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The Land Portal Foundation and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment launch the Thematic Portfolio on Land & Investments
- Land Portal
- 15 Mar 2017
Thematic portfolio aims to be "the go to source of information on land and investments."
Mozambique: Pro-Savana to be reactivated
- AIM
- 13 Mar 2017
The Mozambican and Japanese governments will take advantage of President Filipe Nyusi's visit to Japan this week to reactivate the agricultural development project, Pro-Savana.
Will you help us to save Palawan from the oil palm rush? Open letter to 'Mam Gina', Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez
- Interncontinental Cry
- 13 Mar 2017
By inviting Malaysian oil palm investors in Palawan, Philippines, President Duterte is doing exactly the opposite of what he promised to do
Global land rush expected to calm as "perfect storm" passes
- Reuters
- 13 Mar 2017
The conditions that fuelled the global land rush and often violent conflicts over territory are changing
Senegal: Macky Sall urges rural populations to let investors valorize their agricultural lands
- Ecofin Agency
- 09 Mar 2017
President of Senegal intends to impose the acceptation of foreign investment by locals as a pre-requisite for awarding or leasing them lands.
Political will good but not enough to unlock Africa's land potential
- ECA
- 09 Mar 2017
Economic Commission for Africa and African Union representatives agree on the need for agricultural investment models that minimize land transfers and lead to shared prosperity at local and national levels.
Russia, Israeli firm agree to invest $100 mln in Russia's dairy industry
- Reuters
- 09 Mar 2017
Russia's sovereign wealth fund and the Israeli investment company LR Group have agreed to co-invest $100 million into dairy farming and milk processing in Russia.
Farmers sue World Bank lending arm over alleged violence in Honduras
- Guardian
- 08 Mar 2017
Peasants in Honduras have sued a branch of the World Bank over its financing of the corporation Dinant, which has vast palm oil plantations in Bajo Aguán valley
PNG: Lands Minister blocking government promises to cancel SABL leases?
- ActNow
- 07 Mar 2017
Lands Minister Benny Allen is blocking the implementation of government decisions to end the SABL land grab and return stolen land to its customary owners.
Chinese investors reconsider plantations as profits prove elusive in banana business
- Vientiane Times
- 07 Mar 2017
Some Chinese investors plan to shutter their banana farms in Laos and relocate to other countries while others plan to replace the yellow herbaceous fruit with other agricultural crops after sustaining losses.
Philippines: Agribusiness ventures seen to generate more jobs
- Davao Today
- 07 Mar 2017
Palm oil, rubber, cacao, and coffee were among the farm products that would be sought by investors, he said. Their target farmland will be in Paquibato and Marilog districts of the city.
Revealed: the carbon time-bomb inside the world’s largest tropical peatland
- IDM
- 03 Mar 2017
By far the largest current risk to this uniquely valuable ecosystem in the Congo is a giant concession issued to Malaysian firm Atama Plantation for the development of palm oil.