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10 Dec 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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Palm oil giant Wilmar unfazed as watchdogs cry foul over Papua deforestation Mongabay | 08 Dec 2020

An area of natural forest the size of 1,500 football fields has been cleared since January in an oil palm concession in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua by a company that ultimately supplies major traders and global brands.

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Unequal land, unequal societies Zimbabweland | 07 Dec 2020

Land inequality is even larger than previously thought, and that this has dramatic effects on poor people’s livelihoods, particularly those of women and young people.

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Toxic river: the fight to reclaim water from oil palm plantations in Indonesia ECOTON, GEMAWAN, GRAIN, KRUHA | 04 Dec 2020

The industry boom in the demand for palm oil has come at the high price of rainforest destruction, labour exploitation, and brutal land and water grabbing. The pressure from oil palm plantations has pushed communities in West Borneo on a common struggle to access clean water and continue producing food.

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Destiné aux investisseurs chinois, un ancien flyer d'une Safer passe mal Web-Agri | 09 dec 2020

En France, le rôle de la Safer, organisme sans but lucratif et sous la tutelle du ministère de l’agriculture, dans la promotion du foncier agricole français auprès d’investisseurs étrangers fait débat

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Nouveau rebondissement dans le bras de fer entre les populations de sana et le PDG du groupe GDCM Mali24Info | 08 dec 2020

35 villages sont prêts à en découdre avec l’opérateur économique pour la restitution de leurs champs spoliés

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Référendum en Suisse : les intérêts économiques l’emportent sur les valeurs éthiques Pressenza | 06 dec 2020

Le référendum visait à rendre les entreprises basées en Suisse responsables devant la loi si elles permettaient le travail des enfants, polluaient les rivières ou pratiquaient l’accaparement des terres

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Firma hoy para apoyar a las comunidades resistiendo contra la palma por sus derechos afectados por la empresa Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc del grupo Socfin en Nigeria

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Se debate en el parlamento de Uruguay limitar la extranjerización de la tierra El Diario de Carlos Paz | 03 dic 2020

El proyecto que busca limitar la extranjerización de la tierra, impulsado por senadores del Frente Amplio con apoyo delo bloque de Cabildo Abierto (Manini Ríos), ya tiene tratamiento parlamentario.

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Sungai beracun: Perlawanan untuk merebut kembali air dari perkebunan kelapa sawit di Indonesia ECOTON, GEMAWAN, GRAIN, KRUHA | 07 Dec 2020

Lonjakan permintaan minyak sawit datang dengan konsekuensi yang mahal, mulai dari perusakan hutan hujan, eksploitasi tenaga kerja, dan perampasan tanah serta perampasan air yang brutal. Tekanan dari perkebunan kelapa sawit telah memaksa komunitas di Kalimantan Barat berjuang demi akses air bersih dan memproduksi makanan.

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Desigualdade Fundiária, drama global Outras Palabras | 03 Dec 2020

Estudo revela como as políticas neoliberais criam um campo de “desertos verdes”: sem trabalho, devastador e monótono. Oligarquia rural, agronegócio e fundos especulativos unem-se, controlam terras e são cada vez mais hostis à democracia

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