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05 Sep 2024
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Sign the petition to stop the deployment of police/military and criminalisation of peasants struggling for their land against oil palm plantation company in Buol Regency, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Ex-BP executive gets go ahead for biggest African mangrove project Bloomberg | 05 Sep 2024
The United Arab Emirates-based Blue Forest plans to start planting 200 million mangrove trees in Mozambique in a concession twice the size of Singapore in November.
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Extractive agribusinesses—guaranteeing food security in the Gulf MERIP | 04 Sep 2024
In recent years, Gulf economies have tackled their food dependencies not just by importing foodstuffs but through land enclosures, or the purchasing of agricultural land abroad, particularly in the Middle East, North and East Africa (but also as far as the United States and Australia)
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Australian Food & Agriculture sells vast NSW portfolio in $780m deal Beef Central | 02 Sep 2024
Privately-owned Australian Food & Agriculture Company has sold its 13 New South Wales farms spanning 225,405 ha to NASDAQ-listed Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation for $780 million.
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Egyptian Countryside Development, Al Magd Group to cultivate 29,000 feddans of oil crops in west Minya Daily News Egypt | 02 Sep 2024
Amr Abdel Wahab, chairperson and managing director of the Egyptian Countryside Development Company, signed an investment contract with Al Magd Group for a 29,000-feddan area for the large-scale cultivation of oil seed crops
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Salala Rubber Corporation sells its plantation to Jeety Rubber LLC Liberian Investigator | 31 Aug 2024
The Liberian Investigator has confirmed that the Socfin Group has sold the Salala Rubber plantation to Jeety Rubber following weeks of violent protests at the company’s facilities and years of serious criticism from Green Advocates and international rights groups for reportedly causing significant harm to local communities, including land grabbing, environmental degradation, and human rights abuses.
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Israel eyes Kenya for wheat farming after Galana-Kulalu maize failure Business Day Africa | 30 Aug 2024
Kenya has revealed plans to lease large tracts of land to Israeli investors for wheat production, marking a renewed agricultural venture after an earlier Israeli-led maize project at the Galana-Kulalu irrigation scheme failed.
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The destructive character of the bioeconomy and the struggle of the Virgílio Serrão Sacramento community for their territory in Pará state, Brazil WRM | 22 Aug 2024
Peasant families are threatened with eviction by Brasil Bio Fuels oil palm plantation company, with the complicity of the state governmen.
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Bourse du Luxembourg : de nouvelles accusations de violations de droits humains à la Société Camerounaise des Palmeraies Eco Matin | 02 sep 2024
Une enquête du Comité d’éthique du fonds de pension norvégien, actionnaire du groupe Bolloré, sur les opérations de Socfin au Cameroun imputent de graves méfaits à ce mastodonte de l’agro-industrie qui contrôle Socapalm et Safacam.
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Jamais un mètre-carré de terre congolaise ne sera cédé (Denis Sassou-N’Guesso) Echos du Congo | 02 sep 2024
À propos des terres agricoles accordées à des sociétés rwandaises, le Président de la République du Congo a déclaré que jamais il n’a été question de leur vendre des terres. "À chaque fois, il s’agit -ou il s’agira- de terres louées pour une période déterminée et pour une mission précise."
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Madagascar – Emirats Arabes Unis : Un financement à hauteur de 10 milliards de dollars Midi Madagasarikara | 29 aout 2024
Les Emirats Arabes Unis vont soutenir l’Etat malgache dans la production de sucre. Le président Andry Rajoelina entend encourager les investisseurs émiratis à intervenir dans les secteurs clés de l’économie tels que l’agriculture résiliente.
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Menonitas acaparadores de tierras indígenas en el Meta serán juzgados Colombia Informa | 30 ago 2024
El pueblo indígena Sikuani exige la restitución de 58 mil hectáreas de su territorio en el Meta, ya reconocidos por la Agencia Nacional de Tierras (ANT), de los Menonitas que las compraran de forma irregular del paramilitarismo. El grupo religioso destina las tierras a monocultivos de soya, maíz, arroz y frijol con intenso uso de pesticidas.
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Brasil: O maior plano mundial criando terras agricultáveis A Tarde | 04 Sep 2024
Plano Nacional de Conversão de Pastagens Degradadas em Cultivos Sustentáveis pretende incorporar 40 milhões de hectares para produção de biocombustíveis, celulose, aquicultura, e "um ótimo ativo para se servir" o mercado de carbono. O Plano promete dobrar o agro brasileiro "sem tirar uma só árvore sequer": "uma revolução criativa tropical".
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Agronegócio é o principal responsável pela perda de vegetação nativa no Brasil, diz estudo Brasil de Fato | 31 Aug 2024
Área de pastagem expandiu 79% e agricultura 228% nos últimos 40 anos, principalmente de monocultivos para exportação, com boa parte baseada na invasão de terras públicas e de comunidades locais. A agropecuária passou de 28% para 47% no Cerrado, já no Pantanal, a superfície de água passou de 21% em 1985 para 4% em 2023.
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Brasil: Incêndios em SP começaram em 90 minutos; mais de 80% dos focos ocorreram em áreas de uso agropecuário, aponta Ipam G1 | 27 Aug 2024
Em 2 dias Estado de São Paulo registrou 2,6 mil focos de calor: mais de 80% estavam concentrados em áreas de uso agropecuário, como plantações de cana-de-açúcar e pastagens. Inquéritos e prisões sugerem ações organizadas para promover queimadas em larga escala como estratégia para a ocupação e especulação de terras.
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Peasants Rise against Land & Resource Grabs: South Asia
PANAP-PCFS-APC | Online | 12 Sep 2024
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