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14 May 2020
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Phoenix Global: Top global rice trader and farmland owner goes bust GRAIN | 13 May 2020
Phoenix Global - the Dubai-based agri-trader which directly farmed more than 150,000 hectares in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Uganda, Mozambique and India - is now in liquidation
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Feronia Inc. announces changes to board of directors EIN News | 12 May 2020
DR Congo's largest plantation company announces resignation of its Executive Chairman, soon after departure of its CEO.
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Australian farmland in high demand Farm Weekly | 12 May 2020
The past few years has seen a steep increase in the players involved in the Australian agribusiness investment sector, particularly with Canadian and American pension funds.
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Brazil: Deforestation on indigenous lands increases 59% in the first months of 2020 Greenpeace | 12 May 2020
Greenpeace finds that 1,319 hectares of forest - equivalent to 1,800 football fields - were deforested within indigenous territories from January to April 2020.
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Groups call on Harvard University to stop land grabs as new report exposes harm done to communities in Brazil Medium | 12 May 2020
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard joins international civil society groups to shed light on HMC’s morally repugnant land investments
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Philippines: DA backs ANI, IP groups tie-up for rice-corn project PNA | 11 May 2020
The "BigMa" rice-corn blending initiative of listed firm AgriNurture, Inc. and groups of indigenous peoples in Mindanao will devote vast tracts of idle land for planting white corn as an alternative to reduce dependence on imported rice.
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New bill could legalize ‘land banking’ by Indonesian plantation firms Mongabay | 11 May 2020
A little-known provision in a sweeping deregulation package before the Indonesian parliament could fuel a new wave of speculative “land banking” by large corporations.
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FGV to start direct presence in India’s food, agri-based products market Malay Mail | 08 May 2020
Malaysia's Felda Global Ventures is forming a joint-venture with Hyderabad-based Pre-Unique India to expand its operations in India, including the operation of agricultural plantations.
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US-Kenya FTA and the rights to land and food ActionAid, IATP | 07 May 2020
The US Trade Representative has stated that restrictions in the Kenyan constitution banning foreign ownership of land are an investment barrier.
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Belfius: palm oil, exploited minors and pollution in sustainable investment funds RTBF | 02 May 2020
"Have you ever seen a communications specialist of a corporate group admit, without blinking, to the exploitation of minors by subcontractors? That is what happened to us in Cameroon," explains RTBF journalist Emmanuel Morimont
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Report from World Bank/IFC's Compliance Advisory Ombudsman on the case of Salala Rubber Corporation IFC/CAO | 31 Mar 2020
SOCFIN's subsidiary, the Salala Rubber Corporation, rejects dispute resolution with 22 communities in Liberia who filed a complaint with the IFC's Compliance Advisory Ombudsman, citing concerns with the "partiality of CAO’s team".
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Brasil: Grilagem financiada pela Universidade de Harvard afeta vida de comunidades locais Brasil de Fato | 12 May 2020
Relatório denuncia sistema que burla a lei brasileira e permite apropriação de terras por investidores estrangeiros
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