Nationalists want land issues to be handled independently by Sri Lanka because of fears that the MCC will be used to grab land for foreign investments, as has happened in Africa.
- Daily Express
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30 June 2020
People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty, GRAIN, and Ponlok Khmer urged the government of Cambodia to return disputed land from Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry to the Khmer and Indigenous Kuy communities. The groups expressed solidarity with the Indigenous Kuy people who continue to assert their legitimate land rights even amid the global health crisis.
Le 20 mai 2020, un autre village du royaume d'Okomu, Ijaw-Gbene, a été complètement incendié par la direction d'OOPC, filiale nigériane de la société de plantations SOCFIN.
Lebih dari 160 organisasi dan individu menyerukan agar Pemerintah Indonesia berhenti menggunakan pandemi sebagai alasan untuk mengeksploitasi gambut dan menyatakan sikap menolak dan mendesak diberhentikan proyek food estate di Kalimantan Tengah.
The communities have already introduced traditional and artisanal palm oil harvesting and production systems for the abandoned areas.
Après l’annonce de l’abandon de certaines plantations, les communautés ont introduit des systèmes de récolte et de production de huile de palme artisanaux et traditionnels.
A engrenagem do capital esmaga a Amazônia, seus povos, a floresta e seus rios: de um lado, a expansão da soja e da pecuária, unidas à derrubada e comercialização ilegal de madeiras e às queimadas criminosas que “limpam a terra” para o agronegócio
- Amigos da Terra Brasil
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31 May 2020
Tribune collective préparée par plus de 40 organisations à la veille de l'AG es groupes Socfin et Bolloré sur la situation autour de plusieurs plantations de palmier et d'hévéa apparentenant au group Socfin
On the eve of their shareholder meetings, more than 40 organisations sign a collective statement about the situation in numerous rubber and oil palm plantations run by the Socfin group, with the financial participation of the Bolloré group
BrasilAgro, which recently merged with farmland investor Agrifirma, continues to aggressively implement its business model that focuses on the acquisition and transformation of Cerrado savanna into farmland.
Phoenix Global - the Dubai-based agri-trader which directly farmed more than 150,000 hectares in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Uganda, Mozambique and India - is now in liquidation
Un nuevo informe de Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos y GRAIN, basado en una reciente investigación en terreno y documentos internos que forman parte de un caso en las cortes, reveló que la universidad utilizó múltiples compañías registradas en paraísos fiscales para acaparar más de 400 mil hectáreas en el Cerrado de Brasil.
Relatório denuncia sistema que burla a lei brasileira e permite apropriação de terras por investidores estrangeiros
- Brasil de Fato
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12 May 2020
The past few years has seen a steep increase in the players involved in the Australian agribusiness investment sector, particularly with Canadian and American pension funds.
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard joins international civil society groups to shed light on HMC’s morally repugnant land investments
The type of land use, the concentration of land and natural resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and the homogenization of landscapes, are key elements in the debate on the current health crisis and human resilience.
"Have you ever seen a communications specialist of a corporate group admit, without blinking, to the exploitation of minors by subcontractors? That is what happened to us in Cameroon," explains RTBF journalist Emmanuel Morimont
Esta ampliação da apropriação privada sobre os espaços públicos de proteção socioambiental pode intensificar ainda mais a vulnerabilidade social diante de epidemias e intensificar crises sanitárias.
The largest operator of Russia’s grain export infrastructure and a major grain trader sells stakes to Agronova, which develops farm projects in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, and the Marathon Group financial company
Letter from African community organisations to SOCFIN regarding the unsafe conditions for plantation workers and neighbouring communities during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO on Monday said it bought 60,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat from investment firm SALIC, marking its first purchase from agricultural investments overseas aimed at enhancing the country’s food security.
Agribusiness proponents in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Acre and Amazonas plan to create a joint agricultural area, Amacro, inspired by the multi-state Matopiba region that is now the country’s grain-growing heartland.
The Australian fund has confirmed that it has completed an off-market deal to acquire Terrick Terrick, a 55,000-hectare property from long-time owners Russel Pearson and the Pearson family, for an undisclosed amount.
Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer SAGO is asking Saudi investors with farmland overseas to import 355,000 tonnes of wheat into the kingdom, as major food importers try to increase strategic reserves in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
To help share Profundo's report more widely, we made two infographics from it on the ownership structure of the plantations and who benefits from the revenues they generate.
Pour aider à partager plus largement le rapport de Profundo, nous en avons tiré deux infographies sur la structure de propriété des plantations et qui bénéficie des revenus qui en découlent
Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to lift a ban on the sale of farmland that has stood for nearly two decades, clearing one of the hurdles needed to unlock an $8 billion loan package from the International Monetary Fund.
There are many Canadian connections to this story, including the agribusiness company Feronia, which now stands accused of complicity in the murder of an activist and the incarceration of five others in the DRC.
Cresud controls 370,000 ha in the province of Salta, in the ancestral lands of the Wichi people, where, in the first months of 2020, nine children died from malnutrition and lack of water.
UkrLandFarming has been facing hard times due to complicated situation around its owner Oleh Bakhmatyuk, a Ukrainian businessman who is active in several businesses including agriculture, mass media, and finance.
- largescaleagriculture.com
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05 Mar 2020