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San Juan La Noria: the community abandoned to palm oil development
- China Dialogue
- 25 June 2021
The village in Guatemala is surrounded by oil palm plantations belonging to the HAME Group but residents feel none of the benefits
Human rights due diligence legislation: New hope for victims of land grabs in Cambodia?
- Business and Human Rights Research Centre
- 24 June 2021
For too long, consumer brands have sourced raw materials from abusive companies. We’ve seen up close the damage this has caused in Cambodia, and how elusive remedy has been for affected communities. But with mandatory due diligence laws on the horizon in Europe, communities will finally have the opportunity to hold brands accountable for violations in their supply chains.
Los puntos clave de la Ley de delitos ambientales aprobada en Colombia
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2021
La pena para quien incurra en el delito de deforestación aumentará cuando la conducta se realice para fines de expansión ilegal de la frontera agrícola, para ganadería en zonas no permitidas, para acaparamiento de tierras y para cultivos de uso ilícito entre otros
Kuramo Capital Management devant les tribunaux pour le contrôle des plantations de palmiers à huile PHC en RDC
- Oakland Institute
- 24 June 2021
Une bataille juridique a éclaté sur la propriété des Plantations et Huileries du Congo, une entreprise qui contrôle plus de 100 000 hectares de terres pour des plantations de palmier à huile en République démocratique du Congo.
Brasil: Venda de terras para estrangeiros divide ruralistas
- IHU
- 23 June 2021
De um lado, setores do agronegócio querem liberar a venda de imóveis rurais no mercado internacional; de outro, ruralistas rechaçam PL que facilita compra de terras por estrangeiros.
Kuramo Capital Management embroiled in a legal battle over ownership of PHC Oil palm plantations in the DRC
- Oakland Institute
- 22 June 2021
After acquiring majority ownership in the PHC plantations from European development banks in 2020, former partners have turned on each other with legal action underway across four jurisdictions for control of the company, valued at US$100 million.
Arla builds dairy farm in Nigeria to support local milk production
- Dairy Reporter
- 22 June 2021
Located in Kaduna State, the 200-hectare farm, scheduled to open in 2022, will have housing for 400 dairy cows, modern milking parlors and technology, grass lands and living facilities for 25 employees.
Mauritanie: vers la fin de la spoliation des terres de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal
- Le 360 Afrique
- 21 June 2021
Le président de la Mauritanie annule l'octroi de 3 200 ha à l'AAAID (contrat de 2015) et prone à sa place des contrats tripartites Etat-investisseurs-populations
One of the most fertile nations wants to feed the world
- Bloomberg
- 20 June 2021
Two-thirds of polled Ukrainians are against opening up the country's farmland to foreigners
Corporate agriculture and agricultural land grab: Farmers’ call to action
- PKMT
- 20 June 2021
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek calls for an end to neoliberal agricultural laws and corporate control of the food and agriculture sector, including an end to local and foreign private investments in the dairy and livestock sector.
La Socapalm accusée de pratiques néocoloniales dans ses plantations
- EcoMatin
- 20 June 2021
La filiale du groupement Palmcam (Palmeraies du Cameroun) est sur le gril des organisations non gouvernementales de défense de la nature, et de la presse hollandaise
Foreign companies to invest more than $500 Million in Kazakhstan’s agro-industrial sector, chemical industry
- Astana Times
- 19 June 2021
Newly announced foreign investments in agriculture from Dutch, Turkish and Arab companies includes a $273 million, 400,000 sow per year pig farm and meat processing plant in East Kazakhstan.
A senior lands officer is arrested in connection to the Kiryandongo district land grab
- Witness Radio
- 17 June 2021
The stolen land belonged to families that are part of the 35000 people being forcefully displaced by three multinational companies including Great Seasons SMC Limited, Agilis Partners Limited, and Kiryandongo Sugar Limited.
RDC : le Parlement refuse de lever l’immunité de Augustin Matata Ponyo cité dans le scandale agroindustriel de Bukanga-Lonzo
- Agence Ecofin
- 16 June 2021
D’après l’Inspection générale des finances, un ancien chef de gouvernement de Joseph Kabila serait le principal « auteur intellectuel » de la débâcle du projet lancé en 2014 sur 80 000 ha
Congo Senate declines to lift former PM's immunity over failed agro project
- Reuters
- 16 June 2021
Congo's Senate on Tuesday rejected a request by prosecutors to lift former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon's immunity so they could indict him for his role in a failed agriculture project in which investigators say $200 million disappeared.