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05 Nov 2020

Stop Nigeria's lawless palm oil juggernaut! Sign the petition to support communities in their fight to protect their lands and forests from SOCFIN's subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc

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Nigeria: Edo communities accuse Okomu Oil of land grabbing Vanguard | 03 Nov 2020

Some communities where Okomu Palm Oil Plc allegedly acquired farmland to expand its operations have cried out over an alleged forceful occupation of their land.

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Farmers buy back Riverina holding from US fund AFR | 01 Nov 2020

American pension fund giant TIAA sold its Southern Riverina farming aggregation between Wagga Wagga and Albury in southern NSW to local Australian farmers after more than a decade of ownership.

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Insecure land tenure in Port Loko: Affects on women farmers' livelihood from large scale agricultural investments Radio Bankasoka | 31 Oct 2020

The Sierra Leone Agriculture signed a 50-year lease for 41,582 hectares of land for the development of palm oil, displacing over 30,000 residents and farmers, mostly women, in the Northwest district of Sierra Leone

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Two Karuturi directors file suit against receivers over property The Standard | 31 Oct 2020

Two directors of the bankrupt Karuturi flower farm have moved to court accusing the company’s creditors and receivers of destroying a property they had been using as a wildlife and bird-watching lodge for "high value" visitors

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In Nicaragua, supplying beef to the U.S. comes at a high human cost PBS | 20 Oct 2020

Nicaragua has ramped up export production to the US amid the pandemic. But this has come at a high cost for Indigenous communities, who are being run off their land to make way for cattle ranches.

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La Zambie lance un projet d'autonomisation des terres Xinhua | 28 oct 2020

La Zambie a lancé un projet de délivrance de titres fonciers visant à fournir 4 millions de titres fonciers aux citoyens sur une période de sept ans.

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Perú: Colonias menonitas deforestan más de 3 mil hectáreas en la Amazonía Servindi | 04 nov 2020

Solo en lo que va del 2020 se han deforestado 780 hectáreas, lo que representa el 25% del total de hectáreas deforestadas en los últimos cuatro años.

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