Kazakhstan seeks to ban sales of land along its borders
    The proposed legislation would bar both foreigners and locals from buying any land in all districts bordering China and in a 25 kilometer-wide strip adjacent to Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
    • Bloomberg
    • 05 November 2019
    La caravane des alliances: un documentaire sur les mouvements d'accompagnement
    En Afrique de l'Ouest, un mouvement s'est développé sous l'égide de la convergence mondiale pour les terres et les eaux et l’église catholique commence à s’y impliquer
    • CIDSE
    • 04 November 2019
    The money farmers: How oligarchs and populists milk the EU for millions
    The European Union spends $65 billion a year subsidizing agriculture. But a chunk of that money emboldens strongmen, enriches politicians and finances corrupt dealing and land grabs.
    • NYT
    • 04 November 2019
    Perú: ONU pide a Goreu derogar norma pro deforestación y tráfico de tierras
    El Comité insta al GOREU a tomar medidas especiales para proteger los derechos de la comunidad Santa Clara de Uchunya en el conflicto originado por la conversión a plantación de palma aceitera de 7000 ha de su territorio tradicional.
    • Servindi
    • 04 November 2019
    Indonesia protests: Land bill at center of unrest
    In recent weeks, Indonesia has seen its largest mass protests since the “people power” movement that forced President Suharto to step down in 1998. Among a variety of pro-democracy demands, the protesters want lawmakers to scrap a controversial bill governing land use in the country.Critics say the bill could be used to imprison indigenous and other rural citizens for defending their lands against incursions by private companies.
    • Mongabay
    • 03 November 2019
    L'hévéa, arme de déforestation massive au Cameroun
    Dans le sud du Cameroun, la société Sud Cameroun Hévéa, filiale du géant du caoutchouc de Halcyon Agri, basé à Singapour, exploite une concession de plus de 100 000 hectares de terres.
    • France 24
    • 01 November 2019
    Why Chinese farmers have crossed border into Russia's Far East
    Chinese companies first appeared in Russia's Far East in the early 2000s, but Beijing's interest in the region increased after the global financial crisis of 2008. Chinese investment was followed by an influx of Chinese migrants.
    • BBC
    • 01 November 2019
    Debate rages over intensive oil palm farming in Gabon
    Nearly 88 percent of Gabon is covered in forests, but NGOs fear that the development of oil palm plantations threatens this viable resource. Local communities accuse SOTRADER, a public-private partnership between the government and the multinational Olam, of land grabbing.
    • Mongabay
    • 01 November 2019
    Enough is too much: The growing case for investors to drop Golden Agri-Resources (commentary)
    One year after palm oil company Golden-Agri Resources (GAR) and its subsidiary Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) were called out for illegal deforestation, land grabbing, and the destruction of critical wildlife habitats, and many ongoing abuses later things on the ground don’t look much better.
    • Mongabay
    • 31 October 2019
    Farmland investors seek yields (almost) as high as an elephant’s eye
    With very low interest rates having taken root across asset classes and investors abiding in their hunt for higher yields, the world’s largest manager of global farmland, Nuveen, says the season may be ripe for a strategic allocation to the $2.3 trillion market for U.S. farm real estate.
    • INvestable Universe
    • 31 October 2019
    Singapore's Olam taps Vietnam for farm product exports to Asia
    Singapore-based Olam International has positioned Vietnam as an export center for Asia, symbolized by a massive pepper plantation in central Vietnam the size of roughly 150 baseball stadiums.
    • Nikkei
    • 31 October 2019
    AFP seizes $17.3m worth of property in Victoria, Tasmania in Chinese money laundering probe
    A mansion in Melbourne's east, newly constructed units and more than 3,000 acres of Tasmanian farmland are among $17.3 million in property seized by authorities as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering by Chinese nationals.
    • ABC
    • 31 October 2019
    Ukraine’s plan to sell farmland raises fears of foreigners
    The government’s plans to open up the land market are stirring fears that Ukraine’s coveted black earth will be bought up by foreigners, including Russians. Report from Associated Press.
    • AP
    • 31 October 2019
    Elite Agro des Emirats prêt à investir dans l'agriculture en Sierra Leone
    Le président de la Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, a rencontré le sultan Alshamsi, président d’Elite Agro, qui souhaite investir dans le pays en raison de ses terres fertiles et des condition climatiques favorables afin de produire tant pour le marché local qu'à l'export.
    • CommodAfrica
    • 30 October 2019
    Kenya community pushes for UN inquiry into tea land theft
    British and Kenyan lawyers allege that during the colonial period. the British army and colonial administrators deployed rape, murder and arson to seize swathes of arable land in Kericho, Kenya, from its traditional owners - rights violations for which nobody has ever answered.
    • AFP
    • 30 October 2019
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