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Croatia to extend moratorium on sale of farm land to foreigners
- Euractiv
- 25 September 2019
Croatia will soon submit a request to the European Commission to extend a seven-year moratorium on the sale of agricultural land to foreigners.
Palm oil, pineapples threaten Southeast Asia's indigenous lands
- Reuters
- 24 September 2019
Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and commercial fruit orchards in the Philippines have uprooted indigenous people and rural communities from their land, despite laws put in place to protect them, human rights groups said.
Harvard was ‘freaking out’: How a $270 million Brazil bet tanked
- Bloomberg
- 24 September 2019
Auditors wrote down the value of Harvard's Brazil farm project by about $200 million after the endowment decided to exit the development in 2017, according to documents filed in a lawsuit.
Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction
- Global Witness
- 23 September 2019
New investigation by Global Witness uncovers more than 300 banks and investors back six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses to the tune of $44bn.
Only Ukrainians will have right to buy land - Zelensky
- Ukraine Today
- 23 September 2019
A proposed land market model envisages that only Ukrainians and Ukrainian companies will have the right to buy and sell land, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Setting the record straight on false allegations in World Rainforest Movement’s petition about Olam’s palm plantations in Gabon
- Olam
- 23 September 2019
In response to the petition published by the World Rainforest Movement, Olam wants to correct the factual inaccuracies and to strongly refute the false allegations made about our oil palm operations in Gabon.
Money to burn
- Global Witness
- 23 September 2019
Global Witness exposes how more than 300 banks and investors back six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses to the tune of $44bn
Industrial palm oil investors struggle to gain foothold in Africa
- Mongabay
- 23 September 2019
Twenty-seven concessions intended for industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa have either failed or been abandoned in the last decade.
Indonesia: Indigenous peoples losing their forests
- Human Rights Watch
- 22 September 2019
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan and Jambi provinces, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch.
Ukraine proposes farmland reforms
- Producer
- 20 September 2019
Leah Soroka, program manager for Eastern Europe and central Asia agri-finance with the World Bank's IFC, said the President's proposal to privatise farmland would be a game-changer.
Communities in Africa fight back against the land grab for palm oil
- GRAIN
- 20 September 2019
A new report on the state of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa shows how communities are turning the tide on a massive land grab in the region
Palm oil giant Korindo silences critical report with cease-and-desist letter
- Mongabay
- 19 September 2019
Korindo, a major palm oil operator in Indonesia’s Papua region, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to delay the publication of a report highlighting its various violations there.