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14 Feb 2019
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Ethnic group ‘disappointed’ to be denied French visas to attend court Phnom Penh Post | 13 Feb 2019
The group say they are under threat of losing their land, traditions and customs since the arrival of Socfin-KCD, a firm funded by the French company Bollore
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Harvard activists rally, petition for divestment from farmland, prison industry The Crimson | 12 Feb 2019
Students gathered in front of Harvard’s central administration to urge Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow to divest the University’s $39.2 billion endowment from farmland holdings around the world.
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The dormant breadbasket of the Asia-Pacific The Diplomat | 12 Feb 2019
The Russian government has actively supported foreign investment in Siberian agriculture, making 1 million hectares of arable land in the Far Eastern Federal District available to foreign buyers
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US: Large Washington tree fruit companies compelled to sell out Growing Produce | 12 Feb 2019
Two of Washington’s largest tree fruit orchards have been taken over by financial companies, as operators reportedly began to realize the operations would need large capital infusions to renew older orchards and remain competitive.
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CAAPA investors engage gov’t Global Times | 12 Feb 2019
Sierra Leone's Deputy Minister of Agriculture tells agribusiness lobby that his government is working on a plan to end land disturbances, adding that fees for land leases will be increased in order to lay the long cry of under-payment by land owners to rest.
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Kinston firm looks to raise $1.5 billion for agriculture investments WRAL | 11 Feb 2019
International Farming Corp., a Kinston-based agricultural investment company, has raised $404 million in a fund to invest in U.S. farmland.
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FirstFarms A/S purchases pig and crop farm in Slovakia as part of growth strategy Globe NewsWire | 08 Feb 2019
Te Danish company FirstFarms now owns a "land bank" of more than 8,500 hectares of owned land and more than 11,000 hectares in rent contracts.
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Sierra Leone: Aftermath of Malen killing - rights groups exonerate Hon. sama, others Concord Times | 07 Feb 2019
Report calls on SOCFIN to comply with the request by affected communities and MALOA for a fair, transparent, effective and independent conflict resolution mechanism to review the land lease agreements and find a long-term resolution to the land conflict.
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Oil palm companies connected to land grabbing, illegal deforestation and industrial pollution in Latin America IDM | 14 Jan 2019
A Mongabay Latam series on the oil palm industry in several Latin American countries has revealed that the advance of oil palm monocultures in Latin America since 2000 has resulted in illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities.
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La Socfin se désiste de son appel contre Mediapart et deux ONG AFP | 13 fev 2019
La Socfin, une holding propriétaire de plantations en Afrique et en Asie, dont le groupe Bolloré est actionnaire, s'est désistée mercredi de son appel contre le site Mediapart et deux ONG, poursuivis en diffamation.
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Paysans cambodgiens contre Bolloré: audience renvoyée AFP | 12 fev 2019
Une audience prévue à Paris dans la procédure qui oppose des paysans cambodgiens au groupe Bolloré, accusé de s'être accaparé leurs ressources, a été renvoyée au 1er octobre en raison de l'absence des demandeurs, dont le visa a été refusé par le consulat français.
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Cambodge. La bataille des paysans bunongs face au groupe Bolloré L'Humanité | 12 fev 2019
77 membres de cette ethnie minoritaire vivant au Cambodge assignent en justice la multinationale pour accaparement des terres. Le procès, qui s’ouvre aujourd’hui à Nanterre, devra déterminer la responsabilité de la société française.
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"Complément d'enquête" sur Bolloré: France Télévisions rejugé mardi sur intérêts civils AFP | 11 fev 2019
La cour d'appel de Versailles, en France, doit se pencher demain sur le volet civil d'une affaire de diffamation concernant Vincent Bolloré.
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Accaparement des terres : le Cameroun se dote d’un Observatoire du foncier Initiatives Afrik | 07 fev 2019
« L’Observatoire du Foncier collabore avec Land Matrix, qui est un Observatoire Global des terres et que l’Observatoire du Foncier au Cameroun utilisera le logiciel de Land Matrix et animera une page « Cameroun » sur cette plateforme mondiale », explique Samuel Nguiffo
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Le gouvernement brésilien va-t-il en finir avec la loi sur la propriété terrienne ? DIalogo Chino | 22 jan 2019
Les pressions pour ouvrir le marché foncier au Brésil proviennent principalement de Chine.
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Webinar: Community-investor negotiation guides
Namati and CCSI | Global | 20 Feb 2019
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