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13 Aug 2020
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Farmers walk from N. Sumatra to Jakarta to demand Jokowi settle land dispute Jakarta Post | 11 Aug 2020
Some 170 farmers have walked 1,812 kilometers from their hometown in North Sumatra, Indonesia to the capital city to demand to the President to settle a land dispute with state-owned plantation company that evicted them from their farmland.
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Why I stand for my tribe’s forest: It gives us food, culture, and life (commentary) Mongabay | 08 Aug 2020
On the occasion of International Indigenous Peoples Day August 9, Arkilaus Kladit, a member of the Knasaimos-Tehit people in West Papua Province, Indonesia, writes about the importance of his tribe’s customary forests and the fight to protect it from logging and palm oil.
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Probe begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’ Mongabay | 07 Aug 2020
An investigation is carried out into whether Singapore-based agribusiness giant Olam deforested more than 25,000 hectares (62,000 acres), in contravention of sustainability criteria it had signed up to, in order to develop oil palm plantations in Gabon.
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Land ownership questioned Western Producer | 06 Aug 2020
Canadian alternative asset value expert argues that farmers should stop thinking they need to own their land as this is better left to asset managers and institutional investors, like pension funds and private equity groups
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Cambodians, activists cheer Thai court’s move to allow lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar firm SCMP | 06 Aug 2020
A Bangkok court ruled that about 3,000 Cambodians could proceed with a class-action suit against Mitr Phol, the world’s fourth-largest sugar producer. Farmers in Oddar Meanchey province are seeking compensation after the Cambodian government allocated land to the company for sugar plantations.
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Mozambican farmer questions Japan-led support project Nippon | 04 Aug 2020
A farmer in Mozambique pointed to issues related to a Japan-led project to support agriculture in the southern African country that ended last month.
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Thai Appeal Court decision paves the way for Asia’s first transboundary class action on human rights abuses CCHR | 31 Jul 2020
Today, Cambodian plaintiffs representing more than 700 farming families won a landmark appeal allowing them to move forward with their class action against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The transboundary class action Hoy Mai & Others vs. Mitr Phol Co. Ltd. is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
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Uganda: Agilis Partners evictees are being evicted again from their temporary shelter Witness Radio | 31 Jul 2020
More than 100 families that are part of thousands of families evicted by Agilis Partners are facing fresh eviction from where they temporarily settled.
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Cambodia/Thailand: Court ruling on Mitr Phol watershed moment for corporate accountability in SE Asia Amnesty International | 31 Jul 2020
On 17 July 2020, Amnesty International submitted a third-party legal intervention (amicus curiae brief)to Bangkok South Civil Court that grant Class Action Lawsuit (CAL) status to more than 700 Cambodian families who are suing Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol after being forcibly evicted from their homes in 2008-09.
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Fields of gold: Financing the global land rush Cornell Press | 30 Jul 2020
In her new book, Fields of Gold, Madeleine Fairbairn critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland.
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Amazon land grabbers are destroying brazil nut groves for cattle pasture Climatechange News | 27 Jul 2020
The invasion of large scale cattle breeding in areas inhabited by traditional populations is widespread in the Amazonian area.
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Ghana : GREL pourrait perdre son investissement de 550 000 euros Afrik.com | 06 aout 2020
Ghana Rubber Estate Limited, la filiale ghanéenne de la Société Internationale de Plantations d’Hévéas, pourrait perdre 550 000 euros d’investissement réalisé sur sa plantation de 2010 à 2020, si les mineurs illégaux, ou opérateurs «galamsey», ne sont pas chassés de la propriété de l’entreprise, déclare un directeur de GREL
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Togo : Des entreprises pour aménager plus de 8 000 hectares de terres agricoles Togo First | 04 aout 2020
Un décret a été pris en conseil des ministres en février 2019 pour contraindre « tout propriétaire d'un fonds de terres rurales à le mettre en valeur sous peine de voir attribuer son exploitation à toute personne qui en fait la demande »
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Thaïlande : plus de 700 familles cambodgiennes pourront poursuivre une usine de sucre Pressenza | 31 juil 2020
Le tribunal civil de Bangkok a accordé à plus de 700 familles cambodgiennes le droit de se joindre à une action collective contre Mitr Phol, le plus grand producteur de sucre de Thaïlande, dont les activités au Cambodge ont conduit à l’expulsion forcée de familles en 2008 et 2009.
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Rapport de l’étude sur «La responsabilité de grandes sociétés de monoculture agro-industrielle dans les injustices environnementales et sociales que subissent les femmes riveraines» RADD | 31 juil 2019
Cette étude avait pour objectif de recueillir des cas d’abus subis par les femmes riveraines des entreprises de monoculture au Cameroun, mieux cerner des cas pouvant faire l’objet d’un suivi judiciaire et soutenir la formation de groupes de femmes afin de résoudre les problèmes soulevés.
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