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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 08 Mar 2017
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Liberia: Cease governmental surveillance and harassment against human rights advocates defending land and natural resource rights. Send letter to President Sirleaf
Tell TIAA-CREF to go deforestation and land grab-free!
 
Guardian | 08 Mar 2017
Farmers sue World Bank lending arm over alleged violence in Honduras

Peasants in Honduras have sued a branch of the World Bank over its financing of the corporation Dinant, which has vast palm oil plantations in Bajo Aguán valley

ActNow | 07 Mar 2017
PNG: Lands Minister blocking government promises to cancel SABL leases?

Lands Minister Benny Allen is blocking the implementation of government decisions to end the SABL land grab and return stolen land to its customary owners.

Vientiane Times | 07 Mar 2017
Chinese investors reconsider plantations as profits prove elusive in banana business

Some Chinese investors plan to shutter their banana farms in Laos and relocate to other countries while others plan to replace the yellow herbaceous fruit with other agricultural crops after sustaining losses.

Davao Today | 07 Mar 2017
Philippines: Agribusiness ventures seen to generate more jobs

Palm oil, rubber, cacao, and coffee were among the farm products that would be sought ​by investors, he said. Their target farmland will be in Paquibato and Marilog districts of the city.

IDM | 03 Mar 2017
Revealed: the carbon time-bomb inside the world’s largest tropical peatland

By far the largest current risk to this uniquely valuable ecosystem in the Congo is a giant concession issued to Malaysian firm Atama Plantation for the development of palm oil.

Bloomberg | 03 Mar 2017
Africa's top hedge fund starts food-focused private-equity

Cape Town-based Polar Star Management Ltd plans to use its own money to buy small farms and processing companies in South Africa this year.

AwasMIFEE | 28 Feb 2017
Indonesia: Malalilis oh Malalilis, what fate has befallen you?

Stories of communities affected by Noble Group's plantation in Papua, recorded during the Conference for Indigenous Communities affected by Investment in the Land of Papua in December 2016.

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Dakar Actu | 06 mar 2017
Macky Sall pour la valorisation des terres non exploitées par les populations

Le président du Sénégal exhorte les populations locales à permettre aux investisseurs comme Senegindia de mettre en valeur leurs terres

cath.ch | 06 mar 2017
Action de Carême et Pain pour le prochain interpellent le Crédit Suisse

Face à l’accaparement des terres dans les pays du Sud, les banques et les établissements financiers suisses doivent prendre conscience du fossé qui sépare leurs déclarations d’intention de la réalité du terrain

Agence Ecofin | 04 mar 2017
Polar Star Management va lancer un fonds de private equity dédié à l’agriculture africaine

«Ce nouveau véhicule d’investissement devrait acquérir des petites fermes», a déclaré le directeur de Polar Star, indiquant que le fonds vise un taux de rendement interne situé entre 8 et 12%.

Africa Check | 03 mar 2017
3% des terres arables du Sénégal attribués à des étrangers ? Pas de preuve

Les acquisitions de terres ont-elles atteint l’ampleur décrite par Land Matrix ? Africa Check a vérifié.

Cath-fr | 02 mar 2017
«La terre source de vie, pas de profit!»

«La terre source de vie, pas de pro­fit», tel est le thème de la cam­pagne œcu­mé­nique 2017 de l’Ac­tion de Ca­rême, Pain pour le Pro­chain et Être par­te­naire.

Politis | 10 fev 2017
Christian Roqueirol, paysan activiste contre le groupe Bolloré

Membre de la Confédération paysanne, Christian Roqueirol est accusé de dégradations par le conglomérat français. En attendant son procès, il cherche à médiatiser le fond de l’affaire : l'accaparement des terres dans des pays d'Afrique et d'Asie.

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Telesur TV | 04 mar 2017
Congo: multinacional desplaza a pueblos para obtener aceite de palma

La multinacional Feronia acapara tierras en República Democrática del Congo y trata de controlar la información con el apoyo del gobierno del país africano, en detrimento de pueblos autóctonos.

Marcha | 03 mar 2017
La tierra durante el primer año de Macri: extranjerización sin contradicciones

El camino se va allanando con un claro sesgo en favor del capital extranjero y eliminando todo tipo de traba para que éste ingrese al territorio y desplace a las comunidades que hasta ahora lo ocupaban.

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