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Brésil-Suisse. Les sans-terre, le messie des «investisseurs» et Nestlé
- Alencontre
- 16 November 2018
La décision d’expulser les 450 familles qui habitent Quilombo Grande est tombée peu après l’élection de Jair Bolsonaro à la présidence du Brésil.
Civil society organizations’ statement on Myanmar Vacant, Fallow and Virgin land management
- Land in Our Hands
- 16 November 2018
The new land management law in Myanmar known as Vacant, Fallow and Virgin land management law designates 1/3 of total arable land for large-scale agribusiness that could make countless landless and imprisonment up to 2 years of trespassing their own land.
Daewoo-Madagascar, 10 ans après
- GRAIN et le Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches (TANY)
- 16 November 2018
Le 18 novembre 2008, le « Financial Times » a révélé qu'un énorme accord était en cours de négociation entre Daewoo Logistics et le gouvernement de Madagascar. Dix ans plus tard, à quoi assistons-nous ?
The Daewoo-Madagascar land grab, 10 years on
- GRAIN and the Collective for the Defence of Malagasy Lands
- 16 November 2018
On 18 November 2008, The Financial Times exposed a massive deal being negotiated between Daewoo Logistics and the government of Madagascar. Ten years later, what are we seeing?
Campagne de sensibilisation contre l’accaparement des terres en Afrique de l’Ouest
- RFI
- 16 November 2018
La convergence des luttes pour la terre et l’eau recommande aux différents pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest d’impliquer les communautés dans la gestion des terres et donc leur accord éclairé sur l’arrivée de grands exploitants agricoles ou miniers.
Harvard spent $100 million on vineyards. Now it's fighting with the neighbors
- Bloomberg
- 15 November 2018
The fight over a vinyard in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains illustrates the risks that Harvard’s endowment once embraced with its unusual strategy of investing directly in massive agriculture projects around the world.
Foreign investor rules questioned in Riverina agribusiness sale
- QCL
- 14 November 2018
A group of Riverina farmers is demanding answers from the federal government over the sale of BFB, a large diversified agribusiness in Temora, which is being sold by a US private equity investor to a Canadian pension fund.
Researchers ask government to grant more land to farmers
- Khmer Times
- 14 November 2018
The Centre for Policy Studies wants the Cambodian government to allocate cancelled Economic Land Concessions to farmers.
Tanzanian farmers crack the code for fighting land grab
- OZY
- 14 November 2018
Villages across Tanzania are using legal expertise, political pressure and smart solutions like land mapping to win back plots — and then secure them — from corporations they accuse of using loopholes to grab territory.
Chinese help in agriculture
- Dawn
- 14 November 2018
Officials are tight-lipped about the critical issue of land acquisition in Pakistan by Chinese state-run or private firms for furthering cooperation in agriculture, which was an important feature of the CPEC long-term plan
Cameroun : un combat pour la terre
- TV5MONDE
- 13 November 2018
Combattre. Un verbe plein de sens sur ces rives du fleuve Moungo. Reportage sur le conflit qui perdure entre la SOCAPALM et les paysans riverains.
Sierra Leone ruling against palm oil company will empower communities - campaigners
- Reuters
- 13 November 2018
The decision marks the first time in Sierra Leone's history that a community has been able to win back land leased to a foreign company