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09 Jul 2020
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Inability to resolve Cambodia’s land disputes tied to official complicity: Minister of Interior RFA | 07 Jul 2020
Cambodia’s government is unable to resolve the country’s myriad land disputes because many of them involve senior officials, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said in a rare acknowledgement
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World Bank’s IFC pumped $1.8b into factory farming operations since 2010 Mongabay | 07 Jul 2020
Over the past 10 years, the World Bank’s private investment arm has sunk more than $1.8 billion into major livestock and factory farming companies across the world.
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Nigeria: Cross River communities threaten legal action over alleged land grabbing Guardian | 07 Jul 2020
Communities in Cross River State have kicked against the exclusion of women in community land rights and the continuous marginalisation by multinational companies.
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Groups demand financial, human rights probes into palm conglomerate Korindo Mongabay | 07 Jul 2020
Activists have called for a financial probe into the Korindo Group, a conglomerate that paid a $22 million “consultancy fee” for the permits to expand its oil palm operations in Indonesia’s Papua province.
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Urgent concern for the safety of land and human rights defenders Pusaka | 05 Jul 2020
Civil Society Organzation from various regions in Indonesia and International letter contains urgent concern for the safety of land and human rights defenders impacted by the Korindo Group and POSCO International, Indonesia.
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Lawyers for land evicted communities in Kiryandongo District have been charged and released on bond Witness Radio | 02 Jul 2020
The forceful evictions are being carried out by three (3) multinational companies namely; Agilis Partners, Great Season and Kiryandongo Sugar Limited without court actions.
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In a Post-COVID world govt must drop plans for bankable customary land ACTNow PNG | 02 Jul 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic still expanding across the globe, ACT NOW is urging the PNG government to drop its plans to put customary land into the hands of commercial banks. The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated once again that customary land is a vital and irreplaceable resource for families and communities.
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Uganda: Kiryandongo Sugar Limited in another Covid-19 lockdown land grab Witness Radio | 22 Jun 2020
Kiryandongo Sugar limited, a multinational agribusiness company, which has been dispossessing thousands since 2017 in Kiryandongo district, is grabbing another piece of land in the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.
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Agriculture: Rising liquidity IPE Real Assets | 06 Apr 2020
Large institutional investors are pouring capital into global agricultural markets, and Australia has been a key target.
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Mali/terres : un activiste menacé TV5Monde | 04 juil 2020
Au Mali, Massa Koné défend les communautés de paysans qui sont expulsées de leur terrains. Son engagement lui vaut aujourd’hui d’être menacé. Il s’est décidé, néanmoins, à poursuivre le combat. Portrait.
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