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Land grabbing in Southeast Asia – what can Africa learn?
- PLAAS
- 17 June 2015
Across Southeast Asia, a dramatic reconfiguring of land rights, livelihoods and economies is underway, with profound and disturbing implications for the future.
Malaysia's Felda Global Ventures defends Indonesia deal
- ANN
- 16 June 2015
Acquisition of Eagle High Plantations includes a total land bank of 425,000ha with 67 per cent in Kalimantan and the rest spread across Papua, Sulawesi and Sumatra.
Barnaby Joyce draws line in the soil on foreign farm buyers
- The Australian
- 15 June 2015
Australian Ag Minister supports banning all foreign governments and foreign state-owned companies from buying Australian farmland, saying such acquisitions could “undermine the national interest”.
Kenya: American firm to invest in sugar milling and 5,000-acre cane farm
- The Nation
- 15 June 2015
Dominion Farms intends to convert part of its 17,000-acre land at Yala Swamp to establish a sugar plantation and develop a mill.
Brazil: Demarcation of indigenous lands stalls and violence worsens
- Upside Down World
- 15 June 2015
There have been more than 29 indigenous killed in just three regions of Tumpinambá lands in the state of Bahía, between 2013 and 2015.
Saudi Star donates 26 tractors and 30M Birr to Gambella farmers and youth
- Gambella Media
- 13 June 2015
Saudi Star Agricultural Development PLC is reported to have donated 26 tractors and 30M Birr to Gambella regional state local farmers and youth, where it has acquired a 60-year concession for 10,000 ha.
Sudan police teargas protesters in Khartoum - witnesses
- Reuters
- 12 June 2015
Police in Sudan fired tear gas and wielded batons on Friday to break up a protest in Khartoum against government land policies in which one person is reported to have died.
#NoLandNoLife | An urgent appeal to respect the human rights of the lumads in Mindanao, Philippines and to end the militarization of their communities
- PAN AP
- 11 June 2015
Lumad (indigenous) communities in Mindanao, Philippines appeal to end the militarization of their villages and to stop the human rights abuses by the armed forces.
BrasilAgro shares soar as land sale flags rising values
- Agrimoney
- 10 June 2015
Brazilian agriculture company BrasilAgro sold its Cremaq farm in Piauí for more than seven times what was paid for it nine years ago.
Zhejiang firm to help agriculture in eastern Russia
- China Daily
- 10 June 2015
Zoje Resources Investment has obtained a 49-year land lease from Russia's Transbaikal regional government to develop agriculture and livestock farms on 115,000 hectares of uncultivated land.
EU investors, land grabs and deforestation: case-studies
- FERN
- 10 June 2015
European banks and investors are a major source of finance for large-scale destructive agriculture; forestry; and pulp and paper projects.
Trying to follow the money: Tracing investments to actual places in SE Asia
- CIFOR
- 10 June 2015
Following the many paths of where investment dollars go to fund agricultural commodities in SE Asia can be a challenging but not impossible prospect.