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En Indonésie, l’huile de palme contre le climat et les droits humains
- Reporterre
- 12 June 2021
L’huile de palme nuit gravement aux droits humains, selon un rapport de Human Rights Watch (HRW), publié jeudi 3 juin.
Stop Harvard Land Grabs Public Forum
- Harvard Stop Land Grabs
- 10 June 2021
On May 3rd, 2021, we gathered with frontline land defenders, researchers, students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members from around the world to learn about Harvard’s farmland investments and build power.
Ribeirinha community conquers collective right to land
- Rede Social
- 10 June 2021
The victory is a result of the organization of the Collective of Communities Impacted by Agribusiness, created by rural communities in the Cerrado region of Piauí to resist land grabbing and the advance of agribusiness monocultures.
More women are going to be sexually abused and forced to lose their land to the rich/investors as Uganda goes into a semi lockdown of 42 days
- Witness Radio
- 10 June 2021
Opondo Cathy says agents of the multinational agribusiness company Agilis Partners took advantage of the last lockdown to rape her, torch her house and grab her land.
Israeli conglomerate set to invest $60M in Colombian Hass avocado production
- Fresh Fruit Portal
- 08 June 2021
Managro, an Israeli-based agricultural investment conglomerate, is reportedly planning to buy 3,700 hectares of land in Colombia for Hass avocado production.
McDonald's french fries, carrots, onions: all of the foods that come from Bill Gates farmland
- NBC
- 08 June 2021
Gates does not appear to count his farming investments as the largest farmland owner in the US as part of his broader strategy to save the climate.
Mundubat y COAG denuncian que Marruecos explota ilegalmente terreno fértil del Sahara
- El Faradio
- 08 June 2021
Con emporios empresariales participados por Mohamed VI y el propio ministro de Agricultura de Marruecos
Under the spotlight: Chinese banks' risky agribusiness portfolio
- Global Witness
- 07 June 2021
China is one of the world's largest consumers of agricultural commodities such as soy and palm oil that drive deforestation globally. But it isn’t just Chinese consumption of these commodities that is helping fuel forest destruction. Global Witness new analysis sheds a spotlight on the often-overlooked role of Chinese banks as some of the biggest global financiers of deforestation.
El acaparamiento global de tierras se pinta de verde
- GRAIN
- 07 June 2021
Quienes actualmente controlan los flujos financieros del mundo no son capaces de apoyar a los productores de alimentos y a los sistemas alimentarios —que pueden combatir la crisis climática o las muchas otras crisis que afectan a la alimentación y a la agricultura. Nuestro desafío es lograr que tanto las tierras agrícolas como el dinero no sigan en sus manos, tan pronto como podamos.
Estudio revela que palma aceitera y soya se cultivan en bosques talados de manera ilegal
- Mongabay
- 04 June 2021
En Colombia "Claramente los grandes acaparadadores y compradores hacen su negocios para agricultura mecanizada. Hay una búsqueda de tierras para comodities emergentes como la soya, la carne, la palma y el mercado de maderas, así como para negocios alrededor de los bonos de carbono".
Land conflicts in Brazil break record under Bolsonaro
- Mongabay
- 04 June 2021
Land conflicts in Brazil broke a record in 2020 for the second year running, reaching 1,576 cases — the highest since 1985, according to the Pastoral Land Commission.
Saudi-backed group exporting grain
- The Land
- 04 June 2021
SALIC owns a whopping aggregation in Western Australia, Merredin Farms, which produces grain and livestock over 211,000 hectares and grows around 120,000 tonnes of grain alone each year.
Mauritanie : la campagne d’accaparement des terres de la Vallée est lancée
- Senalioune.com
- 03 June 2021
Dans une interview accordée à un hebdomadaire étranger, le ministre des Affaires économiques affirme être «en train de travailler avec la Banque mondiale afin d’attirer le privé international pour investir dans l’agriculture» mauritanienne.
Indonesia: Expanding palm oil operations bring harm
- Human Rights Watch
- 03 June 2021
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of communities living on or near peatland converted to commercial agriculture. It is also permitting the widescale destruction of one of the world’s most important carbon sinks, Human Rights Watch said.
West Papua revokes quarter of a million hectares of land from palm oil
- Mongabay
- 03 June 2021
Local government in Indonesia’s West Papua province has revoked permits for 12 oil palm concessions that cover an area twice the size of Los Angeles after a recent audit of palm oil concession holders found widespread administrative and legal violations. Activists have called on the government to follow up on the revocation by granting Indigenous peoples access to the rescinded concessions instead of granting new licenses to other investors.