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05 Mar 2020
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Tory donor invested in firm linked to Amazon deforestation Guardian | 04 Mar 2020
Odey Asset Management is understood to have sizeable stake in Brazilian agribusiness firm SLC Agricola which is linked to deforestation in the Amazon.
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South Korean trading giant to compensate for past deforestation in Papua Eco-Business | 04 Mar 2020
Posco International’s new zero deforestation policy comes after years of pressure from NGOs and the divestment of its shares by Dutch and Norwegian pension funds.
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Olam pledges to boost agric value chain This Day | 03 Mar 2020
Olam has embarked on a pilot tomato farming project through its subsidiary, Caraway Africa Nigeria, acquiring 20 ha of land to set up farms in Karfi, Kano State, as well as Jigawa State.
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Indonesia’s point man for palm oil says no more plantations in Papua Mongabay | 02 Mar 2020
The Indonesian minister in charge of investments, Luhut Pandjaitan, has declared there will be no new permits for oil palm plantations in the country’s Papua region. Activists are skeptical about the minister’s U-turn, given that Luhut has been the government’s most vocal defender of palm oil industry.
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Nigeria : le singapourien Olam poursuit son aventure dans la tomate Agence Ecofin | 04 mar 2020
À côté de ses propres plantations de 20 ha, la compagnie a acquis 500 hectares dans le cadre d’un programme ciblant 1 000 producteurs indépendants.
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Des Camerounais, pions des envahisseurs fonciers étrangers EcoMatin | 29 fev 2020
Les populations victimes des accaparements des terres sont unanimes; il faut immédiatement interdire tous les futurs projets de grandes plantations de palmiers à huile.
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Colombia: La chispa que prende los incendios de La Macarena La Silla Vacía | 01 mar 2020
Lo que hay es un fenómeno sin control de acaparamiento de tierras por parte de grandes terratenientes y ganaderos, algunos de ellos con presuntas conexiones con el bajo mundo, que incentivan la deforestación a gran escala.
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El acaparamiento de tierras por el agronegocio también se cobra vidas en América Latina GRAIN | 28 feb 2020
El grupo empresario Cresud controla 370 mil hectáreas en la provincia de Salta, en los territorios ancestrales del pueblo wichi, allí donde en estos primeros meses del 2020 han muerto nueve niños por desnutrición y falta de agua. No podemos permitir que el agronegocio se siga cobrando vidas.
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Events
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Annual World Bank land conference
World Bank | Washington DC | 16 Mar 2020
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