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18 Jul 2019
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Tanzania farmers violently displaced by a REDD+ project have launched a crowdfunding campaign for legal support.
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28 percent of Indonesia’s palm oil landbank is stranded CRR | 16 Jul 2019
Report discusses figures and trends in the palm oil industry since 2017 and argues that oil palm development on forest and peatland will remain economically unviable for the foreseeable future.
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To AIIB: Stop bankrolling landgrabs PCFS | 16 Jul 2019
The Peoples Coalition on Food Sovereignty demands the members of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank stop funding projects, especially China’s Belt and Road Initiative, that result in landgrabbing.
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China: ramping up investment in African agriculture Spore | 16 Jul 2019
Chinese firms investing overseas receive strong financial support from the Chinese government, which sees Africa and agriculture as important to China’s ‘Go Global’ drive
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Chinese-owned Rifa Salutary farms in Victoria and NSW for sale The Land | 15 Jul 2019
Rifa Salutary first invested in Australian agriculture in 2014 and now has 14 properties in western Victoria and northern NSW, with a land area totaling around 44000 hectares.
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Tanzania sets aside 2,000 hectares for investments in cashew nuts industries Xinhua | 15 Jul 2019
Tanzanian authorities said on Friday they have set aside 2,000 hectares of land for investors wishing to invest in cashew nuts plantations and processing industries to add value to the crop.
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Bulgaria's Advance Terrafund REIT buys 69.5 ha of farmland in June SeeNews | 15 Jul 2019
At the end of June, Advance Terrafund owned 23,017 ha of farmland and 13.3 ha of urban land.
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RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia GRAIN | 15 Jul 2019
RCEP will not just change rules on the export and import of goods and services; it will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it.
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Cambodian villagers to appeal Thai court's rejection of suit against sugar giant Reuters | 05 Jul 2019
Cambodian villagers will appeal a Thai court decision rejecting their class action lawsuit against Thailand's biggest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The class action lawsuit, filed in April last year on behalf of more than 3,000 Cambodian plaintiffs, accused the Thai sugar giant violently displacing them to make way for plantations.
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Projet Malibya : Paysans et députés veulent conquérir les aménagements libyens Bamada.net | 15 juil 2019
Abandonnés depuis la mort de Kaddafi, des paysans et des députés veulent que les aménagements du projet Malibya (100 000 ha) soient mis à la disposition des nationaux.
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