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09 Sep 2021
Human rights defenders and community members in Pakwach District, Uganda have been shot at and criminalized after protesting land grabbing occurring around the Wadelai Irrigation Project. Sign the open letter to the projects funders, the African Development Bank and the Nordic Development Fund, to demand action. |
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Landgrabs at gunpoint escalate in Uganda as the operations of a defender of affected communities are suspended Ugandan land defenders | 07 Sep 2021
Uganda's Non-Governmental Organization Bureau has suspended 54 organizations for alleged 'non-compliance', including Witness-Radio, which has been defending several communities whose lands have been grabbed by foreign agribusinesses.
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“Find, fix and finish him” The Point | 07 Sep 2021
Nigerian grassroots defender Ajele Sunday wanted dead for helping communities fight for their land against SOCFIN's subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm Plantation in Edo State.
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New Forests, AIMCo to buy Australian farmland from Macquarie IPE | 06 Sep 2021
New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Corporation have agreed to buy Lawson Grains, which owns a 90,500 hectare agricultural land estate across New South Wales and Western Australia.
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Macquarie Agriculture’s Lawson Grains sells to foreigners Weekly TImes | 06 Sep 2021
Australia’s second-biggest farmland investor has sold its Lawson Grains portfolio comprising 105,000 hectares of crop land in NSW and Western Australia to Sydney-based global forestry investment manager New Forests and Canada’s Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
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Group gets nod to invest $14.2m in Ekiti’s agro-allied industry The Guardian | 31 Aug 2021
Exxess Group will invest US$14.2 million in large scale cassava farming and processing on 3,600 hectares of farmland in Ekiti state, Southwest Nigeria.
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“Stevia,” by Helena Zelic Capire | 18 Aug 2021
“Stevia” is a poem written as a tribute to the resistance of the Haitian Women’s Solidarity network against the expropriation of their lands to make sweeteners for Coca-Cola.
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As House focuses on China, farm groups see other land buyers Roll Call | 05 Aug 2021
Farmland grabs by US companies and pension funds are being ignored as appropriators prioritise keeping Chinese interests in check, critics say
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« Bolsonaro est en train de faire adopter un arsenal législatif qui démantèlera les droits des Indiens sur leurs terres » Le Monde | 08 sep 2021
Depuis le 22 août, 6 000 Indiens du Brésil, issus de 170 peuples différents, ont planté leurs tentes sur l’esplanade des ministères à Brasilia pour s’élever contre une menace inédite sur leurs droits et leurs terres.
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Centrafrique : Castel active son comité d’éthique Jeune Afrique | 24 aout 2021
Une ONG américaine affirme que la Sucrerie africaine de Centrafrique, filiale du groupe Castel, aurait conclu un accord avec le groupe armé l'UPC pour sécuriser son usine et ses champs de canne à sucre en République Centrafricaine
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Argentina: Somos Monte denuncia destrucción de bosque y acaparamiento de tierras en Chaco Momarandú | 02 sep 2021
El grupo ambientalista Somos Monte denunció destrucción de bosque nativo y acaparamiento de tierras en el Paraje La Fidelidad, localidad de Misión Nueva Pompeya, departamento General Güemes, provincia de Chaco.
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