A la veille d'un procès intenté par Bolloré contre des journalistes de médias français, des organisations dénoncent l’emprisonnement de 6 leaders des communautés locales affectées par les investissements d'une société liée au groupe Bolloré.
- GRAIN et al.
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10 February 2016
La expansión agraria de la China avanza con tres estrategias. La primera, muy conocida, es la política de control de tierras en terceros países.
- Palabre-Ando
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26 January 2016
Japanese groups assess the JICA contracts with the ‘Communications Strategy’ consultants and the ProSAVANA Master Plan (MP) Japanese consultant reports
- No! to Landgrab, Japan
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24 January 2016
A Chinese company with strong links to the family of Li Ka-shing, one of Asia’s richest men, is on the verge of securing farms covering almost 70,000ha after the biggest single offering of freehold land in Western Australia’s history.
- West Australian
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21 January 2016
One of the largest pension investors in the United States, TIAA-CREF, is facing accusations that its investments in Brazilian farmland are not socially responsible, or even illegal.
- The Takeaway
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18 January 2016
Análise pela sociedade civil Japonesa sobre os documentos da JICA em relação ao ProSAVANA (versão revista)
- No! landgrab-Japan
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17 January 2016
Pour lutter contre l’accaparement des terres, il faut soutenir les petits producteurs. C’est la principale conclusion qui est ressortie d’une table ronde organisée le 14 janvier à Berne.
The ProSavana coordination team, together with the governments of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan, has resorted to enticement and has set out to co-opt national civil society organisations.
Vers un bouleversement des pratiques agricoles paysannes ?
Foreign buying of land is not going to stop any time soon. It is up to the host country to look after itself.
- Dominion Post
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08 January 2016
Villagers appeal to government for intervention in their new bid to repossess wheat farms leased to private investors.
- The Citizen
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27 December 2015
Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co (SALIC), an arm of the state-owned Public Investment Fund, is looking to buy land in Sudan to grow fodder, after purchasing a 20% stake in a Brazilian beef exporter.
Noble Group Ltd said on Tuesday it would sell its remaining 49 percent stake in its agribusiness to China's state-owned COFCO International Ltd
Two farms run by China's Citic company are serving as a showcase of modern agriculture in Angola, said Liu Guigen, general manager of the farming development program of Citic Africa.
Massimo Castelluci has been relieved of his post, barely a year after promising wonderful things to the workers and communities of Ndaiel, Senegal
- Ndar Actu
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18 December 2015
A petition denouncing the unjust imprisonment of three Ethiopian human rights defenders is being presented this week to the Ethiopian government as well as its financial backers.
The EBRD is providing a loan of up to US$85 million to Ukrainian agribusiness producer PJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct to support the integration of farms from the former Swedish-owned company Agrokultura.
L'agro-colonialisme et impacts sociaux et environnementaux : alimentation et climat, avec comme invités Ange David Baimey de l’ONG GRAIN et Mamy Rakotondrainibe du Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches-TANY
Cargill’s global asset management business, Black River, has recently extended its Australian agricultural land asset portfolio, buying two Queensland cattle grazing properties near Mackay for conversion into higher-return sugarcane production.
- Beef Central
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02 December 2015
Wanjin Agricultural Development Company operates 10 farms in a venture with Zimbabwe's Ministry of Defense with a total land size exceeding 10,000 ha and it hopes to have acquired 40,000 ha more by 2018.
L'acharnement est considéré comme une tentative de les faire taire afin qu'ils arrêtent leur travail légitime de plaidoyer contre l'accaparement des terres et autres violations des droits humains entraînées par la société Feronia.
- FrontLineDefenders
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23 November 2015
Intelligence agency interrogates people it suspects of leading protests against Canadian oil palm company, Feronia, owned by European and US governments.
- FrontLineDefenders
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23 November 2015
Free City Radio interviews Devlin Kuyek from GRAIN speaking on the jailing of three Ethiopian land rights advocates.
- Free City Radio
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23 November 2015
El 15 de noviembre de 2015, la Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia (ANR) interrogó al Sr. Augustin Alphonse Bofaka, con relación a una protesta reciente contra una compañía multinacional acusada de apropiación de tierras.
- Front Line Defenders
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20 November 2015
Uno de los mayores fondos de pensiones de los Estados Unidos, el TIAA-CREF, estaría adquiriendo enormes cantidades de tierras en Brasil a través de empresas pantalla y en colaboración con oscuros empresarios del agronegocio del país.
An American investment giant that manages multi-billion-dollar pension funds in the United States, Canada, and Sweden faces allegations that it has circumvented Brazilian laws on foreign acquisition of farmland
A U.S. investment firm that manages U.S., Canadian and Swedish pension funds came under pressure on Tuesday to give locations of its land investments in Brazil as coalition of campaign groups voiced concerns about the impact on local farmers.
Pesquisa mostra que grupos internacionais estão burlando legislação brasileira que restringe capital estrangeiro no agronegócio nacional
- R7 Noticias
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17 November 2015
O grupo financeiro americano e seus parceiros acumularam novas áreas de exploração de terras agrícolas, apesar de uma medida do governo do Brasil em 2010 para proibir efetivamente tais negócios em grande escala por estrangeiros.
El informe, “Fondos de pensiones extranjeros y el acaparamiento de tierras en Brasil”, es el resultado de una investigación en terreno realizada por Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos, GRAIN, Inter Pares y Solidaridad Suecia-América Latina.