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Grogne/Socapalm : le ras-le-bol des riverains
- Voix du Koat
- 22 October 2020
La Société camerounaise de palmeraies, fialiale du groupe Socfin, est accusée de snobisme et de mauvaise foi par les populations riveraines de cette localité
Quelles implications foncières pour les Zones Economiques Spéciales ? Etude croisée au Sénégal et à Madagascar.
- Foncier & développement
- 21 October 2020
Aujourd’hui, il existe de nombreuses craintes partagées entre les acteurs des deux pays quant aux conséquences possibles des régimes exceptionnels créés par les ZES
Perú: El avance violento de la palma sobre una comunidad indígena
- Mongabay
- 21 October 2020
“Las invasiones no paran, la deforestación no para y las amenazas no paran”, exclama Iván Flores Rodríguez por teléfono desde la comunidad nativa Santa Clara de Uchunya, en el distrito de Nueva Requena, provincia de Coronel Portillo en Ucayali.
‘Digital land grab’ deprives traditional LatAm peoples of ancestral lands: Report
- Mongabay
- 21 October 2020
Georeferencing — a digital mapping technique employed by South American governments to register land ownership — is being regularly used by landgrabbers and companies to expel traditional communities from ancestral lands.
Thousands of farming families in the Kiryandongo region of Uganda face violent eviction at the hands of agribusiness
- Amandla
- 20 October 2020
Amandla talks to Jeff Wokulira Sebagala of Witness Radio, Uganda, one of the organizations that recently authored the report “land grabs at gunpoint.”
Paraguay: Actores del agronegocio convierten al INDERT en una inmobiliaria al servicio de los poderosos
- BASE-IS
- 20 October 2020
En el INDERT opera una “rosca que blanquea tierras del estado usurpados por no beneficiarios de la reforma agraria” que incluye a jueces, fiscales y funcionarios del ente que entregan tierras a extranjeros.
In Nicaragua, supplying beef to the U.S. comes at a high human cost
- PBS
- 20 October 2020
Nicaragua has ramped up export production to the US amid the pandemic. But this has come at a high cost for Indigenous communities, who are being run off their land to make way for cattle ranches.
Uganda: Eight defenders iin Kiryandongo released on bail
- Witness Radio
- 19 October 2020
The prosecution alleges that the eight land defenders threatened to harm a police officer and workers of one of the companies involved in large-scale land grabs for agricultural plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda.
Colombia: Los aguacates de AngloGold dividen a Cajamarca
- La Cola de Rata
- 16 October 2020
Hace tres años, en una consulta popular, este pueblo del Tolima rechazó un proyecto de la empresa sudafricana AngloGold Ashanti que pretendía explotar oro. Pero al mismo tiempo aceptó la entrada del aguacate hass, un monocultivo promovido por esa multinacional que hoy acapara tierras y amenaza el ambiente.
Zambian expert calls for more Chinese investment to boost agricultural export
- Xinhua
- 16 October 2020
a number of Chinese firms have invested in large-scale crop and livestock production in Zambia and the agronomist would like to see more Chinese investments in agriculture exports.
Soy traders in the Brazilian Cerrado under pressure as fires continue to burn in the vicinity of silos
- CRR
- 15 October 2020
The Matopiba region is home to the majority of the Cerrado’s remaining vegetation, and, conversely, among the highest deforestation and fire rates in Brazil.
Une première en Afrique subsaharienne : La construction d’une usine de déshydrations d’oignons annoncée au Sénégal
- Vivafrik
- 14 October 2020
IFC et AATIF financent un joint-venture franco-sénégalais qui s'installe près de Saint Louis pour faire de la production et la transformation des oignons déshydratés pour l'agroindustrie transnationale
Amérique latine : «L’accaparement des territoires indigènes s’est accéléré»
- Libération
- 14 October 2020
On recense plus d’une centaine de conflits opposant des communautés autochtones à des investisseurs en Amérique latine, explique le sociologue Bernard Duterme.
Camellia Plc faces legal claim in London for alleged systemic human rights abuses by its Kenyan subsidiary
- Leigh Day
- 11 October 2020
Seventy-nine Kenyans have launched a legal claim in the High Court in London against Camellia Plc (and other UK companies in the Camellia Group) for alleged human rights abuses at its Kenyan plantations.
Harvard University to cash out of NSW almonds and cotton farms australian-financial-review
- AFR
- 11 October 2020
The $56.5 billion Harvard University Endowment Fund is preparing to sell another chunk of its Australian almond and cotton holdings after putting the Western Rosella Farming portfolio in the NSW Riverina on the market.