The head of Iran's industry and agriculture committee in Khoramshahr city said Omani businessmen would be provided with lands and waters and 1 million palm saplings will be cultivated in Khoramshahr and their output exported to Oman.
- Oman Daily Observer
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17 February 2016
An explosive new report exposing tax evasion and financial misreporting by logging industry in PNG only emphasizes the need to cancel the unlawful Special Agricultural and Business leases (SABLs).
New research examining the geographical coverage of international investment treaties raises concern about how they might affect public action to address 'land grabbing'.
The Donor Platform commissioned 4 studies to guide donors in prioritising activities and investments in land governance.
- Donor Platform
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17 February 2016
Un tribunal de Sierra Leona ha condenado a seis personas que se oponen a un proyecto de palma aceitera en la que el conglomerado francés Bolloré posee una importante participación de la destrucción de árboles y de incitar a la población local para protestar sobre derechos de tierras.
Mr Hornibrook, who was a former head of Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management, along with some members of his sales team, were found to have extracted sensitive commercial information from a rival fund.
Australian banking giant ANZ has come under fire for its response to a scandal over its financing of a sugar plantation previously linked to forced evictions and child labour in Kampong Speu province.
- Phnom Penh Post
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16 February 2016
The Netherlands Academy on Land Governance / IDS Utrecht University has conducted a scoping study on Dutch flower farms, land governance and local food security in eastern Africa
Follow up from 2014 Oxfam report "Banking on Shaky Ground – Australia's big four banks and land grabs", asserts that all four banks have failed to ensure the affected communities' rights to food, shelter and a sustainable livelihood were restored.
Ce financement représente toute l’hypocrisie de l’aide française au développement qui finance, via des paradis fiscaux, une entreprise qui pratique l’accaparement de terres en Afrique, relate Mediapart.
- Mediapart
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15 February 2016
De nombreux partenariats avec des investisseurs étrangers sont en cours dans le domaine agricole, se félicite le directeur de l’organisation foncière au ministère de l'Agriculture algérien
Selon le groupe de défense des droits civils AfriBusiness, le plan d’accession à la propriété foncière du président Jacob Zuma pourrait provoquer un exode massif des investisseurs
- Agence Ecofin
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15 February 2016
La vive dénonciation des attributions de terres en 2011 à Socfin a été le début d’un combat qui a porté devant les feux de l’actualité les militants anti-accaparement du Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (Maloa).
- Ouestafnews
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15 February 2016
Almost two years ago Oxfam revealed that Australia’s Big 4 Banks — the ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac — are backing agriculture and timber companies linked to land grabs in developing countries.
A gestora de private equity Proterra, ex- subsidiária de investimentos da gigante de commodities agrícolas Cargill, está estudando "várias oportunidades" para a compra de terras agrícolas no Brasil e em outras regiões da América Latina.
- Bloomberg
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15 February 2016
