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Brazilian indigenous leader appeals for solidarity against land grabs
- Climate Home
- 12 May 2017
Guarani-Kaiowá leader Ladio Veron is touring Europe to raise awareness of violence and environmental destruction by agribusiness
Canada's PSP fund buys majority stake in Stahmann nut business
- The Land
- 11 May 2017
One of Canada’s biggest pension funds has teamed up with management of Australia’s largest pecan grower and processor, Stahmann Farms Enterprises.
Negotiating large-scale land deals in Sierra Leone: a paralegal approach
- Reuters
- 10 May 2017
Over the past several years, a small band of grassroots advocates has been helping communities secure progressively better arrangements with investors interested in their land.
Vertueuses, les multinationales ? Le business de l'aide au développement
- ARTE
- 09 May 2017
Une part croissante de l'aide publique au développement serait-elle détournée au profit de grandes multinationales du secteur agroalimentaire ? Une enquête stupéfiante menée dans trois pays africains.
Farmland Partners land portfolio expands to size of Bahrain
- Agrimoney
- 09 May 2017
Expansion has been backed by borrowings which the group pegged at $437.8m as of the end of March, largely from Rutledge Investment Co and from MetLife Agricultural Investments.
The EU must act to stop and prevent land grabbing
- FIAN
- 08 May 2017
With business self-regulation and corporate social responsibility schemes proving to be insufficient for addressing land grabbing-related human rights issues, the EU and its Member States must implement a set of policy regulations.
China eyes Uganda's agribusiness in new front
- China Daily
- 06 May 2017
Tucked away over 50 kilometers north of the capital Kampala, Chinese technicians continue to set up the first agricultural industrial park in the East African country.
RSPO freezes Goodhope’s operations in Papua
- FPP
- 04 May 2017
RSPO has issued a Stop Work Order to Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd after joint submission by FPP, Pusaka, Greenpeace and EIA accused Goodhope’s subsidiary PT Nabire Baru of taking lands from the Yerisiam Gua people in Papua, Indonesia.
The very survival of Africa’s indigenous peoples ‘seriously threatened’
- IPS
- 03 May 2017
The cultures and very survival of indigenous peoples in Africa are seriously threatened by land grabbing and land dispossession caused by extractive industries, agribusiness and other forms of business operations.
New Zealand Super Fund eyes Aussie rural land and diversification away from dairy
- NBR
- 03 May 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, which has bought up 21 local dairy farms as part of its push into rural land investment, is looking outside the dairy sector for its next foray, eyeing land used for beef and permanent crops and expansion into Australia.
Fires rage in Bolivia as illegal deforestation for beef and soy continues to surge
- Illegal Deforestation Monitor
- 02 May 2017
New data on land fires in Bolivia indicates that the surge in illegal forest conversion for large-scale commercial agriculture and cattle ranching seen since 2012 is accelerating.
China’s agribusiness investment in Australia triples
- The West Australian
- 01 May 2017
China’s investment in Australian agribusiness has tripled in just a year as China strives to meet rising demand for high-quality food among its growing middle class. Major agribusiness deals included acquisition of the S Kidman & Co cattle empire and acquisition of Tasmanian dairy giant Van Dieman’s Land.