An estimated 30,000 people in Kiryandongo district, Uganda, are being violently evicted from their homes and farms to make way for the industrial farming projects of three foreign-owned companies — Agilis Partners, Kiryandongo Sugar and Great Season SMC.
Thousands of families are being violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda.
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25 August 2020
Harvard says it is trying to divest from unsustainable ventures but is having trouble finding buyers for the farms, it continues to profit from the appreciating value of the land.
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.
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.
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.
Almost a decade since government of Cambodia granted 40,000 hectares land concession to five Chinese companies believed to be subsidiaries of a single Chinese owned firm, Hengfu. The whole project that affected indigenous Kuoy community has now fallen apart.
Hoy, las comunidades de Ndiaël que lucharon contra Senhuile desde que ésta llegó, siguen ahí. Para ellas, nada ha cambiado. Informe de una visita de campo de GRAIN y Enda Pronat.
Aujourd’hui, les communautés du Ndiaël qui ont combattu Senhuile depuis son arrivée sont toujours là. Pour elles, rien n’a changé. Compte-rendu d'une visite sur le terrain.
Today, the communities of the Ndiaël that fought Senhuile since it arrived are still there. For them, nothing has changed.
Tenemos pruebas de que los incendios del Cerrado también están vinculados a otros intereses financieros con sede en Estados Unidos: el Fondo de Dotación de la Universidad de Harvard y el TIAA, el fondo de pensiones privado que invierte en nombre de millones de profesores, académicos, enfermeras y trabajadores del gobierno en todo el país.
