-industriels du secteur de l’huile de palme, l’ONG Milieudefensie, pointe le doigt accusateur sur certaines banques néerlandaises et européennes.
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Frank Braeken confronté aux difficultés économiques et sociales de Feronia en RD Congo Jeune Afrique | 07 oct 2019
Au sein du producteur d’huile de palme, c’est désormais le Belge d’origine congolaise Frank Braeken, président du conseil d’administration depuis août 2016, ancien d’Unilever, qui est en première ligne.
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Rapina delle terre e deforestazioni, olio di palma e soia OGM. #Buycott! https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/idee/rapina-delle-terre-e-deforestazioni-olio-di-palma-e-soia-ogm-buycott | 16 Oct 2019
La campagna di sensibilizzazione #Buycott inizia il 4 agosto 2019, in reazione all'emergenza climatica denunciata da Antonio Gutierrez, segretario generale ONU. Partendo dalla descrizione del land grabbing, un manifesto programmatico per stare dalla parte dell'Ambiente, dicendo no ad agricoltura e allevamenti intensivi.
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Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank financiert landroof en andere misstanden Trouw | 15 Oct 2019
De Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank financiert projecten waar misstanden voorkomen, blijkt uit onderzoek van Trouw.
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#Buycott! Soia OGM, olio di palma e carni americane. Firma la petizione contro i pesticidi https://www.egalite.org/buycott-petizione/ | 11 Oct 2019
Dopo due mesi di inchieste e approfondimenti sulla filiera dell'odierno sistema di produzione alimentare, Égalité lancia #buycott, la petizione. Firmate!
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Land grabbing e cambiamento climatico, il rapporto IPCC 2019 https://www.egalite.org/land-grabbing-e-cambiamento-climatico-il-rapporto-ipcc/ | 11 Oct 2019
Deforestazione e acquisizione di terreni in violazione dei diritti umani provocano cambiamento climatico e danni alle popolazioni: #Buycott!
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