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Land grabbing: Tactics used by European actors abroad
- WRM
- 16 July 2016
European Union (EU) corporate and financial entities involved in land grabbing may be implicated in a variety of human rights abuses.
EU, Ethiopia, Germany launch 3.8 million euro project to support agricultural investments in Ethiopia
- Standard
- 16 July 2016
Today, the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources with support from the European Union and Germany launched a 3.8 million euro project to support responsible agricultural investment in Ethiopia.
Ex-Karuturi flower farm workers yet to get pay
- Citizen
- 15 July 2016
Five workers from the troubled Karuturi Flower Farm in Naivasha have died over the last three months while waiting for their dues after the farm was placed under liquidation and over 3,000 workers sent packing.
China bid for giant Australia farm holding on ice: sources
- Reuters
- 15 July 2016
A China-led consortium seeking to buy Australia's S. Kidman & Co will hold off on a fresh bid for the country's largest agricultural land owner amid concerns it could be derailed by a more protectionist new government, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Failure to pass the 2014 version of the Land Rights Act threatens peace and stability in Liberia
- CSO Working Group
- 15 July 2016
CSO Working Group on Land Rights in Liberia concerned by reports that draft law has been altered significantly behind closed doors, and calls on the legislature to immediately release the new draft for scrutiny by the public and civil society.
Company uses loophole in Lao law to grab land in Savannakhet
- RFA
- 15 July 2016
Villagers in southern Savannakhet province have been at loggerheads with the Chinese-backed Lamxe Road-Bridge Construction Company since May, when the firm started clearing land for cattle farms.
Global call to development banks: don't fund projects that violate human rights
- Thompson Reuters Foundation
- 14 July 2016
A growing number of governments have been criminalising the activities of land and human rights activists and putting restrictions on non-governmental groups.
Ex-Karuturi flower farm workers yet to get pay
- Citizen TV
- 13 July 2016
Reports emerge that former workers of the Karuturi flower farm in Kenya, and their children, are in hardship after the farm was placed under liquidation and 3,000 workers sent packing.
Paraguay campesinos sentenced for 2012 coup-sparking massacre
- Telesur
- 11 July 2016
Eleven Paraguayan campesinos were sentenced to a total of 120 years on Monday for their role in the 2012 massacre of 17 people in Curuguaty during a violent standoff between landless farmers and police.
Land grabs continue to destroy Uganda’s forests
- Earth Island Journal
- 11 July 2016
There has been growing evidence that forest land grabbing by both individuals as well as a powerful alliance of international corporations and government officials is one of the major factors currently driving this loss of forest cover.
Turmoil in Saudi water sector as country runs dry
- Middle East Eye
- 11 July 2016
Saudis have been urged to invest in land and water resources overseas, but now face an immense water crisis
Australia: Foreign investment in the farm to be a key issue for new government
- AFR
- 10 July 2016
Australia's business and legal communities are calling for a simplification of the policy under which there are six different monetary thresholds for prospective foreign investors in agricultural land to overcome.