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New Zealand: Labour loses bid to tighten farmland sales
- 23 July 2015
A bill aimed at limiting the sale of rural land to overseas investors failed to make it past the first stage when it was introduced in Parliament last night.
Report accuses Cambodian elite of land grabbing frenzy
- Video News
- 23 July 2015
Fresh documents allege land grabs amounting to ‘crimes against humanity’ affected 830,000 people since 2000
Pro-Savana will not expropriate land, government says
- AIM
- 23 July 2015
The Mozambican government on Thursday categorically denied that any Mozambicans would lose land because of the Pro-Savana agricultural development programme under way in the north of the country.
Palm oil in Liberia: violence, threats, and false promises
- Global Witness
- 23 July 2015
Global Witness exposé reveals violence, threats, and false promises driving rapid palm oil expansion in Liberia. Urgent reforms needed to protect citizens and regulate plantation companies.
Liberians 'pressured to sell land' for palm oil plantations
- BBC
- 23 July 2015
Communities in Liberia are being pressured to sign away their land to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a campaign group.
The ‘Brazil of Africa': How development institutions are financing land grabs in the DRC
- Africa is a Country
- 22 July 2015
A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Government 'rubber stamps' $6 billion worth of farm sales to overseas buyers
- Stuff
- 22 July 2015
New Zealand MP Phil Goff admits Labour government got it wrong selling land to foreigners.
The scramble for Africa lives on in the 21st Century
- Afrikan Post
- 22 July 2015
‘Land grabs’ stands tall as a major development challenge in Africa. Millions of agriculture dependent families are forced to leave their fertile lands for multinational companies who occupy the lands for business purposes.
Chinese company has to go back to square one with Overseas Investment Office
- Stuff
- 22 July 2015
Shanghai Pengxin's decision to restructure its New Zealand farm assets means the company has to go back to the Overseas Investment Office to gain new consents to run its farms.
Mounting complaints put Wilmar under scrutiny
- Eco-Business
- 21 July 2015
The world's largest palm oil trader faces accusations against unresolved land grabbing and human rights issues by its concessions in Asia and Africa, but says it stands by its sustainability policy.
Cambodia: Protesters decry ‘land grabbing’
- Phnom Penh Post
- 21 July 2015
About 300 protesters from Svay Rieng and Preah Sihanouk provinces marched to parliament yesterday to file petitions urging the local authorities to intervene to resolve ongoing land disputes in their homelands.
Zambia eyes Chinese investment in tapping into agriculture potential: minister
- Xinhua
- 19 July 2015
Zambia's Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has urged Chinese investors to tap into the potential of agricultural sector in the southern African country, saying an array of incentives are waiting for them.