During a field trip to the site on June 5, 2025, led by SYNAPARCAM, villagers expressed fear of not being able to feed their families or having a small place to build a house as all remaining lands are being occupied with palm trees.
- The Guardian Post
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27 June 2025
U.N. special rapporteurs have raised concerns that Indonesia’s food estate project in Merauke district is displacing Indigenous communities, clearing forests without consent, and using military forces to suppress dissent, threatening more than 50,000 Indigenous people.
Les 1 700 ha mis en vente par le gouvernement centrafricain étaient des plantations agricoles
- Afrique IT News
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23 June 2025
According to the government, this program, enabled by a presidential decree, makes 1,700 hectares — once agricultural plantations — available for concession via a blockchain platform.
Koalisi masyarakat sipil dan masyarakat adat yang terdampak Proyek Strategis Nasional (PSN) Merauke, Papua Selatan, menyanggah tanggapan pemerintah Indonesia terhadap sembilan Pelapor Khusus Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa (UN Special Procedure Mechanism) ihwal pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) dan dampak lingkungan proyek tersebut.
A Riyadh private equity firm established by a Saudi royal is joining forces with Canadian asset manager Cordiant Group to set up two funds worth $5 billion for agricultural investments across the GCC and globally.
En un raro acuerdo, el gobierno cubano entrega el control de 1.000 hectáreas a una empresa extranjera. La empresa asiática Agri VMA cultivará arroz por tres años vendiendo su paquete tecnológico, como semillas híbridas y pesticidas, mientras Cuba obtiene ingresos por el alquiler de la tierra y la sustitución de importaciones.
- Inter Press Service en Cuba
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19 June 2025
In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, accusing the International Finance Corporation of fueling abuse and environmental destruction through a loan to the Salala Rubber Corporation to expand its rubber plantations—with devastating consequences.
- Daily Observer
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19 June 2025
Researcher argues that Chinese investors have preferred different investment models according to the specific rules of land access, transfer and control of three land tenure systems in Zambia.
- The Conversation
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19 June 2025
Sembilan pelapor khusus PBB telah mengirimkan surat kepada pemerintah Indonesia dan perusahaan PT Global Papua Abadi meminta tanggapan dari kedua pihak atas dugaan pelanggaran HAM dan lingkungan hidup dalam pengembangan perkebunan pangan dan energi skala luas melalui Proyek Strategis Nasional (PSN) Merauke. Lebih dari 630.000 ha akan diubah jadi lahan tebu, pengolahan gula dan produksi bioetanol dan lebih dari satu juta hektare akan dijadikan lahan sawah dan perkebunan tanaman lainnya.
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) has raised an alarm over the alleged illegal occupation of 6,000 hectares of farmland in Ipao-Ekiti by the Agbeyewa Group of Companies, accusing the Ekiti State Government of fraudulently reallocating land that the association legally acquired.
La Synaparcam, une association de riverains des plantations Socapalm au Cameroun, réagit à une réponse de la Socfin publiée par la Business and Human Rights Research Centre.