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Papua New Guinea: SABL untold stories
- Act Now!
- 16 September 2017
Locals in Bewani, West Sepik Province are paid poorly for their labour on oil palm plantations by logging companies.
One hundred years later, reviving a ‘jewel’ deep in the jungle
- Bloomberg
- 16 September 2017
An obscure company’s quest to rebuild a century-old business could lead to the British stock exchange.
European Development Finance Institutions and land grabs: The need for further independent scrutiny
- FERN
- 16 September 2017
This study highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa.
Samsung won’t partner with Korindo following outrage over forest destruction in Indonesia
- Mongabay
- 14 September 2017
Under fire from watchdogs and consumers of its smartphones, Samsung said it would not pursue a joint venture with Korindo amid an NGO campaign highlighting Korindo’s rainforest destruction for palm oil in Indonesia’s Tanah Papua region.
Parlement européen/Gabon : Demande de sanctions ciblées
- Gabon Review
- 13 September 2017
Un projet de résolution qui dénonce les problèmes liés au contrôle des terres agricoles fertiles sera discuté aujourd'hui
Well-to-do investors plow cash into Canadian farmland
- Globe and Mail
- 13 September 2017
In Canada, surveying the land you own a share of, and talking crops with your farmer partner, might just be as close to real farming as many investors care to get.
MATOPIBA: caravana internacional denuncia violações de direitos humanos
- Pensa Pirauí
- 13 September 2017
Fundos de Pensão Internacionais e o Estado Brasileiro são denunciados internacionalmente por violações de direitos humanos na região do MATOPIBA, considerada a última fronteira agrícola do Brasil.
Brasil: Caravana denuncia violência de grileiros contra agricultores no PI
- 45 Graus
- 13 September 2017
Audiência para discutir regularização fundiária denunciou ação de grileiros, que intimidam pequenos produtores e praticamente os expulsam do território.
Moçambique: ProSavana implementado "a ferro e fogo"?
- DW
- 13 September 2017
Para a frente e em força com o ProSavana. É a posição do Governo moçambicano. O projeto agrícola tem esbarrado num coro de críticas: os agricultores dizem que as suas terras estão em perigo. Mas os governantes negam.
AgDevCo supports banana production in Mozambique
- MacauHub
- 13 September 2017
The Africa Agriculture Development Company (AgDevCo) has partnered with Nika SA, a Mozambican investment company, to recover a banana plantation by increasing its planted area and productivity
Après le Sénégal, le groupe Addoha se lance dans la riziculture en Côte d’Ivoire
- Financial Afrik
- 12 September 2017
En visite à Abidjan, le président du groupe, Anas Sefrioui, a annoncé au premier ministre ivoirien son projet de produire 125 000 tonnes de riz par an dans le pays.
Senhuile : les travailleurs en colère bloquent les machines
- VIPeoples
- 12 September 2017
Les machines ont arrêté de tourner à Senhuile, installée dans la région de Saint-Louis. Les salariés ont observé un arrêt de travail pour réclamer des salaires, les cotisations à l’IPRES et à la Caisse de sécurité sociale.
Caravana Matopiba uncovers alarming human and environmental costs of agribusiness 
- FIAN et al
- 12 September 2017
During its visits, the delegation observed high levels of agrochemical pollution, diminishing natural resources, land grabbing, as well as significant impact on the health of traditional communities, resulting from increasing soy plantations.
Tunisie : Les nouveaux objectifs de Youssef Chahed
- African Manager
- 12 September 2017
Le chef du gouvernement tunisien promet une meilleure utilisation des actifs de l’Etat, surtout en terres agricoles, et évoque à ce sujet des projets en partenariats et sous forme de concessions, qui pourrait atteindre 5,2 Milliards DT.
The oil economics and land-grab politics behind Myanmar’s Rohingya refugee crisis
- Quartz
- 12 September 2017
Since the 1990s, military juntas have been taking away the land of smallholders across the country, without any compensation and regardless of ethnicity or religious status.