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20 Feb 2020
Sign the open letter to stop an illegal eviction of 30,000 families in Uganda by agribusiness companies supported by the UK, US and Dutch governments.
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Communities facing Zero Deforestation pledges: the case of OLAM in Gabon Muyissi and WRM | 19 Feb 2020
Muyissi Environnement and WRM report on the experiences of communities located in and around concession areas used by the agribusiness company OLAM in the province of Ngounie, in Gabon.
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Soybean mogul negotiating to buy Tejar’s Brazil unit Bloomberg | 19 Feb 2020
The proposed acquisition of O Telhar by Amaggi encompasses all assets in Brazil, including about 70,000 hectares of farming land, cotton mills, warehouses and machinery
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Land grabbing causing poverty in Africa, Archbishop Kaigama warns CISA | 19 Feb 2020
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria and President of RECOWA-CERAO has voiced against massive grabbing of agricultural land in Africa.
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Open letter to halt land evictions by agribusiness companies in Kiryandongo District. witnessradio.org | 18 Feb 2020
Letter calls on UK, US and Dutch governments to investigate the growing humanitarian crisis in Kiryandongo district, Uganda, where thousands of families are being evicted by an agribusiness company that they are backing.
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Call for answers over British government financing of palm oil firm Leigh Day | 16 Feb 2020
A letter has been sent to financier CDC Group PLC by a group of environmental NGOs demanding answers about investments in palm oil company Feronia Democratic Republic of Congo
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Greenpeace Africa stands with jailed community leaders in Kisangani Greenpeace | 14 Feb 2020
Greenpeace Africa joins a call for the release of five community leaders from villages affected by the plantations of Canadian multinational Feronia, whose scandalous practices have been exposed by GRAIN and Human Rights Watch.
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再见 Hengfu (Goodbye, Hengfu) GRAIN | 13 Feb 2020
Almost a decade since government of Cambodia granted 40,000 hectares land concession to five Chinese companies believed to be subsidiaries of a single Chinese owned firm, Hengfu. The whole project that affected indigenous Kuoy community has now fallen apart.
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Fractionalization comes to the market for US farmland Investable Universe | 03 Feb 2020
Entities like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are directing large commitments to the farmland space, Investable Universe reports.
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Brazilians go to a desert farm ANBA | 19 Sep 2019
A Brazilian agro industry delegation visited Elite Agro - a major farming company in UAE, which also operates in Serbia, Morocco, Ethiopia and Mauritania - and prompted them to invest in Brazil.
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Renforcement du refus du projet Elite Agro LLC dans le Bas-Mangoky TANY | 18 fev 2020
Bien que les responsables malgaches répètent que le Memorandum of Understanding signé avec la société Elite Agro ne concerne pas une vente de terres, en Serbie, la société Elite Agro LLC en compagnie d’autres sociétés Emiraties sont devenues les principales propriétaires de terres
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Litige foncier : Enda Pronat pose le débat Seneweb | 17 fev 2020
« Au Sénégal, il y a beaucoup de conflits fonciers. Des conflits parfois meurtriers. Il est grand temps qu'on s'arrête un peu pour réfléchir sur cette problématique », assure Kader Fanta Ngom, conseiller juridique, expert foncier
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Décrypter le Groupe Socfin Profundo | 17 fev 2020
Ce rapport examine les activités du groupe Socfin, une holding basée au Luxembourg qui intervient dans la production d’huile de palme et de caoutchouc en Asie et en Afrique, et dispose d’environ 400 000 hectares de concessions dans dix pays.
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A Kisangani, Greenpeace Afrique soutient les leaders de la communauté de Yalifombo emprisonnés Scoops d'Afrique | 14 fev 2020
Greenpeace Afrique, ensemble avec d’autres organizations, demandent la libération immédiate des accusés et l’abandon de poursuites, a déclaré le Dr Raoul Monsembula, Coordonnateur Régional Afrique Centrale
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À Abidjan, l’épiscopat ouest-africain réfléchit sur l’exploitation des terres La Croix Africa | 14 fev 2020
« Paradoxalement, l’accaparement massif des terres qui se solde par l’expropriation des populations les plus démunies se fait au nom du développement économique et social », regrette Mgr Ignatius Kaigama
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Greenpeace respalda a líderes comunitarios en África Mi Punto de Vista | 17 feb 2020
La organización ecologista Greenpeace África se unió al llamado para liberar a cinco líderes comunitarios, que comparecerán la próxima semana ante un tribunal, tras defender sus aldeas de las plantaciones de una empresa multinacional.
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Oposición denuncia en Parlamento Europeo posible privatización de Amazonía colombiana RCN Radio | 16 feb 2020
Según el congresista dicho proyecto tiene dos finalidades específicas. “Continuar acaparando las tierras de la altillanura colombiana y facilitar el plan maestro de la Orinoquía, algo así como la privatización de las tierras nacionales de la Amazonía con destino a los sectores agroalimentarios y del capital financiero nacional y transnacional”, manifestó.
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