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Beef Central | 28 Sep 2016
Since the day it was released, the accuracy of the Australian government’s Foreign Owned Agricultural Land Register has come into question, with rural industry stakeholders disputing the amount of land actually held by Chinese interests |
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Starr FM | 28 Sep 2016
AgDevCo, a company financed through the UK's DFID, is embroiled in a land conflict concerning its 3,800 Farming Hub project in Babator, Ghana. |
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Reuters | 28 Sep 2016
International land deals, often for giant agriculture projects, now cover an area the size of Germany and a growing share are getting up and running, fuelling fears that local residents will be displaced. |
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Oxfam | 28 Sep 2016
Millions of people face being displaced from their homes as new data shows land sales covering an area the size of Germany are now under contract, warns Oxfam. |
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Equal Times | 28 Sep 2016
A former member of Sierra Leone’s parliament has spoken of his determination to put an end to what he describes as the “underhand deals” taking place between the authorities and international palm oil producers in his country |
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IDM | 28 Sep 2016
When the government of Paraguay enacted a law banning deforestation in 2004, it marked what might have become one of the most significant success stories in global forest conservation. Instead, it helped spark one of the world’s most pressing environmental crises. |
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Oakland Institute | 27 Sep 2016
Report exposes how authoritarian development schemes have perpetuated cycles of poverty, food insecurity, and marginalized the country’s most vulnerable citizens. |
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Climate News Network | 26 Sep 2016
With the impacts of climate change threatening food supply as population grows, China is buying land on other continents to grow more crops. |
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Agrimoney | 26 Sep 2016
Expansion of palm oil producers into Latin America, the "new frontier for global expansion" is snagging on confusion over land rights – which is encouraging some groups to expand into rainforest. |
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ACORN | 24 Sep 2016
Bollore seems to think all of the countries in central Africa are colonies there for its private exploitation and its own financial bottom line. |
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Mongabay | 23 Sep 2016
Company bosses and politicians complicit in violently seizing land, razing tropical forests or poisoning water sources could soon find themselves standing trial in the Hague alongside war criminals and dictators |
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Reuters | 23 Sep 2016
Conflicts over land are likely to increase following a peace deal as once no-go areas open up for business and development projects, experts say |
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FBR | 22 Sep 2016
The financing is aimed at helping Maïsadour to increase its production of fruit and vegetables in Morocco and particularly the rural region of Souss-Massa in the country. |
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Today | 22 Sep 2016
As the world celebrates the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations today, conservationists have warned transnational companies from Europe, America and Asia against scramble for land in Nigeria and Africa for industrial agro-business. |
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Chieforganizer.org | 22 Sep 2016
Virtually none of the promises made by the company to the communities in exchange for lands were kept. |
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| 22 Sep 2016
A new website has been launched this week to monitor the devastating impact of illegal large-scale commercial agriculture as a driver of global deforestation. |
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