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Commerce massif de terres: le nouveau monopoly
- AllNews.ch
- 17 July 2018
L’étude porte principalement sur deux pays, le Kenya et l’Ethiopie
The Rural Women’s Movement held a feminist school, mobilizes collective power to demand climate justice
- NAPE
- 16 July 2018
During the first ever feminist school in Uganda, the Rural Women’s Movement underlined that land is central to people’s identity, livelihoods and food security.
Gabon: l'impact économique du groupe singapourien Olam
- RFI
- 13 July 2018
Une étude réalisée par l’économiste Mays Mouissi et le défenseur de l’environnement Marc Ona Essangui analyse l’impact économique, social et environnemental des projets d’Olam au Gabon
Agropole de Ziguinchor : 56 milliards de FCfa d’intentions d’investissements identifiés
- Le Soleil
- 13 July 2018
Le premier agropole intégré du Sénégal sera lancé en janvier 2019. La mairie d’Adéane a déjà affecté 500 hectares au projet qui produira des mangues et des noix de cajou.
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia - Land Grabbing
- Human Rights Watch
- 13 July 2018
Human Rights Watch submission to the Universial Periodic Review of Cambodia, assessment since Cambodia’s previous UPR in 2014 in various sector including land grabbing.
Accord “tout sauf les armes” : la mission de l’UE touche à sa fin
- LPJ Cambodge
- 12 July 2018
La délégation chargée d’évaluer l’accord « tout sauf les armes » au Cambodge s'est notamment penchée sur la question des conflits fonciers liés aux compagnies qui cultivent la canne à sucre, conflits fonciers à l'origine de nombreux déplacements de populations.
Farm land deals in Romania to remain on increasing trend
- Business Review
- 12 July 2018
Authorities are trying to harden the conditions for foreign land purchases after a study by the European Parliament found that around 40 percent of the Romanian agricultural land is owned by foreign citizens.
EU delegates briefed on sugar land disputes in Cambodia
- Khmer Times
- 12 July 2018
EU delegation is in Cambodia on fact-finding mission to evaluated the issue of displaced peoples locked in land disputes with several sugar companies across the country particularly in Koh Kong, Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces.
Paraguay, Canindeyú: Enfrentamiento entre brasiguayos y campesinos
- Última Hora
- 11 July 2018
Por un conflicto que guarda relación con unas 45.000 hectáreas de tierra que se encontrarían en litigio.
Nasako Besingi: Freedom to protect the environment 2018
- Oslo Freedom Forum
- 11 July 2018
In his talk, Environmentalist Nasako Besingi shares how he has faced governmental censorship, imprisonment, and even death threats for his work defending community lands and forests in southern Cameroon.
COFCO says China can replace U.S. soy imports with alternatives: state media
- Reuters
- 11 July 2018
“In the long term, South America, and the Black Sea area still have great potential in their arable land, and can play a bigger role in the global soybean supply system,” says the president of state grains trader COFCO.
Free economic zone “Bukhoro-Agro” to be created in Uzbekistan
- UzDaily
- 11 July 2018
The Bukhoro-Agro free economic zone is expected to host local and foreign investment in greenhouses, offering special tax and customs regimes valid on its territory and financing from international financial institutions
Senegal : Une « opération-pilote » du Pdidas sur le terrain
- Le Soleil
- 11 July 2018
L’opération pilote sur 200 ha est un champ d’apprentissage pour le Pdidas, financé par la Banque mondiale
Could EU-Indonesia free trade deal end palm oil conundrum?
- Euractiv
- 10 July 2018
The EU could commit to only import legal palm oil into the EU and engage in a dialogue with Indonesia to improve governance of palm oil production, says FERN
La société sud-africaine qui gérait Bukanga-Lonzo porte plainte contre la RDC
- RFI
- 10 July 2018
Africom Commodities a saisi la Cour internationale d'arbitrage de la Chambre de commerce internationale à Paris pour demander un remboursement de près de 20 millions de dollars par Kinshasa.