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Bollore-Socfin steals Liberian land with empty promises and government help
- Chieforganizer.org
- 22 September 2016
Virtually none of the promises made by the company to the communities in exchange for lands were kept.
New site shines a spotlight on pandemic of deforestation driven by illegal agriculture
- 22 September 2016
A new website has been launched this week to monitor the devastating impact of illegal large-scale commercial agriculture as a driver of global deforestation.
Land Portal launches innovative dynamic country portfolios based on linked open data
- Land Portal
- 21 September 2016
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
MoU signed to help Chinese agriculture go global
- china.org.cn
- 21 September 2016
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening a partnership to help the Chinese agriculture industry go global in Beijing on Tuesday. China has invested a total of US$7.18 billion in overseas agricultural projects.
China’s Rifa pays $55m to beef up its NSW estate
- Farm Weekly
- 21 September 2016
In its second swoop on prime northern NSW cattle country this year, Chinese-owned pastoral business, Rifa Salutary, has snapped up another two aggregations for an estimated $55 million.
China interested in agricultural investment in Kalimantan
- The Jakarta Post
- 20 September 2016
China has expressed its interest in bringing its private firms to invest in agriculture in areas in the border region of Kalimantan, Indonesia, a top official said on Monday.
Tanzania: The dilemmas and difficulties of land policy reform
- The Citizen
- 20 September 2016
Is there such a thing as "responsible large-scale investment in land and agriculture"? asks Prof Marjorie Mbilinyi.
Lao government promises over land are met with suspicion
- RFA
- 20 September 2016
Laos’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has estimated that government officials have given more than one million hectares of the country’s total land area of 23.7 million hectares as concessions to foreign investors
ICC move fuels debate on Cambodian case
- Phnom Penh Post
- 19 September 2016
A new paper from the International Criminal Court laying out a shift in focus to crimes linked to environmental destruction and the unlawful dispossession of land has rekindled the debate over whether the court will launch an investigation into a case highlighting land-grabbing in Cambodia.
Chinese investors are buying up French farmland
- Marketplace
- 19 September 2016
In the Berry, the heart of French cereal farming in the center of the country, Chinese buyers have been purchasing farmland in order to assure food supplies for their growing population.
EBRD lends 5 mln euro to Bulgaria's Elana Agrocredit to back land ownership by farmers
- SeeNews
- 19 September 2016
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending five million euro to Bulgaria's Elana Agrocredit, a company offering long-term financial lease contracts to farmers seeking to acquire agricultural land.
ICC widens remit to include environmental destruction cases
- Guardian
- 16 September 2016
In change of focus, Hague court will prosecute government and individuals for environmental crimes such as landgrabs