Un projet de loi-cadre sur les terrains dit « à statuts spécifiques » est actuellement en cours de finalisation par le Comité de Révision des Textes sur le Foncier à Madagascar.
- Madagascar Tribune
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22 May 2020
La organización ambientalista difundió más de 300 nombres de grandes empresarios y compañías que deforestaron en el país durante los últimos 30 años, en los cuales se perdieron casi 8 millones de hectáreas de bosques nativos.
BrasilAgro, which recently merged with farmland investor Agrifirma, continues to aggressively implement its business model that focuses on the acquisition and transformation of Cerrado savanna into farmland.
In response to resistance from people’s movements, Sri Lanka has pulled out of MCC agreement, which would have opened the door for commercial agriculture and large scale acquisition of Sri Lankan lands for foreign individuals and corporations.
- LVC South Asia
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21 May 2020
While conditionalities accompanying Western foreign assistance are common practice, the way Ukraine has been forced to put its land for sale has no precedent in modern history.
- Oakland Institute
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21 May 2020
La société guinéenne du palmier à huile et de l’hévéa (SOGUIPAH) est sérieusement affectée par les effets de la pandémie de coronavirus, vu qu’elle a du mal à écouler sa production de caoutchouc et d’huile de palme.
A Chinese sugar company with a large long-term land concession in Cambodia came under fire from NGOs Tuesday for leasing parts of the concession to local villagers, collecting rent instead of engaging in the activities stipulated in its contract with the Cambodian government.
- Radio Free Asia
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20 May 2020
ECVC junto a URDN, Bankwatch y Eco Action exigen que el Gobierno de Ucrania derogue esta ley y que garantice que cualquier proceso futuro esté sujeto a un debate justo, abierto y democrático, en el que se consulten las voces de los pequeños agricultorxs y de la sociedad civil.
- La Vía Campesina
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20 May 2020
In 2013, Missouri’s legislature pushed through a law altering a previous ban on foreign ownership of agricultural property in the state to facilitate the sale of Smithfield Foods to Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International.
- St. Louis Post
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19 May 2020
High Court in Lusaka rules that the conversion of village lands in Muchinda chiefdom for a large-scale agribusiness project was illegal and violated the community’s rights, but stops short of cancelling the company's title.
- Mail & Guardian
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19 May 2020
Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State governor, has lauded an agrictech company in the state, GroupFarm for cultivating fresh 2,500 hectares of premium rice in the state.
The Indonesian police in South Kalimantan province should drop criminal defamation charges against a blogger who interviewed indigenous Dayak leaders regarding land dispute with PT Jhonlin Agro Raya oil palm plantation, said Human Rights Watch.
- Human Rights Watch
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18 May 2020