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28 Sep 2023
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Salala Rubber Corporation’s woe deepens; parent’s company blacklisted for ‘land grab’ in Liberia Liberian Observer | 28 Sep 2023
Local communities near Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) in Margibi County are seemingly winning a case of ‘land grab’ and ‘gross human rights violations’ brought against SRC; as its parent company, Bollore Group has been blacklisted by Switzerland’s largest public pension funds.
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Call for papers - Global land grabbing conference LDPI | 25 Sep 2023
On its 10th anniversary, the Land Deal Politics Initiative (LDPI) is collaborating with several leading research hubs in organizing an International Conference on Global Land Grabbing on 19-21 March 2024 in Bogota, Colombia.
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Pakistan army trades tanks for tractors in food-security push Nikkei | 24 Sep 2023
Pakistan's army is taking over vast swaths of government-owned land to grow food but the moves are fanning concerns about the powerful military's pervasive presence in a country facing economic collapse.
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10 years after land grab, local Nigerian farmers continue fight against palm oil producer Mongabay | 22 Sep 2023
A decade after transnational palm oil company Wilmar took control of a derelict oil palm plantation, local residents continue to fight for the farmlands, forests and rivers they use.
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Paine Schwartz wins over Costa board with cut-price $1.5b offer AFR | 22 Sep 2023
The board of Australia’s largest fruit and vegetable company, Costa Group, has agreed to a cut-price $1.5 billion takeover offer from a consortium headed by private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners.
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Pakistan seeks $6bn for corporate farming from Saudi Arabia, other Gulf nations by 2028 Arab News | 22 Sep 2023
Arab News speaks exclusively to CEO of FonGrow, spearheading agriculture projects under new investment body, who says Pakistan is in talks with Saudi companies like Al-Dahara, Saleh and Al-Khorayef for investment in corporate farming.
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Squeezing communities dry: water grabbing by the global food industry GRAIN | 21 Sep 2023
Financial players are moving aggressively to snatch up lands around the world with access to water for irrigation. Their strategy is to pump as much water as they can and as fast as they can into the production of crops that reap high prices in export markets.
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Local communities across Africa demand justice and land rights over abuses by Belgium’s SIAT Group FIAN Belgium et al. | 21 Sep 2023
From Ghana to Nigeria and Ivory Coast, communities impacted by the operations of Belgium’s SIAT Group seek an end to a decade-long conflict tied to SIAT’s extensive plantations.
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Switzerland's largest public pension funds blacklist Bolloré Gotham City | 12 Sep 2023
The Swiss association of the largest public pension funds, has decided to exclude shares in the French group Bolloré SE. The exclusion is justified by “potential human rights violations in Liberia, Cambodia and Sierra Leone”.
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JB Farms boost palm oil production, acquires 10,000 hectares for plantation Business Day | 31 May 2022
In a bid to boost local palm oil production in the country and also support the Federal Government’s backward integration policy, JB Farms Limited has unveiled its new 10,000 hectares of oil palm plantation in Ore, Ondo State.
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AgriPalm pays off farmers, to develop 4,500-ha oil palm plantation Guardian | 17 Dec 2021
AgriPalm Ltd, a subsidiary of Flour Mills Nigeria Plc, has unfolded its plan to cultivate the remaining 3000 hectares of land with palm oil trees, to bring the total cultivated land to 4,500 hectares.
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La Synaparcam toujours opposée aux intérêts de la Socapalm Financier d'Afrique | 28 sep 2023
Pour cette organisation composée d’agriculteurs et planteurs des villages où sont situées les plantations de la filiale de Socfin au Cameroun, il faut sensibiliser les riverains sur la nécessité de préserver leur territoire.
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Projet de loi 495 - Québec solidaire veut s'attaquer à l'accaparement des terres agricoles Presse-toi à gauche | 26 sep 2023
La députée de Verdun et responsable de Québec solidaire en matière d’Agriculture a présenté le projet de loi 495 afin de lutter contre l’accaparement des terres agricoles et mieux protéger la relève agricole.
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Les communautés locales d’Afrique réclament justice et droits fonciers face aux abus commis par le groupe belge SIAT FIAN Belgium | 20 sep 2023
Du Ghana au Nigeria en passant par la Côte d’Ivoire, des communautés exigent la résolution des conflits fonciers et sociaux qui perdurent depuis une décennie dans les plantations de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas de SIAT.
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Une proposition pour attirer l'épargne des Français vers les terres agricoles La France Agricole | 14 sep 2023
Concrètement, les épargnants acquerraient des terres agricoles qui seraient ensuite données à bail à long terme à un agriculteur dans le cadre du statut du fermage
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En Suisse, les grands fonds de pensions publics placent Bolloré sur liste noire Gotham City | 12 sep 2023
L'association suisse des plus grandes caisses publiques de retraite a décidé d'exclure les actions du groupe français Bolloré SE "à la suite de violations potentielles des droits humains en Libéria, Cambodge et Sierra Leone".
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Bolivia: Si se aprueba proyecto de ley, extranjeros podrán tener un máximo de 2 mil hectáreas de tierra Opinión | 21 sep 2023
A través de un proyecto de ley, el Gobierno boliviano apunta a regular las tierras en manos de extranjeros y limitarles la tenencia hasta un máximo de dos mil hectáreas.
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Events
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Le marché du carbone fondé sur la terre?: perspectives des pays du Sud
HEKS/EPER | en ligne | 09 Nov 2023
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El mercado de carbono terrestre: perspectivas del Sur Global
HEKS/EPER | por internet | 09 Nov 2023
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The land-based carbon market: Perspectives from the global South
HEKS/EPER | Online | 09 Nov 2023
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