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03 Oct 2019
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Vermont allocates $125 million to two agriculture funds PI Online | 02 Oct 2019
The Vermont Pension Investment Committee has invested $100 million in the Nuveen Global Farmland Fund, which aims to make farmland acquisitions averaging $20m across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland, Romania and Chile.
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Cambodians in Paris to hold Bolloré to account Mediapart | 01 Oct 2019
Eighty indigenous farmers are suing the Bolloré group and its subsidiaries for having grabbed their ancestral lands
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Bunong group attends French court hearing over land dispute Phnom Penh Post | 01 Oct 2019
Nine representatives of the Bunong indigenous communities in Cambodia who claimed to be victim to plantation project by French company Socfin-KCD appeared for questioning at the Tribunal of Nanterre in France.
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Fractured year sees assets increase 7.2% PI Online | 01 Oct 2019
Worldwide farmland under management reversed upward trends in recent years, with assets falling 15.7% to $16.2 billion, according to Pensions & Investments' annual survey.
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Turkish investors sign $275 million Sierra Leone rice farming deal SL Telegraph | 30 Sep 2019
The government of Sierra Leone has signed a $275M investment deal with the Turkish SALA Group, for the resumption of large-scale rice farm project, covering 54,000 ha in Torma Bum.
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UK development bank launches inquiry after murder of Congolese activist Guardian | 27 Sep 2019
Independent investigators to explore alleged involvement of security guard for palm oil company supported by CDC
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Violent arrests and torture expose the myth of ‘development’ Greenpeace | 26 Sep 2019
Greenpeace Africa is appalled — but not surprised — by reports of violent nocturnal arrests and torture of Congolese villagers in Tshopo province who are involved in a conflict over their land with the Canadian palm oil company Feronia Inc.
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Palm oil, pineapples threaten Southeast Asia's indigenous lands Reuters | 24 Sep 2019
Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and commercial fruit orchards in the Philippines have uprooted indigenous people and rural communities from their land, despite laws put in place to protect them, human rights groups said.
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Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction Global Witness | 23 Sep 2019
New investigation by Global Witness uncovers more than 300 banks and investors back six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses to the tune of $44bn.
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Efforts grow to restrict foreign owners of US farmland AP | 09 Sep 2019
As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of US farmland have gained traction.
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Des paysans cambodgiens réclament réparation à Vincent Bolloré Libération | 02 oct 2019
Depuis 2015, des agriculteurs demandent la restitution de terres ancestrales, cédées à une filiale du milliardaire. Mardi, une délégation s’était déplacée au tribunal de Nanterre pour une audience.
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Des Cambodgiens poursuivent le groupe Bolloré pour avoir détruit leur forêt sacrée Le Monde | 01 oct 2019
Quatre-vingts paysans Bunongs estiment avoir été spoliés de leur forêt ancestrale, remplacée par des plantations d’hévéas. Une audience a eu lieu mardi à Nanterre.
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Les communautés à Lokutu donnent 48 heures à Feronia pour mettre fin à ses provocations RIAO-RDC | 01 oct 2019
Le RIAO-RDC appel au respect de l'évolution de la médiation et sollicite l'implication des tous pour contraindre la PHC/Feronia à mettre fin à ses actions provocatrices et violences contre les propriétaires terriers qui revendiquent leurs droits
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Le combat de paysans cambodgiens contre Bolloré Le Parisien | 01 oct 2019
Ils ont saisi la justice française pour réclamer la restitution de leurs terres, accaparées depuis douze ans par des plantations d’hévéa.
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Des Cambodgiens à Paris pour demander des comptes à Bolloré Mediapart | 01 oct 2019
Quatre-vingts cultivateurs poursuivent le groupe Bolloré et ses filiales, les accusant d’avoir accaparé leurs terres ancestrales.
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Sénégal : Des acteurs engagent une réflexion pour mettre en place l'observatoire du foncier dans la vallée. Dakar Actu | 27 sep 2019
Selon le Prof Ibrahima Arouna Diallo, le coordinateur du réseau NELGA, la vallée du fleuve Sénégal "est un grenier de plus en plus menacé avec les investissements privés, les accaparements et la saturation des terres".
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