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14 Nov 2019
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Ukraine, the land of quid pro quos Common Dreams | 13 Nov 2019
If we are to take the matter of quid pro quos seriously, we should take the measure of over US$20 billion of aid forcing Ukraine to privatize its land and its economy for the profit of a few Western interests.
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Ukrainian lawmakers vote to lift ban on sale of farmland by 2020 Reuters | 13 Nov 2019
Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to remove a ban on the sale of farmland for the first time in nearly two decades, a move supported by the country’s foreign backers that risks a political backlash.
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Sierra Leone environmentalist fights contempt charges in High Court Politico SL | 13 Nov 2019
The High Court of Sierra Leone on Thursday adjourned a contempt of court hearing against the rights campaign group, Green Scenery, after the plaintiff, the multinational agribusiness firm SOCFIN failed to turn up in court.
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Nuveen adds Moree farms to $3.5b global agriculture fund AFR | 11 Nov 2019
The acquisition of the Turnbull properties takes spending by TIAA's Nuveen subsidiary on Australia's northern NSW cropping country to almost $50 million in the last 12 months.
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In address to nation, Zelensky calls for referendum on land purchase by foreigners UNIAN | 11 Nov 2019
The President of Ukraine, in a video address to the nation, said that the issue of farmland sales to foreigners and companies founded by foreigners will be submitted to an all-Ukrainian referendum.
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World Bank, EBRD endorse Ukrainian land reform as president announces referendum Emerging Europe | 11 Nov 2019
The World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have reaffirmed their support for the Ukrainian government’s plans to lift a more than decade-long moratorium on the purchases of Ukrainian farmland
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EBRD opposes rush of Ukraine's government with land reform 112UA | 10 Nov 2019
Matteo Patrone, EBRD Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, warns against mistakes in reform and believes that a pause should be taken
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Palm oil businessman hired hit men to kill journalists: North Sumatra police Jakarta Post | 09 Nov 2019
Indonesia North Sumatra police have arrested an oil palm plantation owner believed to be the mastermind behind the murder of two journalists-cum-activists, Maraden Sianipar and Maratua P. Siregar. The police said it was believed the murders were triggered by a land dispute between the company and local farmers.
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The RSPO dodges responsibility for its members’ role in Indonesia’s fires crisis Greenpeace | 09 Nov 2019
RSPO member companies and their associates account for three-quarters of the fire hotspots detected in the plantation concessions of the top 30 groups in the first nine months of 2019.
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The Chain: Cerrado fires show TIAA and Harvard’s Endowment face mounting deforestation risks CRR | 07 Nov 2019
With fires on their Cerrado properties, Harvard’s and TIAA’s deforestation exposure appears to be growing.
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Enough is too much: The growing case for investors to drop Golden Agri-Resources (commentary) Mongabay | 31 Oct 2019
One year after palm oil company Golden-Agri Resources (GAR) and its subsidiary Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) were called out for illegal deforestation, land grabbing, and the destruction of critical wildlife habitats, and many ongoing abuses later things on the ground don’t look much better.
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Farmland investors seek yields (almost) as high as an elephant’s eye INvestable Universe | 31 Oct 2019
With very low interest rates having taken root across asset classes and investors abiding in their hunt for higher yields, the world’s largest manager of global farmland, Nuveen, says the season may be ripe for a strategic allocation to the $2.3 trillion market for U.S. farm real estate.
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Massacres in Lower Omo, Ethiopia, call for Urgent Action by the Nobel laureate PM Abiy Ahmed Oakland Institute | 30 Oct 2019
Ethiopian security forces have undertaken major operations to disarm two local tribes in Lower Omo Valley—the Mursi and the Bodi—because of incidents related to the sugarcane plantations.
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Bullish on cows: Fiera CEO bets on farmland for future growth Montreal Gazette | 29 Oct 2019
One of Quebec’s largest private investors thinks he has found the perfect investment vehicles to make up for sagging bond returns: milk, almonds and maple syrup.
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Uganda’s eco-feminists are taking on mining and plantation industries Mongabay | 23 Oct 2019
Uganda’s government is supporting the rapid growth of extractive industries, but ranged against this is the swift growth of an eco-feminist movement that regards protection of the environment as essential to the protection of human rights.
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L’huile de palme encouragée par le gouvernement indonésien malgré les violences RFI | 12 nov 2019
En Indonésie, la police vient de désigner le dirigeant d'une compagnie d'huile de palme comme le commanditaire du meurtre de deux défenseurs des petits planteurs, dans une concession de l'île de Sumatra.
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Les paysans cambodgiens accusant Bolloré de spoliation invités à produire des preuves Le Monde | 11 nov 2019
Le tribunal français « invite » chaque paysan à communiquer avant le 20 janvier 2020 « tout document officiel établissant l’existence, la nature, la localisation, la surface exacte et le référencement de la ou des terres dont il est demandé la restitution », « tout document notarié, individualisé et officiel établissant la propriété de chacun sur la ou les terres revendiquées » et « tout document justifiant de l’état civil de chacun ».
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Ukraine: Vers un référendum sur l'ouverture du marché des terres agricoles aux étrangers Reuters | 11 Nov 2019
Le président ukrainien Volodimir Zelenski a déclaré lundi que le projet gouvernemental de vente des terres agricoles du pays à des investisseurs étrangers, auquel s'oppose la majorité de la population, serait tranché par référendum.
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Sangue indigeno a cena? Buycott https://www.egalite.org/sangue-indigeno-a-cena-buycott/ | 24 Oct 2019
Testimonianze dirette nell'ambito dell'arrivo della delegazione delle comunità indigene a Roma. Tematiche: deforestazioni e loro conseguenze su popolazioni della foresta amazzonica
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