Under a proposal from Australia's federal government the 15 per cent concessional rate of withholding tax for foreign investors in agricultural land will be lifted to 30 per cent by July 1 next year.
Qatar's Hassad Foods continues the strategic repositioning of its Australian agricultural investments, securing an agreement to transfer its agricultural portfolio to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.
- Gulf Times
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17 September 2018
Guardiani delle piantagioni di palma da olio che tormentano la popolazione, salari bassi e contratti fantasma: ecco la denuncia dei leader comunitari raccolta dalle ong nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo.
- Osservatorio Diritti
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17 September 2018
Une délégation du parlement allemand vient d'effectuer une mission de contrôle des activités de l’entreprise Plantation et Huilerie du Congo PHC/Feronia. Reportage de Radio Okapi.
- Radio Okapi
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14 September 2018
A new report accuses Harvard University’s endowment of contributing to “environmental destruction,” and the displacement and harassment of communities in its pursuit to acquire $1 billion worth of farmland worldwide over the past decade.
- Chief Investment Officer
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14 September 2018
Front Line Defenders identifies the root causes of violence in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Philippines, where more than 80% of the human rights defenders killed globally over the last four years were murdered.
- The Journal
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14 September 2018
The US university, through its endowment fund, maintains a business chain with Brazilian companies and its subsidiaries to circumvent Brazilian law, according to a report.
- Brasil de Fato
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13 September 2018
Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if the issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.
Saudi Arabia’s state-run Salic is nearing a deal to buy Mriya Agro Holding Plc, which would take the Salic-operated farming area in Ukraine to just over 200,000 hectares.
- Bloomberg
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12 September 2018
The intensifying US-China trade war, plus our comparatively cheap agricultural land are among key reasons overseas investor groups have ramped up buying interest in rural Australia this year.
The subsidiary of Dole Asia, which is owned by Itochu of Japan, has acquired 574 ha of land in Lugbu chiefdom and intends to increase this area to 4,335 ha over the next three years.
A new report details the web of companies with which Harvard Management Company, the university’s investment arm, directly invests in farmland around the world, risking conflict with communities from California to Brazil.
- Harvard Crimson
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10 September 2018
Le président de Muyissi environnement à Mouila, Ladislas Désiré Ndembet, invité de l'émission Focus sur La voix de la Dola
- La voix de la Dola
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10 September 2018
Il parait que de richissimes hommes d’affaires algériens ont bénéficié des terres agricoles avec des superficies de 10 000 ha, mais jusqu’à présent aucun investissement n’a été réalisé.
- Maghreb Emergent
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08 September 2018
The university's endowment fund, meant to support educational and research goals, was misused to acquire 850,000 hectares of farmland across 5 continents during the past 10 years.
- Down to Earth
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08 September 2018