New research studied 160 large-scale land acquisitions made between 2005 and 2015 across Europe, South America, Africa and Asia looking at how much of this land acquisition would cause competition and water grabbing.
- Univ. of Notre Dame
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21 Mar 2022
Many rural communities affected by agricultural concessions in Liberia have seen their ancestral gravesites leveled in some of the worst land-grabs in human history.
- Daily Observer
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21 Mar 2022
La situation en France devient particulièrement critique pour les vignobles du Jura, où les terres d’AOC (vin ou fromage) sont si convoitées que leur prix explose et qu’elles font l’objet de montages sociétaires et d’agrandissements excessifs
- Amis de la Terre
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20 Mar 2022
This certification is next in line of a number of highly controversial certifications of the SOCFIN group in Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast.
Le label “durable” RSPO a été octroyé à Socfin en Sierra Leone malgré un conflit foncier flagrant
Le 3 mars 2022, Assurance Services International a publié le résultat d'une plainte déposée par Milieudefensie concernant le processus de certification des plantations de Socfin au Cameroun, au Nigeria, en Côte d'Ivoire et en Sierra Leone
- Milieudefensie
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18 Mar 2022
Did Indonesia just save a forest the size of Belgium? Or open the floodgates for its destruction? One giant, controversial palm plantation development, whose permits were among those cancelled, will be a crucial test.
A Ugandan court has finally fixed different hearing dates for cases filed by victim communities in Kiryandongo who were forced off their land by multinational agribusiness companies.
- Ugandan Land Defenders
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17 Mar 2022
Une revue de 15 projets dans 11 pays tire la sonnette d'alarme sur l'accaparement de l'eau et appelle à une action urgente pour protéger le droit à l'eau en Afrique.
- Oakland Institute
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15 Mar 2022
A review of 15 large-scale agriculture projects across 11 African countries, exposes how these projects lead to the loss of streams and swamps and pollute water sources.
- Oakland Institute
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15 Mar 2022
La expansión de plantaciones de caña a gran escala en el Valle del Cauca se han traducido en la pérdida de tierras, daños a los recursos hídricos, problemas de salud, desplazamiento y violencia.
A joint venture between Australia's Warakirri Asset Management and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board has acquired a grain growing aggregation in Riverina, Australia for more than $55 million