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Food and drink firms urged to crack down on sugar 'land grabs'
- Guardian
- 02 October 2013
Demand for sugar is triggering land conflicts, says Oxfam, as it calls on Coca-Cola and other major firms to have zero tolerance
Hutan Adat Paska Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi No. 35
- Videohuma
- 02 October 2013
Tahun 2012 mengatakan bahwa Hutan Adat Bukan lagi bagian dari Hutan Negara. Film ini berisi penjelasan dan penegasan para tokoh instansi negara, pakar hukum dan masyarakat adat mengenai Putusan MK No. 35. (English subtitles)
UN Commission raises concerns about MIFEE with Indonesia
- Awas MIFEE
- 01 October 2013
Acting on a letter sent by 27 organisations, the UN Commission on the Elimination on Racial Discrimination wrote to Indonesia’s Ambassador, raising concerns about the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate.
KTG Agrar joins sports tycoon in Russia ag venture
- Agrimoney
- 01 October 2013
KTG Agrar says it has taken a 17.5% stake in Clemens Tönnies' Sojuz Group, another German-owned company farming in Russia on over 45,000 hectares.
Australian PM welcomes Indonesia joint ventures on cattle
- Jakarta Globe
- 01 October 2013
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott throws his support behind Jakarta’s plans to invest in Australian cattle farms to help end a trade dispute that has devastated his country’s cattle industry and boosted beef prices in Indonesia.
Sugar industry highlights conflicts over trade pacts and land
- New York Times
- 01 October 2013
Activists have called for the exclusion of Cambodian sugar from duty-free treatment in Europe, saying that it triggers corporate land grabs.
Accaparement de terres : En Colombie, Oxfam met en cause Cargill
- La France Agricole
- 30 September 2013
La multinationale américaine de produits agricoles Cargill aurait acquis illégalement plus de 50.000 hectares de terres destinées à de petits paysans en Colombie, a accusé vendredi l'ONG Oxfam à Bogota.
Activists doubt Cambodia pledge to stop land concessions
- Wall Street Journal
- 30 September 2013
Activists say the Cambodian government’s freewheeling issuance of land concessions has denuded large swaths of forests, robbed rural communities of their livelihoods and vitality, and could undercut the country’s fragile developmen
Chinese stick to WA farm investment plan
- West Australian
- 30 September 2013
A Chinese conglomerate has hit back at critics of its WA farming operations and vowed to press on with plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in an integrated supply chain from Albany to China.
Indonesian plantation monopolies under threat
- food-navigator
- 30 September 2013
The Indonesian Government is planning to crack down on further expansion of groups in the powerful palm oil plantation industry and, indirectly, foreign conglomerates.
Colombia: Divide y comprarás
- ALAI
- 30 September 2013
Una nueva forma de concentrar tierras baldías en Colombia. Cargill adquirió 52.576 hectáreas en la Altillanura a través de 36 sociedades creadas con ese fin.
Japanese civil society statement on ProSAVANA
- 30 September 2013
We, civil society organizations in Japan, call on the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan International Cooperation Agency for the immediate suspension and fundamental review of the ProSAVANA program.