Agricultural investors say the COVID-19 crisis has had little impact on their business and investment intentions, with Australian agricultural land, water and business assets as appealing as ever to investors.

Le débat national sur les conflits fonciers nécessite que l’on réexamine les dossiers fonciers en attente d’un traitement urgent et de prises de décisions étatiques publiques tout aussi urgentes concernant les terres du département de Dagana dans le Waalo. Nous commençons cette analyse avec la commune de Mbane, écrit Yassine Fall.

An analysis of the global impact of a Thai court judgement, which provides a judicial forum to farmers from Cambodia, who were victims of transnational land grabbing.

Two Harvard-controlled LLCs have deeded over 7,104.74 acres of land in northern San Luis Obispo County, California for an estimated $120.14 million (based upon $132,159 paid in county real estate transfer taxes.)

Contrairement aux fervents partisans du légalisme, en matière de foncier rural, il vaut mieux décrocher d’abord la licence sociale que de se prévaloir d’une sécurité juridico-administrative matérialisée par une délibération (ou notification) du Conseil municipal.

Selon Global Witness, 212 défenseurs des droits à la terre ont été tuées en 2019. Si le secteur minier a été le plus meurtrier, l'agroalimentaire reste une menace, en particulier en Asie où se sont déroulées 80 % des attaques liées à l'agroalimentaire.

A decade ago, the Indonesian government began to heavily promote large-scale plantation in southern Papua. An investigation recently published explored how some outside investors gained rights to the land and the fallout for the indigenous population. Children were suffering from malnutrition while agricultural commodities are exported from their ancestral land.

A court in Indonesia has sentenced two indigenous farmers to eight and 10 months in prison for harvesting palm fruit from land whose ownership is contested by the community and a palm oil firm, PT Hamparan Masawit Bangun Persada. The ruling appeared to ignore evidence showing that the villagers are the rightful owners of the land

Un projet de loi-cadre sur les terrains dit « à statuts spécifiques » est actuellement en cours de finalisation par le Comité de Révision des Textes sur le Foncier à Madagascar.

In response to resistance from people’s movements, Sri Lanka has pulled out of MCC agreement, which would have opened the door for commercial agriculture and large scale acquisition of Sri Lankan lands for foreign individuals and corporations.

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.

"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

Emmanuel Morimont, journaliste au RTBF, raconte l'histoire de son enquête sur la Socapalm au Cameroun et l'impact qu'il a eu sur la banque Belfius

When Gulf nations face food, security, and water scarcity issues, one response is to seek lucrative agricultural investments in fertile African lands. Yet, while such deals can bring benefits to the countries involved, there are also sizeable risks

The Indonesian minister in charge of investments, Luhut Pandjaitan, has declared there will be no new permits for oil palm plantations in the country’s Papua region. Activists are skeptical about the minister’s U-turn, given that Luhut has been the government’s most vocal defender of palm oil industry.

L’accaparement des terres par des sociétés financières étrangères suscite des questions des sénateurs en France

Entities like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are directing large commitments to the farmland space, Investable Universe reports.

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rabobank announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos to anchor the $1 billion sustainable agriculture and forestry initiative with matching cornerstone investments of $40 million each.

Today, the communities of the Ndiaël that fought Senhuile since it arrived are still there. For them, nothing has changed.

Plus de 30 communautés, dont les communautés autochtones Baka, vivent au sein et aux abords du site sur lequel s’est installé Sudcam, dont la concession empiète très largement sur leurs terres coutumières.

La Société africaine forestière et agricole du Cameroun (Safacam), filiale du groupe SOCFIN, vient de bénéficier de 2 161 hectares supplémentaires pour étendre ses plantations dans le Littoral

Mega-traders Cargill and Bunge are exporting soya from an agricultural estate in Brazil with a long record of violence, illegality, and environmental destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation has uncovered

The Nasa of Colombia are carrying out direct actions in which they cut down cane fields, plant organic crops in their place, and allow the native vegetation to cover additional areas within the same reclaimed lands.

Un rapport confirme que les grandes sociétés de monoculture agro-industrielle implantées dans les sites de Mbondjo et Edea, dédiés à la culture du palmier à huile, les sites de Nkoteng et Nanga-Eboko, où le riz est cultivé, et le site de Niete, avec la culture de l’hévéa, sont responsables des injustices environnementales et sociales qui affectent les femmes riveraines.

Nearly 88 percent of Gabon is covered in forests, but NGOs fear that the development of oil palm plantations threatens this viable resource. Local communities accuse SOTRADER, a public-private partnership between the government and the multinational Olam, of land grabbing.

Deforestazione e acquisizione di terreni in violazione dei diritti umani provocano cambiamento climatico e danni alle popolazioni: #Buycott!

French lawyer Fiodor Rilov's account the lawsuit brought by Bunong communities from eastern Cambodia against Bolloré group.

Récit de l'avocat français Fiodor Rilov sur le procès intenté par les communautés Bunong, de l'est du Cambodge, contre le groupe Bolloré

Independent investigators to explore alleged involvement of security guard for palm oil company supported by CDC

Une entreprise belge s'est lancée dans la monoculture d’hévéas sur leurs terres... sans leur consentement ! Les habitantes et habitants de Groumania, en Côte d'Ivoire, ont besoin de vous pour se faire entendre alors qu'une nouvelle étude d'impact est annoncée. ActionAid France lance un appel urgent.