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28 May 2020
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Land and resource investment consultations in the time of COVID-19: The hazards of pressing on Reuters | 27 May 2020

Companies are seeking to press ahead with investments on community lands or even take advantage of the pandemic to avoid the usual authorization requirements

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Who owns Australia? Our biggest land barons news.com.au | 27 May 2020

You’d be surprised to learn that the billion dollar barons of Australian farmland are a Canadian government worker super fund, a New York teacher insurance fund and an Australian pastoral giant backed by a Dutch pension fund

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"Business as usual" at Socfin and Bolloré L'Humanité | 25 May 2020

On the eve of their shareholder meetings, more than 40 organisations sign a collective statement about the situation in numerous rubber and oil palm plantations run by the Socfin group, with the financial participation of the Bolloré group

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Feronia Inc. reports 2019 financial results; announces short term debt financing, proposed restructuring and director changes Globe Newswire | 24 May 2020

The debt-ridden oil palm plantations company operating in the DR Congo announces that it is pursuing a restructuring plan that includes a sales process and potential liquidation.

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BrasilAgro’s string of new farmland acquisitions signals ongoing land speculation CRR | 21 May 2020

BrasilAgro, which recently merged with farmland investor Agrifirma, continues to aggressively implement its business model that focuses on the acquisition and transformation of Cerrado savanna into farmland.

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The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact is a threat to people’s sovereignty LVC South Asia | 21 May 2020

In response to resistance from people’s movements, Sri Lanka has pulled out of MCC agreement, which would have opened the door for commercial agriculture and large scale acquisition of Sri Lankan lands for foreign individuals and corporations.

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International Monetary Fund leverages COVID-19 economic fallout to create a land market in Ukraine despite widespread opposition Oakland Institute | 21 May 2020

While conditionalities accompanying Western foreign assistance are common practice, the way Ukraine has been forced to put its land for sale has no precedent in modern history.

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Hewitt Cattle Australia lists Charters Tower aggregation for sale amid focus shift to organic GAI | 14 May 2020

Hewitt Cattle Australia, a joint partner of Canadian pension fund – Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), has listed its Mt. Cooper aggregation in Northern Queensland for sale.

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La BAD lance une publication scientifique sur la politique foncière en Afrique APS | 26 mai 2020

En réponse aux défis à travers l'Afrique concernant la propriété et l'utilisation des terres, le Centre africain des ressources naturelles de la Banque africaine de développement lance une série d'articles pour faciliter le débat politique

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En pleine crise du Covid-19, les cerises marocaines se renforcent à l’export Challenge | 26 mai 2020

L’émirati Elite Agro, à travers sa filiale Elite Harvest Maroc, fait ses premiers pas en export de cerises à partir du Maroc où il dispose pour l'instant de 1 000 ha avec comme objectif 1 500 ha

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Droits humains et entreprises : Le « cas » Socfin : que fait l’État luxembourgeois ? Woxx | 25 mai 2020

L’Initiative pour un devoir de vigilance constate une fois de plus que l’autorégulation par les entreprises ne fonctionne pas, et réitère son appel au gouvernement luxembourgeois à adopter une loi sur le devoir de vigilance afin de garantir que les entreprises domiciliées au Luxembourg respectent les droits humains et l’environnement tout au long de la chaîne de valeur.

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“Business as usual” chez Socfin et Bolloré L'Humanité | 25 mai 2020

Tribune collective préparée par plus de 40 organisations à la veille de l'AG es groupes Socfin et Bolloré sur la situation autour de plusieurs plantations de palmier et d'hévéa apparentenant au group Socfin

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Impacts du Covid-19 à Yomou : faute de pouvoir écouler sa production, la Soguipah au bord du gouffre Guinée News | 20 mai 2020

La société guinéenne du palmier à huile et de l’hévéa (SOGUIPAH) est sérieusement affectée par les effets de la pandémie de coronavirus, vu qu’elle a du mal à écouler sa production de caoutchouc et d’huile de palme.

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Argentina: Greenpeace difunde lista de más de 300 empresarios y compañías que deforestaron en los últimos 30 años Greenpeace | 21 may 2020

La organización ambientalista difundió más de 300 nombres de grandes empresarios y compañías que deforestaron en el país durante los últimos 30 años, en los cuales se perdieron casi 8 millones de hectáreas de bosques nativos.

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