Organisations back Kuoy land claims
    Two organisations expressed concern over land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia after Hengfu, sugar company based in China, in 2011 and 2016 granted Economic Land Concessions of more than 42,000 hecatres by the Cambodian government.
    • Khmer Times
    • 10 August 2018
    Land of plenty, land of but a few
    New webdocumentary about land grabbing in the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique
    • Divergente
    • 10 August 2018
    Indigenous people fighting for land rights
    The right of indigenous people to land and territories is protected by international legal conventions. But campaigners say native groups are struggling with encroachment by governments and logging, mining and agribusiness companies.
    • Place
    • 09 August 2018
    Foncier rural : l'UE réaffirme son soutien en faveur des droits des populations autochtones
    5 millions d'€ seront octroyés aux défenseurs des droits de l'homme et aux organisations œuvrant sur l'accaparement des terres, le changement climatique et les droits des populations autochtones.
    • Infoplus Gabon
    • 09 August 2018
    Community vs. company: A tiny town in Ecuador battles a palm oil giant
    In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought land in northern Ecuador, home to Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi. Provincial court ruled in favor of the company and ordered evacuation of Wimbi community but they refused to leave. This is only one part of a long ongoing legal battle between company and community in Ecuador.
    • Mongabay
    • 09 August 2018
    L’accaparement des terres, entre Monopoly et colonisation
    Les investisseurs internationaux mettent le grappin sur les terres cultivables de la planète. Dans des pays où il n’y a pas de droits de propriété solidement établis, ces achats se traduisent pour les paysans par des expulsions pures et simples.
    • Humanité
    • 09 August 2018
    On Indigenous Peoples’ Day: International groups demand pullout, accountability of Chinese company in Cambodia
    Two global movements supporting Indigenous Kuoy communities in Cambodia submit a petition to embassies of China and Cambodia calling for the pullout and accountability of Chinese state-owned enterprise Guangdong Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.
    • PCFS
    • 09 August 2018
    Chinese firm’s investment in banana farm approved
    Cambodian government yesterday gave green light to a Chinese-owned firm, Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd, to invest in a banana plantation in Kampot province. Three plantatios cover 5,000 hectares of land that can produce up to 14,000 tonnes of bananas according to Cambodia General Director of Agriculture.
    • Khmer Times
    • 09 August 2018
    Government should clarify land acquisition and compensation
    Deputy Director of Korea Rural Community Corporation on Tuesday urged government of Ghana to clarify land acquisition and compensation issues in the country and to provide guarantee for investors through increased participation in the agricultural value chain.
    • Modern Ghana
    • 08 August 2018
    Le label «huile de palme durable» est-il sur une mauvaise pente?
    La récente confrontation entre le géant suisse de l’industrie alimentaire Nestlé et la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable (RSPO) met en lumière un fossé croissant autour de la certification.
    • swissinfo
    • 08 August 2018
    German Agri Terra Group offers investments in Paraguayan agriculture
    Hundreds of clients have used the services of the German company in order to participate in projects such as cattle breeding, orange plantations or vegetable production in greenhouses in Paraguay
    • Fresh Plaza
    • 08 August 2018
    Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon calls for support to defend forests
    The palm oil industry is causing severe environmental destruction and spiralling violence in the Peruvian Amazon. Investigations of local actions sets out ways in which you can offer support and solidarity.
    • The Ecologist
    • 07 August 2018
    Terra de todos, terra de alguns
    Webdocumentário | Como os camponeses do Norte de Moçambique têm resistido à chegada das grandes empresas de agricultura
    • Divergente
    • 06 August 2018
    APEC warned PNG has poor record on food security
    Community advocacy group ACT NOW! warns APEC delegates attending food Security Week in Port Moresby that Papua New Guinea government has a very poor record on protecting rural famers. The most glaring example is the SABL land grab, in which over 5 million hectares of land was taken from rural communities.
    • ActNow PNG
    • 06 August 2018
    Tanzania's indigenous communities racing to secure land eyed by investors
    Tanzania has attracted huge interest as a destination for large-scale agricultural investment due to sufficient land and cheap labour. As traditional laws that once protected village land weaken, indigenous communities and farmers have repeatedly lost chunks of land facilitated by foreign investors.
    • InDepth News
    • 05 August 2018

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