‘Land grabs’ linked to major commodity supply chains will increase
- GT Review
- 09 November 2021
According to research by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, which analysed 170 commodities, palm oil and cobalt are at “extreme” risk of land grabs
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Lutte contre l’accaparement des terres agricoles : le Sénat vient d’adopter une petite loi
- EurActiv
- 04 November 2021
En France, les sénateurs ont adopté une proposition de loi visant à mieux réguler l’accès au foncier agricole mais elle « ne luttera pas contre les concentrations excessives »
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La conférence sur la politique foncière en Afrique s’ouvre sur des appels à des politiques foncières favorables aux pauvres, à l’égalité d’accès et à la propriété
- Financial Afrik
- 03 November 2021
L’édition 2021 de la Conférence sur la politique foncière en Afrique lance un appel aux pays africains pour que ceux-ci développent des politiques foncières inclusives
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ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close
- IDI
- 03 November 2021
Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014
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Conference on Land Policy in Africa opens with calls for pro-poor land policies, equal access, and ownership
- UNECA
- 01 November 2021
A surge in the purchase of African land by foreign companies and governments to grow food and other crops for export has also set alarm bells ringing on and off the continent.
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Business or pleasure: Bill Gates eyes investments in Turkey
- Daily Sabah
- 01 November 2021
Microsoft founder is reportedly looking for 741 acres of farmland to invest in within the borders of Muğla and Aydın, and is said to be in touch with businesspeople and companies in Turkey about the purchase.
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Concerns about ag land sales
- Progressive Farmer
- 01 November 2021
Institutional investors and foreign countries alike increasingly see U.S. farmland as a sound investment, raising concerns.
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South Sudan: Green Horizon announces new start
- Juba Monitor
- 30 October 2021
The Israeli company has farms in Juba and Jebel Ladu in Central Equatoria State, Bor in Jonglei State, Renk in Upper Nile, and Torit, Eastern Equatoria State, as well as Community Commercial Farming Projects in Wau, Gok and Rumbek towns.
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Uganda: Militarized corporate agriculture companies are resorting to reprisals to grab land
- Ugandan Land Defenders
- 29 October 2021
Kiryandongo Sugar Company is using soldiers to carry out retaliatory attacks against community land rights defenders and activists in Kiryandongo district.
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Made in impunity : le caoutchouc belge de Côte d’Ivoire
- CNCD
- 29 October 2021
Zoom sur l'entreprise belge SIAT
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Ugandan activists’ arrest slammed as threat to space for rights defenders
- Mongabay
- 28 October 2021
The recent arrests of staff of a Ugandan civil society organization, the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), have been criticized as an attempt to stifle defenders of human rights and the environment in the country. AFIEGO is one of several organizations involved in defending the Bugoma Forest, which Hoima Sugar Ltd. is seeking to clear large portions of it for a sugarcane plantation.
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African bishops demand end to ‘land grabs’ by private companies
- National Catholic Reporter
- 27 October 2021
Africa’s Catholic bishops have criticized the appropriation of land, natural resources and other economic assets by private companies and called on national governments to show greater concern for local community rights and needs.
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