Representatives of 24 indigenous groups from 15 provinces of Cambodia urge the government to solve their outstanding land dispute and expedite the process of registering their collective farmland to prevent private companies grabbing it.
- Phom Penh Post
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10 October 2019
Déforestation et accaparement des terres au Cameroun par les agro-industriels du secteur de l’huile de palme, l’ONG Milieudefensie, pointe le doigt accusateur sur certaines banques néerlandaises et européennes.
- VOA Afrique
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10 October 2019
French lawyer Fiodor Rilov's account the lawsuit brought by Bunong communities from eastern Cambodia against Bolloré group.
Récit de l'avocat français Fiodor Rilov sur le procès intenté par les communautés Bunong, de l'est du Cambodge, contre le groupe Bolloré
For decades, the island of Aru escaped the attention of companies clearing Indonesia’s rainforests. But then it came into the sights of the Menara Group, which wanted to plant sugarcane across nearly two-thirds of Aru.
- Gecko Project
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09 October 2019
Some 81% of Ukrainians oppose the sale of agricultural land to foreigners and 74% say that any change in these rules should be decided through a national referendum, a new survey says
- Ukrinform
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09 October 2019
Navis, which is backed by the US government’s development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation, will also look to acquire 10,000 acres for a durian plantation, starting in Pahang state.
- Deal Street Asia
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08 October 2019
Le gouvernement camerounais autorise la mise à disposition à Wassande, dans la région de l’Adamaoua, d’une superficie de 5000 hectares au profit de la société turque Paksan Tekstil Sanayii.
- Agence Ecofin
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08 October 2019
Au sein du producteur d’huile de palme, c’est désormais le Belge d’origine congolaise Frank Braeken, président du conseil d’administration depuis août 2016, ancien d’Unilever, qui est en première ligne.
- Jeune Afrique
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07 October 2019
Jusqu'à ce jour le torchon brûle entre les populations des 47 villages du Ndiael et les responsables de l'agroindustrie installée dans la zone
- Dakar Matin
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07 October 2019
Community representatives, impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances with ABN Amro, the financier of those companies.
- Milieudefensie
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07 October 2019
Overall, nearly $5b of sensitive land has changed hands in New Zealand through the Overseas Investment Office since the Labour-led government was formed.
La Sucrerie africaine en Côte d’Ivoire, une filiale du groupe français Somdiaa, a annoncé vouloir créer "une unité dénommée Compagnie fermière ivoirienne dont l’activité consistera à produire du maïs à grande échelle”
- Commodafrica
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07 October 2019
Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board has made another move to deepen its presence in Australian agriculture, taking full ownership of the largest irrigated farmer in Australia.
Dez cambodjanos estiveram na terça-feira, 1, num tribunal de Paris para serem ouvidos na primeira audiência do julgamento do caso em que 80 camponeses reivindicam, desde 2010, a devolução das suas terras ocupadas pela Socfin do magnata francês Vincent Bolloré.