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02 Dec 2021
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Oil palm in Cameroon: 145 local community members against the Bolloré group in court La Provence | 30 Nov 2021

Some 145 Cameroonians have asked the French courts to force the Bolloré group to provide documents to establish its links with the Cameroonian Company of Oil Palm Plantations (Socapalm) that they accuse of violating their rights.

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Farmer investment group fights to save family farms as big corporations buy Tasmanian land ABC | 27 Nov 2021

Increased foreign ownership and corporatisation of agriculture makes farm ownership challenging for young families in Australia

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Fighting agrocolonialism in the Congo Cartoon movement | 26 Nov 2021

This comic is based on field research conducted around the Feronia palm oil plantation in Tshopo province in north-east DR Congo as part of a British-Academy funded project on “environmental defenders and atmospheres of violence” hosted by the University of Sussex.

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Agricultural productivity as performance: A tale of two Mozambican corridors The Elephant | 26 Nov 2021

In order to attract capital, selected regions for development projects must dramatize their potential as places for investment, carefully selecting project locations and participants who will make compromises so as to conceal failure, virtually guaranteeing that the programme will be declared a success when the time comes for evaluation.

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2021 Front Line Defenders award for human rights defenders at risk Front Line Defenders | 24 Nov 2021

The 2021 Front Line Defenders Award Laureates include Aminata Fabba, Chair of the Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA), a farmer and a grassroots land rights defender resisting SOCFIN and other companies in Sierra Leone.

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Huile de palme au Cameroun : 145 riverains contre Bolloré devant la justice Le Quotidien | 30 nov 2021

La Socapalm « inflige des préjudices au quotidien » à ces villageois, a dénoncé leur avocat, Me Fiodor Rilov.

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Huile de palme au Cameroun : 145 riverains contre le groupe Bolloré devant la justice La Provence | 30 nov 2021

Quelque 145 Camerounais ont demandé mardi à la justice française de contraindre le groupe Bolloré à fournir des documents pour établir ses liens avec la Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm) qu'ils accusent d'attenter à leurs droits.

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Québec solidaire veut mettre fin à la spéculation foncière des terres agricoles Journal Horizon | 29 nov 2021

Afin de protéger le garde-manger des Québécois et des Québécoises, la porte-parole de Québec solidaire en matière d’agriculture demande d’interdire l’acquisition des terres agricoles par des sociétés et fonds d’investissement privés.

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Madagascar : fortes inquiétudes autour de la nouvelle loi foncière Foncier et développement | 29 nov 2021

D’après le Comité technique français «Foncier et Développement», la nouvelle loi pourrait avoir des conséquences bien plus graves en pertes de terres par les familles malgaches que l’impact qu’aurait pu avoir le projet Daewoo en 2009.

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Qui sont les 300 plus riches de Suisse? Bilan | 25 nov 2021

Le Belge Hubert Fabri, qui contrôle la Société financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin) et réside à Fribourg, figure au rang 204.

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Prix Front Line Defenders 2021 pour les Défenseur-ses des Droits Humains en Danger Front Line Defenders | 24 nov 2021

Le lauréat pour l'Afrique est Aminata Fabba, présidente de la Malen Affected Land Owners Association, paysanne et défenseuse du droit à la terre dans le district provincial de Pujehun. MALOA est un mouvement communautaire qui résiste à la SOCFIN et à d’autres entreprises de biocarburant en Sierra Leone.

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Smurfit Kappa Colombia: vete del Cauca SumOfUs | 29 nov 2021

Smurfit Kappa, el mayor acaparador de tierras del departamento del Cauca, se está lucrando a base de la destrucción de las tierras ancestrales del pueblo indígena Misak.

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Fundos de aposentadoria nos EUA especulam com a destruição da Amazônia The Intercept | 29 Nov 2021

A mercantilização da agricultura e as falsas ‘obrigações climáticas’ favorecem investimentos estrangeiros em negócios que desmatam.

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Brasil: A boiada está passando: desmatar para grilar Agro e Fogo | 25 Nov 2021

Ao contrário do uso tradicional, o uso do fogo na cadeia da grilagem-agronegócio ocorre em grandes extensões de terra e está, direta ou indiretamente, associado ao desmatamento que acompanha a expansão da fronteira agrícola.

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