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26 Sep 2024

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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Meta to buy 3.9 million carbon credits from controversial tree plantations Mongabay | 25 Sep 2024

The carbon credit reforestation project involves buying up huge swaths of pastureland in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna region and turning them into eucalyptus plantations, which are exacerbating drought conditions.

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UAE-based agtech to raise at least $100mln by year-end – report Zawya | 24 Sep 2024

Pure Farms operates greenhouse-based farms in the UAE and Saudi Arabia and will use the fundraising for the construction of a new farm in Morocco

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The UK Government and Dutch development bank FMO commit $55 million to BTG Pactual TIG’s Latin American reforestation strategy Business Wire | 24 Sep 2024

The investment with the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG) - one of the world's largest timberland investment management organizations - focuses on the conservation, restoration, and planting of deforested and degraded properties.

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Industrial plantations: stop endangering local farmers, Indigenous knowledge, and food system models – land-grab victims Witness Radio | 24 Sep 2024

Emotions, tears, and testimonies exposing the dark side of industrial agriculture rocked activities to mark the International Day of Struggle against industrial plantations 2024 celebrations in Uganda.

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Hi-tech banana farming bears fruit in rural district of Binh Duong VOV | 22 Sep 2024

Vietnam Rubber Group plans to invest in large-scale and high-value agriculture until the end of 2030, covering an area of 36,227ha, including 5,000ha dedicated to banana cultivation.

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World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane Mongabay | 19 Sep 2024

A total of 2 million hectares of forests, wetlands and grasslands in Merauke, Papua province will be razed to make way for a cluster of giant sugarcane plantations. Five consortiums, consisting of Indonesian and foreign companies, are confirmed to be participating in the 130 trillion rupiah ($8.4 billion) project.

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Gabon : la mise en garde du Bâtonnier sur l’exclusion des étrangers du titre foncier Gabon Media Time | 24 sep 2024

Lors de son intervention devant l’Assemblée constituante, le Bâtonnier de l’ordre des Avocats du Gabon a exprimé des réserves importantes concernant le projet de constitution qui sera soumis à référendum prochainement en ce qui concerne l’accès des étrangers au titre foncier.

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Conflit foncier Socapalm-Apouh : ce que réclament les communautés villageoises Haurizon News | 23 sep 2024

Les contestations ont de nouveau repris ce matin sur les plantations querellées de la Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm) d’Édéa situées au village Apouh, au Cameroun

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Cameroun / Litige foncier : situation loin d’être terminée à Apouh a Ngog Haurizon News | 23 sep 2024

Le différend avec la Société camerounaise de palmeraies se poursuit ce lundi.

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21 septembre : Les riveraines brisent le silence ! RADD | 21 sep 2024

Le 21 septembre, tous les défenseurs des droits des communautés vivant autour des grandes plantations de monoculture, et en particulier les riveraines victimes, marquent systématiquement un temps d’arrêt.

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El Meniaa : Un projet qatari dans l’agriculture stratégique à Hassi El F’hel La Patrie | 21 sep 2024

El Rayane, une société de promotion immobilière du Qatar en Algérie, a bénéficié d'une concession agricole dans la wilaya d’El Meniaa

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