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06 Feb 2025
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Ghana: Taraba State land grab: A recipe for disaster Modern Ghana | 06 Feb 2025
The Taraba State government's proposed acquisition of over 30,000 hectares of land from the Tiv communities in Wukari, Donga, and Bali Local Government Areas, and over 20,000 hectares from the Kuteb people of Takum and Ussa, has sparked widespread concern and condemnation.
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Vermont puts $35 million into agriculture fund P&I | 06 Feb 2025
Vermont Pension Investment Commission, Montpelier, committed $35 million to U.S. Core Farmland Fund on behalf of the $6.8 billion Vermont State Retirement Systems.
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Norway strengthens partnership with Tanzania to advance the SAGCOT model to AGCOT SAGCOT | 05 Feb 2025
Norway pledges US$15mn towards the implementation of the Flagship 7 (Agricultural Masters Plan), which focuses on creating an enabling environment for replicating the SAGCOT model in three additional Agricultural Growth Corridors, namely Mtwara, Central and Northern Corridors.
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No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia Mongabay | 03 Feb 2025
More than a year late, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation has finally submitted its response to an investigation that found evidence of grave human rights violations at the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) that it helps fund in Liberia.
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Private firms may help revive MP’s degraded forests Hindustan Times | 03 Feb 2025
The Madhya Pradesh government plans to hand over between 10 and 1,000 hectares of forest land to private agencies for 60 years in which time they can plant species of their choice, trade in forest produce, and rate the forest for carbon sequestration to earn carbon credits.
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Kazakhstan envoy on strengthening Saudi ties in politics, trade, food security Arab News | 03 Feb 2025
“Taking into account the importance of food security in the near future, I think we can implement and start joint investment projects in agriculture. We want the situation to be win-win — one project in Kazakhstan and one project in Saudi Arabia.”
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Kenya: Multinational tea firms hit by land invasions and leaf thefts The Standard | 31 Jan 2025
The continued invasion of tea estates has reignited discussions on historical land injustices, with some local leaders attributing the unrest to unresolved grievances over land ownership.
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Microsoft signs massive carbon credit deal with reforestation startup Chestnut Carbon TechCrunch | 31 Jan 2025
The 25-year deal would enable Chestnut Carbon to plant trees on 60,000 acres of land across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas
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Central Vietnam province, Italy’s ENI to collaborate in carbon credit generation The Investor | 30 Jan 2025
In April 2024, ENI said to Quang Tri authorities that it sought suitable areas in the province to plant trees, in order to generate feedstock for its bio refinery factory in Italy.
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Burkina Faso – Nouvelles lois foncières interdisent aux étrangers l’acquisition de terres agricoles APR News | 06 fev 2025
Cette décision, prise lors du conseil des ministres du 5 février 2025, vise à améliorer la gestion du foncier et à renforcer le contrôle de l’État sur cette question cruciale.
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Cameroun : face aux violences de Socfin, les femmes résistent ! Revue Silence | 04 fev 2025
Enquête sur les violences sexuelles et sexistes dans les plantations du groupe Socfin au Cameroun
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« Désarmer Bolloré », nouvelle convergence des luttes antifascistes Politis | 03 fev 2025
« L'idée de la campagne contre Bolloré est née comme un nouveau front antifasciste, totalement connecté aux préoccupations initiales des Soulèvements de la Terre que sont la lutte contre l'artificialisation et l'accaparement des terres et de l'eau. »
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À Montpellier, ces chercheurs ne savaient pas qu’ils étaient financés par Bolloré Reporterre | 31 jan 2025
À Montpellier, Paul et ses camarades sont venus dénoncer la collaboration entre PalmElit, filiale détenue à 60% par le Cirad, et la société Socfin, dont Bolloré est actionnaire minoritaire.
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El regreso de los terratenientes en México: políticos y empresarios concentran 222 mil hectáreas Diario Red | 02 feb 2025
Más de 400 políticos y empresarios concentran 222 mil hectáreas arrebatadas a ejidos y comunidades indígenas. Cuentan con una red de financiadores de gran poder económico y estratégias comunes, cómo la obtiención de la asamblea ejidal el “dominio pleno” y, con ello, la desincorporación de la tierra del núcleo agrario.
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Brasil. Amenazas y asesinatos marcan una zona de avance del agronegocio en la Amazonía Resúmen Latino Americano | 30 ene 2025
Amacro, es el nuevo acrónimo para designar la nueva expansión de la frontera agrícola que viene promoviendo el acaparamiento de cerca de 6,5 millones de hectáreas de tierras públicas en la región, concentrando 10% de los conflictos por tierras y el 26% de todos los asesinatos de campesinos en el país.
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Land, Life and Society: International conference on the road to ICARRD+20
PLAAS | Cape Town, South Africa | 07 Oct 2025
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