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09 May 2024
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Indonesia to grow 2 million hectares of sugarcane for bio-ethanol fuel development VNA | 06 May 2024
The Government approved Decree 15 of 2024 signed by President Joko Widodo on April 19 to form a task force for the acceleration of sugar and bioethanol self-sufficiency stationed in Merauke district, South Papua province.
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Swedish fast food chain Max is offsetting its emissions - so we can eat burgers with a clear conscience Aftonbladet | 04 May 2024
Tree planting in Africa is said to help save the climate and fight poverty, but silently, it is resulting in hunger and poverty. Farmers in Uganda have had enough. They're cutting down climate trees - and turning them into coal.
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Controversial carbon offset project spells hardship for local communities HEKS | 03 May 2024
An investigation into a large-scale tree plantation project by Swiss Church Aid HEKS/EPER and four Sierra Leone NGOs reveals that numerous farming families who own the land have apparently not agreed to the project in the manner prescribed by law.
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DRC: Mystery and collusion in the disappearance of environmental defenders fighting palm oil multinationals Kilalo | 03 May 2024
Environmental rights defenders were arrested, and an environmental journalist was abducted after displaying three banners denouncing the mistreatment by the PHC company in Kinshasa.
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Global pension funds flock to Australian farmland Asian Investor | 03 May 2024
Global institutional investors, led by Canadian pension funds, are piling into the sector, a trend mirroring growing allocations to the farming and related rural sectors worldwide.
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Argentina: The investment case for farmland in a turbulent world Valoral | 27 Apr 2024
Valoral Advisors, an international investment advisory firm specializing in food and agriculture, and El Renuevo, a farm management company in Argentina, are joining forces to suppport foreign investors interested in exploring and investing in farmland opportunities in the country.
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Minister launches 500,000 hectares of farming land in S Papua Antara | 16 Apr 2024
Indonesia's Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman and the South Papua provincial government launched 500 thousand hectares of rice fields in the region to increase agricultural production, both regionally and nationally.
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Austrians continue to invest. This time there are 300 million dollars in the soil of Humpata Ver Angola | 05 Feb 2024
Businessman Thomas Kirchmayer will acquire 25,000 ha in the municipality of Humpata, Angola for the production of agriculture crops and eucalyptus plantations.
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Lao: AIDC, PTT Group partner in development of agroforestry coffee plantation Vientiane Times | 11 Jan 2024
The Petroleum Authority of Thailand, owner of the Café Amazon chain, expects the partnership will eventually establish a 48,000 hectare coffee plantation on the Bolaven Plateau, which will open up opportunities for the sale of carbon credits.
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Marubeni: Conclusion of memorandum of understanding for feasibility study of afforestation and reforestation project in Angola Marubeni | 22 May 2023
The the tree plantation project will be implemented on about 31,000 ha of land in southern Angola that have been acquired by Marubeni's partner in the project, ALCAAL ANGOLA.
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Developing a reforestation carbon credit program, the first such industry-academia-government collaboration the Philippines | 10 Feb 2023
Marubeni is partnering with the Philippines government and a construction company owned by the billionaire Consunji family to develop a 10,000 ha tree plantation project in Negros Occidental that it says will produce up to 100,000 tons of carbon credits every year.
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Gabon : « démantèlement » d’Olam et Arise, la charrue avant les bœufs ? Gabon Media Time | 05 mai 2024
Conclusion du dialogue national inclusif qui s’est tenu du 2 au 29 avril 2024, le « démentellement » d’Olam, Arise et d’autres sociétés interrogent quelque peu.
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France : en commission, les députés suppriment les "groupements fonciers agricoles d'investissement" LCP | 04 mai 2024
Ses opposants craignaient un risque de "financiarisation" de l'agriculture française.
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Une affaire de crédits carbone douteux touche la Suisse Le Temps | 03 mai 2024
Dans un rapport publié jeudi, l’ONG EPER critique un projet d’accaparement de terres en Sierra Leone. Il aurait été cautionné par une entreprise genevoise et se ferait au détriment des populations locales
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Un projet de compensation carbone controversé met des communautés de la Sierra Leone en difficulté HEKS/Eper | 03 mai 2024
Nouveau rapport explosif sur un cas d'accaparement de terres, impliquant des entreprises suisse et canadienne, pour des credits carbones en Sierra Leone
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Exigen devolución de tierras robadas y protección frente a la violenciaLas plantaciones de palma aceitera se extienden al este de Amazonía de Brasil. La población indígena y quilombola denuncia que las empresas de palma aceitera se han apropiado de grandes extensiones de tierra. Piden a las autoridades que les devuelvan sus tierras y les protejan de la violencia y los ataques continuos. Firma aquí |
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