Some 145 Cameroonians have been dismissed Friday by the French courts as they sought to force the Bolloré group to provide documents they hoped would show its links with a Cameroonian company that they accuse of violating their rights.
Finlays, a subsidiary of the UK Swire Group, is selling its 30 Sri Lankan tea plantations to Brown Investments, which already controls 12,000 ha of tea farms in the country
- Food Business Africa
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07 January 2022
The government in February last year planned to evict 12,000 villagers after it set aside 12 940 hectares of communal land in their area for lucerne project by Dendairy.
- New Zimbabwe
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07 January 2022
Awal tahun 2022, Presiden Joko Widodo memulai dengan mencabut lebih dari 2000 izin tambang, kehutanan, izin pinjam pakai kawasan hutan sampai hak guna usaha perkebunan seluas tiga juga hektar.
A análise do IPAM com dados do Prodes mostra ainda que grande parte da área desmatada no Cerrado ocorreu dentro de propriedades rurais privadas: foram 6.498 km² derrubados, ou 76,2% do total suprimido no bioma.
- EcoDebate
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07 January 2022
L’enjeu du délibéré, ce vendredi 7 janvier, est de permettre à la justice d’établir la responsabilité de Bolloré sur les activités de cette filiale camerounaise de Socfin, la maison-mère commune.
La justice française doit statuer dans le cadre d’une affaire opposant 145 Camerounais au groupe Bolloré, accusé de non-respect des droits humains et environnementaux dans des plantations d’huile de palme.
En el marco de su beca doctoral del Programa Land Matrix, Cristian Venencia nos presenta el Informe sobre «Cambio de uso del suelo en las grandes transacciones de tierras de la región del Chaco salteño».
- Land Matrix
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06 January 2022
More than 2,000 mining, plantation and forest-use permits have been revoked by Indonesian government due to non-compliance or because they had been unused, tightening oversight of the nation's natural resources.
The pandemic-fueled land rush has brought wealthier buyers to rural areas, making land even harder to access—a crisis that has become especially acute in the Northeast of the US.
- Civil Eats
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06 January 2022
Pedro Cuc Pan, es uno de los dirigentes comunitarios, explica que lo más grave de la problemática agraria en este territorio son las invasiones de tierra que hacen las empresas para sembrar y producir aceite de palma, los desalojos promovidos por terratenientes vinculados a este tipo de monocultivos, compañías mineras y otras.
- Resumen Latinoamericano
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05 January 2022
Dans la région du Katanga, au sud de la RDC, les paysans sont de plus en plus dépossédés de leurs terres agricoles au profit soit des grands fermiers soit des miniers.