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11 Mar 2021
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The Indigenous Kinggo’s struggle to defend Papua's customary forest WRM | 09 Mar 2021
Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of palm oil and Papua is the new frontier. Kinggo indigenous group that owns the customary forest in Boven Digul Regency, Papua is fighting to protect their land against subsidiary of Korean palm oil giant, the Korindo Group.
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Resistance against industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa WRM | 09 Mar 2021
Grassroots organisations and community leaders from across the region have been organizing, mobilizing, raising their voices, and networking among each other to stop this destructive and violent occupation of their land.
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‘Gender’ in the palm oil industry and its RSPO label WRM | 09 Mar 2021
If the plantation model in itself is understood as a violent, destructive, structurally racist and patriarchal one, can corporate gender-specific policies do more than cover up this violence and destruction?
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Swallowing up forests Biofuel Watch etc. | 04 Mar 2021
A briefing paper from an international network documents that Indonesia’s new “Food Estate Program” on the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Papua threaten Indigenous sovereignty, forests and biodiversity, will cause hunger and contribute to the climate crisis.
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Walter Global Asset Management, in partnership with Bonnefield Financial’s management team, acquires Canadian farmland asset management leader Walter GAM | 04 Mar 2021
Walter Global Asset Management says farmland is increasingly attractive to institutional and private investors, which puts Bonnefield in a strong position when it comes to growing its portfolio of Canadian farmland
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Pension funds and land grab – an inconvenient truth Dutch Fair Pension Guide | 24 Feb 2021
This study examines whether the ten largest Dutch pension funds have investments in companies involved in land rights violations and if they are taking concrete steps to prevent and mitigate land rights violations.
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Le fonds Walter investit dans les terres agricoles La Presse canadienne | 04 mar 2021
Gestion d’actifs mondiale Walter de Montréal acquiert une participation majoritaire dans un fonds canadien de terres agricoles. L’objectif est d’obtenir un rendement de 8% à 10%.
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Un homme battu à mort par les gardes de Feronia-PHC? Le Vif | 03 mar 2021
Blaise Mokwe est décédé le 21 février après avoir été lourdement battu par des gardes de la plantation qui l'ont accusé d'avoir volé des noix de palme. BIO, la banque de développement belge qui soutient financièrement PHC, regrette son décès.
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¿Quiénes concentran la tierra en Argentina? Canal Abierto | 10 mar 2021
El 40% del territorio argentino, 65 millones de hectáreas, está en manos de 1.200 terratenientes. ¿Quiénes son, cuáles son los orígenes del latifundio y por qué cada vez hay más propietarios extranjeros? Claves de un informe reciente elaborado por el Instituto de Estudios y Formación (IEF-CTA).
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Brasil: investigación judicial por la venta en Facebook de tierras en el Amazonas La Vanguardia | 10 mar 2021
El Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil estudia un caso de venta ilegal de tierras propiedad de pueblos indígenas, tras una investigación de la BBC
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Menelan hutan Indonesia Biofuel Watch etc. | 04 Mar 2021
Program Food Estate baru di Indonesia akan mengakibatkan lebih banyak kelaparan dan mengancam masyarakat lokal, hutan setempat dan iklim global.
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