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26 Jul 2018
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Liberian communities harassed after calling on banks to halt $1.5 billion loan to Wilmar over landgrabbing concerns Inclusive development | 25 Jul 2018
Communities affected by Maryland Oil Palm Plantation in southern Liberia have called on banks to refrain from joining a $1.5 billion syndicated loan for the palm oil giant Wilmar International. They now been accused of being anti-development and opposing the newly elected Liberian government.
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Greenpeace Africa urges Halcyon Agri to stop destroying livelihood and biodiversity in Cameroon Greenpeace Africa | 25 Jul 2018
Greenpeace Africa published a report explaining how Singaporean based Halycon Agri and its Cameroonian subsidiary- Sudcam operate a sordid rubber plantation business threats the ecosystem and local and indigenous communities in the south of Cameroon.
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Deadliest year on record for land and environmental defenders, as agribusiness shown to be the industry most linked to killings Global Witness | 24 Jul 2018
Global Witness annual figures show at least 207 land and environmental activists were killed in 2017 across 22 countries, almost 4 a week, making it the worst year on record.
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New study reveals dangers inherent in land registration Act Now! | 24 Jul 2018
Customary land registration processes can easily be captured by local ‘big men’ and companies with disastrous consequences for local people, says study on oil palm expansion in Papua New Guinea.
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Liberia's biggest palm oil project quits eco-certification scheme Reuters | 23 Jul 2018
Golden Veroleum quits Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in response to accusations from a global watchdog that it failed to get consent from communities before expanding onto their lands.
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'This is a last hold-out': son of a murdered farmer in Colombia Guardian | 23 Jul 2018
Ramón Bedoya says his father, a land activist, was shot by local paramilitaries in league with agribusiness and narcos who fill the void left by Farc rebels
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'I tended to the bodies': attacked by the Philippine army Guardian | 23 Jul 2018
Villagers in a southern Philippine island of Mindanao massacred amid conflict between indigenous community and coffee plantation
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One Tree Agriculture lists Kinbeachie aggregation at Toobeah Grain Central | 17 Jul 2018
One Tree Agriculture is owned by private equity fund manager, Proterra Investment Partners, which was spun off in 2016 as an investment advisory and private equity fund manager by Cargill’s Black River Asset Management.
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Investment Corporation of Dubai-created a partnership with farming company Optimum Agriculture to invest into the Agro business sector PR Newswire | 15 May 2018
Once one of Florida's iconic ranching dynasties has sold the balance of its Osceola County land holdings to a global agribusiness firm Optimum Agriculture and the government of Dubai for $136.5 million.
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Greenpeace Africa exhorte Halcyon Agri à stopper la destruction des moyens de subsistance des communautés et la biodiversité au Cameroun LaMinute.info | 26 juil 2018
« L’acquisition et l’exploitation des terres de Sudcam est un exemple typique d’accaparement des terres au Cameroun » s'insurge Greenpeace Africa dans un nouveau rapport
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Quelques défis à relever pour revitaliser le mouvement paysan congolais ACP | 24 juil 2018
Selon un expert du ministère de développement rural, l’accaparement des terres plombe la revitalisation du mouvement paysan en République démocratique du Congo
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2017, année meurtrière pour l’environnement Libération | 24 juil 2018
Global Witness confirme la hausse continuelle du nombre de défenseurs de l’environnement assassinés. Les conflits sur l’usage des terres sont le plus souvent en cause, et les meurtres restent largement impunis.
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Libéria : Golden Veroleum quitte la Table ronde sur l'huile de palme durable Agence Ecofin | 23 juil 2018
Golden Veroleum, le 1er producteur d’huile de palme du Libéria, a quitté la RSPO en réaction aux nombreuses critiques dont elle faisait l’objet concernant le non-respect des droits des communautés locales
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Le réveil indigène France Inter | 20 juil 2018
Ce matin, Marie-Thérèse est sur le terrain en reportage dans un village au cœur d'une immense plantation de palmiers à huile de la Socapalm.
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Human Rights Defenders World Summit 2018
| Paris | 29 oct 2018
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