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Middle East company adds spice to Australian grain
- ABC
- 09 December 2013
In four years, Hassad Foods has accumulated 255,000 hectares of agricultural land with the aim of producing 165,000 tonnes of grain and 100,000 lambs annually.
Featherstone: G8 land deal to boost land rights in Ethiopia
- DFID
- 09 December 2013
Governments of Ethiopia, UK, US and Germany sign land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance for economic growth and to protect the land rights of local citizens in Ethiopia.
Saudi investors leave Ethiopia
- Al-monitor
- 09 December 2013
A Saudi agricultural investor warns about the failure of Saudi agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the liquidation of businesses due to the conditions set by the Saudi Agricultural Development Fund
RRDC’s rejoinder: Wilmar International announces policy to protect forests and communities.
- RRDC
- 09 December 2013
NGO working extensively in the forest region of Cross River State of Nigeria, expresses doubts about Wilmar International's new policy to protect forests and communities.
Land grabbing and human rights in Colombia
- Telebraille
- 09 December 2013
The debate over land grabbing in Colombia by European multinational companies has crossed borders and has aroused the interest of the European Parliament.
Acaparamiento de tierras y DH en Colombia
- Youtube
- 09 December 2013
En una carta publicada recientemente, critican la ley de víctimas y restitución de tierras, 25 eurodiputados expresaron su preocupación por la acumulación de tierras y el intento del gobierno por modificar la ley, favoreciendo las grandes empresas.
Marginados de Camerún quieren hacerse oír
- IPS
- 09 December 2013
Camerún también sufre el problema del acaparamiento de tierras. Cientos de miles de hectáreas han sido arrebatadas a comunidades.
Chinese agricultural firm looking to invest in Champassak
- Vientiane Times
- 07 December 2013
A large Chinese investor is looking to secure a concession for 10,000 hectares of land on the Bolaven plateau in Champassak province, Laos PDR, for rice, small crops and cattle raising, according to provincial officials.
Terres volées : des villageois nigérians veulent reprendre leurs terres à Wilmar
- GRAIN
- 07 December 2013
Wilmar, la plus grande société mondiale d’huile de palme, installe actuellement une gigantesque plantation sur des terrains forestiers qui ont été offerts de façon illégale à l’ancien président du Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. La communauté locale veut récupérer ces terres.
Ethiopia OKs 361 Saudi investment projects
- Arab News
- 07 December 2013
Ethiopian ambassador Mohammad Kabeera said his country has approved more than 361 investment projects to Saudi Arabia mainly in the agricultural sector.
L’accaparement des terres au Sénégal
- RFI
- 07 December 2013
Selon Mariam Sow, « L’accaparement des terres concerne 1/3 des surfaces cultivables du Sénégal ! » Emission sur RFI.
Stolen land: Nigerian villagers want their land back from Wilmar
- GRAIN
- 07 December 2013
Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil processor, is building a massive plantation on forest lands illegally gifted to Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. The local community wants these lands back.
WA Government signs agreement with Chinese-owned Kimberley Agricultural Investment on Ord Irrigation Scheme
- ABC
- 06 December 2013
Western Australia signs agreement with Chinese-owned Kimberley Agricultural Investment on Ord Irrigation Scheme
On our land
- Oakland Institute
- 06 December 2013
Film chronicles the experiences of communities in PNG--giving a voice to those who are losing their land and natural resources to illegal logging operations and palm oil companies.
World's biggest palm oil company pledges to halt deforestation
- businessGreen
- 06 December 2013
Wilmar says it will ensure that its own plantations and companies from which it sources only provide products that are “free from links to deforestation or abuse of human rights and local communities”.