The new Brazil legislation, dubbed MP da grilagem (land-grabbing bill) will loosen regulations on land legalisation, essentially legalises grilagem, which refers to the historically specific enclosures or land grabs that have been occurring in Brazil since colonial times.
- Los Despojados
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12 August 2017
There were dramatic scenes outside Phnom Penh court this week as one of Cambodia’s most iconic activists, Tep Vanny lost an appeal to overturn her two and a half year jail sentence.
- Global Witness
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11 August 2017
Subsidiaries of prominent South Korea’s conglomerates including POSCO and Samsung, plus South Korean-owned Indonesian conglomerate Korindo Group, have been cutting down primary forest to make way for oil palm plantations.
- Korea Expose
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11 August 2017
Davao City Investment Promotions Center (DCIPC) chief Lemuel Ortonio met with a group of Japanese investors to discuss available areas for investment in Davao thriving agriculture sector.
- Manila Bulletin
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10 August 2017
The Beidahuang Group is rumoured to have leased out the majority of its 85,000 ha of WA farmland purchased or leased in a $200 million spending spree five years ago
- West Australian
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10 August 2017
Villagers of Klong Sai Pattana, Thailand say palm oil company responsible for targeted killings and harassment of their community.
- Al Jazeera
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09 August 2017
Civil Society Organisations in Edo State, Nigeria under the umbrella of Coalition for Protection of the Environment, recently staged a protest against land grabbing and deforestation.
- This Day Live
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09 August 2017
Villagers from three communities in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia traveled to Phnom Penh to seek government intervention in a long-running land dispute involving NK Venture, a Vietnamese firm, that got special permission to build a sugar plantation covering 670 hectares.
Today, 30 percent of American farmland is owned by non-operators who lease it out to farmers. Here’s why that’s a problem.
- Yes Magazine
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08 August 2017
South Korea government has designated part of the Korea National Food Cluster, or Foodpolis, as a foreign investment zone (FIZ), making it easier for the cluster to attract global food firms seeking to set up a base in Northeast Asia.
- Korea Times
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08 August 2017
Two Chinese media firms – China Agriculture Film and Television Center and Global Max Media Group – co-hosted the China Africa Agriculture Co-operation and Development Summit in Lusaka.
- Zambia Daily Mail
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08 August 2017
The Rohatyn Group has agreed to acquire GMO Renewable Resources from Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. No financial terms were disclosed. GMORR is a provider of investment opportunities in forestry and agriculture investing.
- PE Hub Network
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08 August 2017