Thousands of families say they have been displaced from their homes to make way for commercial farms
Digoel Agri Group mulai beroperasi dalam mega proyek yang diperebutkan investor dari seluruh dunia. Perusahaan-perusahaan yang dimiliki keluarga elit politik di Indonesia dan investor dari Selandia Baru mulai menebangi hutan di kawasan yang disebut-sebut akan jadi perkebunan terbesar di dunia.
- The Gecko Project
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28 August 2020
Le débat national sur les conflits fonciers nécessite que l’on réexamine les dossiers fonciers en attente d’un traitement urgent et de prises de décisions étatiques publiques tout aussi urgentes concernant les terres du département de Dagana dans le Waalo. Nous commençons cette analyse avec la commune de Mbane, écrit Yassine Fall.
Agilis Partners has released a statement denying all allegations of land grabbing and assuring the public and its stakeholders that they have not evicted anyone from their land.
- Uganda Tribune
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27 August 2020
Ketua Komunitas Adat Laman Kinipan Effendi Buhing ditangkap polisi Polda Kalimantan Tengah (Kalteng), Rabu (26/8) siang. Penangkapan ini diduga terkait dengan konflik lahan antara masyarakat adat tersebut dengan sebuah perusahaan sawit.
- CNN Indonesia
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27 August 2020
200 éleveurs, propriétaires d'un cheptel ovin de plus de 60.000 tètes, font face à un détournement de leurs terres par des investisseurs, venus de plusieurs régions du pays et munis d'actes de concession
Over the past two decades, Cambodia’s land leasing policy has led to more than a tenth of the country’s land area being leased and has become increasingly controversial because of its negative impact on local livelihoods.
- Radio Free Asia
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26 August 2020
More than 35,000 people from over 20 villages are homeless after being evicted from about 9,300 acres of land in Kiryandongo, Uganada to pave way for large scale farming. Foreign investors dealing in agribusiness have been blamed for the ongoing land grabbing.
- New Vision
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26 August 2020
Quatre reportages sur les expériences autour de Sud Cameroun Hevea (filiale de Halcyon Agri, Singapour) et SOSUCAM (filiale du groupe SOMDIAA, France)
- Pulitzer Center
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25 August 2020
About 100 farmers’ households have been exploiting the area for decades and do not intend to leave it.
- BusinessInCameroon
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25 August 2020
Victims of land grabbing in Kiryandongo district, Uganda have come out to decry the deplorable conditions that they are subjected to by the land evictors at the hand of security officials.
- Soft Power
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25 August 2020
FrieslandCampina WAMCO and Neon Agro have agreed to acquire 10,000 hectares of land each, while Irish Dairy are to develop 4,000 hectares for their local milk production project.
An estimated 30,000 people in Kiryandongo district, Uganda, are being violently evicted from their homes and farms to make way for the industrial farming projects of three foreign-owned companies — Agilis Partners, Kiryandongo Sugar and Great Season SMC.
The Covid-19 pandemic and a general trend towards ESG investing are pushing more institutional investors, particularly pension funds, to look more closely at farmland investments.
Thousands of families are being violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda.
- Witness Radio et al
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25 August 2020