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07 Mar 2019
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After local outcry, a Harvard-owned vineyard project faces environmental review Harvard Crimson | 06 Mar 2019
Despite Cuyama Valley being one of the most severely overdrawn basins in California, Harvard recently proposed a plan to build three large reservoirs in the area for its vineyard, much to the chagrin of neighboring residents and farmers.
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Letter to Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone ESCR-Net | 04 Mar 2019
ESCR-Net has written to President Bio about the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and Users Association in connection with industrial scale palm oil operations by Société Financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin Group).
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Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge? IIED | 04 Mar 2019
Today, certain legal arrangements are facilitating unsustainable resource extraction and shifting resource control in favour of commercial interests.
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Rwanda, Israel firm ink $66M to develop Gabiro Agribusiness Hub KT Press | 04 Mar 2019
The Rwanda Development Board signs agreement with Israeli firm Netafim to develop irrigation for 5,600 ha agricultural project in Eastern Province.
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DFID: Responsible agricultural investment right for Sierra Leone Condord Times | 04 Mar 2019
“We need to work with affected communities to negotiate mutually beneficial land deals that genuinely offer win wins for communities, individual farmers and investors," says representative of UK’s Department for International Development.
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Saudis are in town for SA agriculture Ag. Economics Today | 04 Mar 2019
A Saudi delegation met with South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture and "expressed a desire to lease land in South Africa to produce a wide range of agricultural commodities provided they can sign a lease of 99 years or more.”
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Myanmar land ownership law could displace millions of farmers DW | 01 Mar 2019
Under a land reformation act, millions of farmers across Myanmar could be forced from land they have tilled for generations. In an open letter, a national grassroots coalition, called for the government to "abolish" the law and "enact a federal law that safeguards people's integrity, their lives and livelihoods."
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Saudi Agricultural Livestock Investment Company in $70m deal to buy John Nicoletti’s Wheatbelt farms West Australian | 01 Mar 2019
The Saudi Agricultural Livestock Investment Company has emerged as the likely buyer of Australia’s biggest single parcel of broadacre farming land, based in the Wheatbelt.
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Norway’s wealth fund ditches 33 palm oil firms over deforestation Reuters | 28 Feb 2019
Norway’s US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has pulled out of more than 33 palm oil companies over deforestation risks over the last seven years
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Hassad signs MoU with Rwanda Development Board The Peninsula | 18 Nov 2018
Hassad Foods has signed an MoU with the Rwanda Development Board to commence cooperation between the two sides, and explore possible investment opportunities, notably at the 15,000 ha Gabiro Agro-processing Farm.
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Socfin, palme d’or Médor | 06 mar 2019
Enquête de Médor sur le groupe Socfin (seulement disponible en librairie)
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Socfin/Cambodge : Les terres rouges des Bunongs perdues à jamais ? Médor | 06 mar 2019
Enquête de Cédric Vallet sur une concession litigieuse sur laquelle flottent des soupçons de corruption.
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ING arrête les frais avec Socfin Metro | 06 mar 2019
ING a décidé d’arrêter momentanément ses crédits au groupe luxembourgeois Socfin du Belge Hubert Fabri, tant que toutes ses plantations d’huile de palme ne seront pas certifiées RSPO
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Conflit Bunong : Socfin-KCD répond aux accusations Cambodgemag | 05 mar 2019
Dans un communiqué diffusé aux medias locaux en février 2019, Socfin-KCD donne sa version de l’affaire
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SIA 2019 : Les avantages de l’Office du Niger expliqués aux investisseurs Malijet | 04 mar 2019
Un représentantant de l'Office du Niger était présent au Salon International de l’Agriculture de Paris pour attirer des investisseurs étrangers au Mali
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Colombia: El invisible acaparamiento de tierras Blogs El Tiempo | 05 mar 2019
La creciente deforestación en el Guaviare está asociada al acaparamiento de tierras. Esto ya ha sido denunciado en varios medios y localmente es tratado como verdad sabida.
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