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The sugar rush in southern Africa
- Zimbabweland
- 03 October 2016
The land rush in southern Africa is often a sugar rush, with the ‘white gold’ promising riches to governments, local elites and large corporates alike.
Civil Society Report on the use and implementation of the Tenure Guidelines
- CSM
- 30 September 2016
Report summarizes the results of a consultation among small-scale food producers and CSOs on the use and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests.
TIAA increases stake in joint venture with Cosan
- TIAA
- 30 September 2016
TIAA pays R$1.1 billion to increase its stake in Radar Propriedades Agrícolas S.A, a joint-venture established in partnership with Cosan in 2008 which owns and manages rural properties in Brazil.
Officials inspect banana plantation after workers fall ill
- Vietiane Times
- 29 September 2016
Vientiane officials went to observe operations at a 40,000-hectare Chinese-owned banana plantation in Pakngum district yesterday after five workers fell ill from pesticide exposure.
Comment: Why voluntary policies will not stop deforestation
- IDM
- 29 September 2016
“On their own these commitments are never going to stop deforestation. And there is a danger that zero deforestation policies are distracting attention and diverting resources away from the law enforcement and governance reforms that are needed.”
Take your hands off the earth!
- Slow Food
- 28 September 2016
Activists from six countries as well as the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples joined a recent Terra Madre Forum on land grabbing, “Take Your Hands Off The Earth”.
Palm oil profits trump self-sufficiency in Sierra Leone
- Deutsche Welle
- 28 September 2016
Socfin's most recent project is in Sierra Leone. The country possesses massive amounts of land where oil palm production could thrive and a government that is willing to hand over this land to investors for not that much money.
Foreign land register: Do the figures stand up to scrutiny?
- Beef Central
- 28 September 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
Ghana to lose over $3m project over land dispute
- Starr FM
- 28 September 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.
Global land rush enters "more dangerous stage", says anti-poverty group
- Reuters
- 28 September 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.
Murder and eviction: the global land rush enters new more violent phase
- Oxfam
- 28 September 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.
Sierra Leone’s farmers continue to fight multinational land grabs
- Equal Times
- 28 September 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