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Greenpeace | 18 Nov 2015
Company appears to be desperately using the courts, physical assaults and intimidation to attack citizens exercising rights guaranteed in their constitution and under international law. |
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VICE | 18 Nov 2015
An American investment giant that manages multi-billion-dollar pension funds in the United States, Canada, and Sweden faces allegations that it has circumvented Brazilian laws on foreign acquisition of farmland |
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Reuters | 17 Nov 2015
A U.S. investment firm that manages U.S., Canadian and Swedish pension funds came under pressure on Tuesday to give locations of its land investments in Brazil as coalition of campaign groups voiced concerns about the impact on local farmers. |
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NY Times | 17 Nov 2015
The American financial group and its partners amassed vast new holdings of farmland despite a move by Brazil’s government in 2010 to effectively ban such large-scale deals by foreigners. |
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GRAIN | 16 Nov 2015
Une société new-yorkaise chargée de la gestion de l'épargne-retraite des travailleurs en Suède, aux États-Unis et au Canada se soustrait aux lois brésiliennes sur les investissements étrangers pour acquérir des terres agricoles |
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VietNamNet | 16 Nov 2015
Land plots for cultivation are now in hot demand by investors, who can make profits now and protect their assets in the long term. |
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Mongabay | 16 Nov 2015
The world’s biggest sustainable palm oil organization is accused of ignoring flaws within its certification process that have allowed oil palm companies to hide significant violations of the body’s own sustainability standards behind its seal of approval. |
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GRAIN | 16 Nov 2015
A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities. |
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La Flamme | 13 Nov 2015
The REDD+ and its carbon trade will not resolve the climate crisis |
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EU Observer | 12 Nov 2015
Despite their due diligence, Rabobank missed the fact that they were buying land in a village racked with corruption and land rights abuse, and from sellers deeply involved in murky business. |
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Radio Canada | 12 Nov 2015
Land grabs and the speculation in land acquisitions are a growing reality globally. These trends were the focus of a one-day conference near Montreal yesterday looking into the evolution and effect on farmers in the province of Quebec. |
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DW | 12 Nov 2015
A small and poor village in Romania has become the focus of a story involving land grabbing by foreign-owned multinationals and mafia-style corruption. |
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Kinnevik | 12 Nov 2015
Investment AB Kinnevik today announced that it has sold its Polish agricultural business Rolnyvik, which holds 6,700 hectares of land in Poland, for a total consideration of approximately SEK 400m in cash. |
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ABC | 11 Nov 2015
Logging operations are only ramping up, and exploiting special leases, meant for the development of agricultural projects, to clear forest on land belonging to customary owners. |
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Reuters | 11 Nov 2015
China's appetite for offshore investment in food and agriculture is expected to rebound from a lull that has delayed some deals, given strong interest to meet growing domestic demand, a leading banker said. |
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Xinhua | 30 Oct 2015
SSJFZ is a unique platform which integrates multiple Singapore elements with local application across its entire "farm to table" process. |
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VoA Khmer | 30 Oct 2015
Some six years after about 2,000 families were pushed off 19,000 hectares of land that was converted to plantation for sugarcane, which is processed into sugar used by Coca-Cola. |
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Eurodad | 29 Oct 2015
Instead of taking suggestions on board from CSOs or its own monitoring bodies, the World Bank continues to push its agenda at the expense of small-scale farmers. |
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Straits Times | 26 Sep 2015
Resignation of CEO is latest setback to the project in north-eastern China's Jilin province meant to diversify food sources for Singaporeans and help improve safety standards for Chinese consumers. |
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Africa Report | 27 May 2014
A Mauritius sugarcane firm Omnicane is set to invest $250 million into sugarcane plantations in northern Ghana |
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