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“Green” oil palm plantations are a scam: The case of OLAM
- WRM, GRAIN
- 16 May 2017
How do major oil palm companies manage to get their palm oil sold as a “green”, “sustainable” and “climate-friendly” product when it is none of that?
Brazil, home of Amazon, rolls back environmental protection
- Reuters
- 15 May 2017
From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of indigenous land and measures to boost large-scale property deals, Brazil has embarked on the biggest roll back of environmental protections in two decades.
TIAA tied to deforestation and displacement of farmers, environmentalists claim in new report
- FOE US
- 15 May 2017
According to a report released today by leading environmental and social justice advocates, the investment management firm TIAA is leading a trend of speculating in land markets, which drives up farmland prices and displaces family farmers.
Zambia’s peasants at risk of becoming squatters on their own land – UN expert warns
- HCDH
- 15 May 2017
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food cautions that many Zambian peasants are at risk of becoming squatters on their own land as Zambia is turned into Southern Africa’s food basket.
La Saskatchewan a sorti les fonds du marché des terres
- La Terre
- 15 May 2017
L’arrivée de l’argent des fonds de pension dans le marché des terres agricoles n’a pas suscité des craintes seulement au Québec
Megafarms linked to Russia's political elite boom, fuelling fears for smallholders
- Reuters
- 13 May 2017
Russia's five largest landowners together control an area the size of Belgium - which has been bad news for many small farmers
In Liberia, a battered palm oil industry adjusts to new rules
- Mongabay
- 12 May 2017
The industry expected to find green pastures in Liberia, but early missteps and new environmental restrictions have led to slow expansion.
Teren de Vanzare – Land for sale: Romanian peasants’ struggle against land grabbing
- Slow Food
- 12 May 2017
In Europe we tend to relegate the idea of land grabbing to the global South, yet it is happening much closer to home than we perhaps realize.
Brazilian indigenous leader appeals for solidarity against land grabs
- Climate Home
- 12 May 2017
Guarani-Kaiowá leader Ladio Veron is touring Europe to raise awareness of violence and environmental destruction by agribusiness
Podor : Quinze villages disent non au projet Marocain
- Podor Infos
- 12 May 2017
Quinze villages disent non au projet marocain dans les communes de Dodel et Demette. Les 10.000 ha de terre octroyés au projet marocain Adouha continuent de faire couler beaucoup d’encre et de salive dans le département de Podor.
Des militants dénoncent la holding SOCFIN
- Gauchehebdo
- 11 May 2017
Une vingtaine de militants de diverses organisations suisses et françaises ont mené une action devant les locaux fribourgeois de SOCFIN pour dénoncer sa stratégie d’accaparement des terres
Foncier : Le Congad veut mettre en place une charte de bonne gestion
- Le Quotidien
- 11 May 2017
Le Conseil des organisations non gouvernementales d’appui au développement propose un charte pour eviter l'accaparement de terres au Sénégal