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22 Oct 2020
Stop Nigeria's lawless palm oil juggernaut! Sign the petition to support communities in their fight to protect their lands and forests from SOCFIN's subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc |
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Zambian expert calls for more Chinese investment to boost agricultural export Xinhua | 21 Oct 2020
a number of Chinese firms have invested in large-scale crop and livestock production in Zambia and the agronomist would like to see more Chinese investments in agriculture exports.
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Thousands of farming families in the Kiryandongo region of Uganda face violent eviction at the hands of agribusiness Amandla | 20 Oct 2020
Amandla talks to Jeff Wokulira Sebagala of Witness Radio, Uganda, one of the organizations that recently authored the report “land grabs at gunpoint.”
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Soy traders in the Brazilian Cerrado under pressure as fires continue to burn in the vicinity of silos CRR | 16 Oct 2020
The Matopiba region is home to the majority of the Cerrado’s remaining vegetation, and, conversely, among the highest deforestation and fire rates in Brazil.
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Harvard University to cash out of NSW almonds and cotton farms australian-financial-review AFR | 13 Oct 2020
The $56.5 billion Harvard University Endowment Fund is preparing to sell another chunk of its Australian almond and cotton holdings after putting the Western Rosella Farming portfolio in the NSW Riverina on the market.
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Camellia Plc faces legal claim in London for alleged systemic human rights abuses by its Kenyan subsidiary Leigh Day | 11 Oct 2020
Seventy-nine Kenyans have launched a legal claim in the High Court in London against Camellia Plc (and other UK companies in the Camellia Group) for alleged human rights abuses at its Kenyan plantations.
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Harvard spins off natural resources team, to remain partner Bloomberg | 08 Oct 2020
Harvard University’s endowment spun off its natural resources team, creating an independent entity that will manage some of the school’s agriculture and food production investments.
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Power dynamics of multinational corporations in Liberia Public Trust | 05 Oct 2020
Latest research conducted by the Public Trust Media Group on SOCFIN rubber plantations (SRC and LAC) has documented gross human rights violations.
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Land privatization: Why Sri Lanka must reject the MCC compact Oakland Institute | 17 Aug 2020
In Sri Lanka, where the state formally owns an estimated 85 percent of the country’s 6.6 million hectares of land, there is legitimate concern that the proposed US-funded project, the MCC compact would shift control of these lands towards private interests.
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Une première en Afrique subsaharienne : La construction d’une usine de déshydrations d’oignons annoncée au Sénégal Vivafrik | 14 oct 2020
IFC et AATIF financent un joint-venture franco-sénégalais qui s'installe près de Saint Louis pour faire de la production et la transformation des oignons déshydratés pour l'agroindustrie transnationale
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Amérique latine : «L’accaparement des territoires indigènes s’est accéléré» Libération | 14 oct 2020
On recense plus d’une centaine de conflits opposant des communautés autochtones à des investisseurs en Amérique latine, explique le sociologue Bernard Duterme.
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Colombia: acaparamiento de tierras Radio Macondo | 09 oct 2020
El miércoles 8 de octubre hacia las 4:00 p.m. en la ciudad de Cali se conoció de un plan de compra de tierras en los municipios de Valle del Guamuez y Puerto Asís.
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The price of palm
A Growing Culture, in partnership with The Oakland Institute | online | 23 oct 2020
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