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13 Jan 2022
The French Bolloré Group stands accused of corruption and land grabbing through its subsidiary Socfin. Tell the UN to drop its contracts with the Bolloré Group. Sign the petition |
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RDC: Policiers et militaires tirent à balles réelles sur des ouvriers de PHC en grève à la plantation de Boteka RIAO-RDC | 08 Jan 2022
En début de 2022, les violations des droits des ouvriers continue à battre son record sans aucun égard par les agents de la Société FERONIA/PHC œuvrant dans la plantation de Boteka, Province de l'Equateur en RD Congo.
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Cameroon: 145 local residents against the Bolloré group dismissed in France AFP | 07 Jan 2022
Some 145 Cameroonians have been dismissed Friday by the French courts as they sought to force the Bolloré group to provide documents they hoped would show its links with a Cameroonian company that they accuse of violating their rights.
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Finlays scales down operations in Sri Lanka with sale of tea estates to Brown Investments Food Business Africa | 07 Jan 2022
Finlays, a subsidiary of the UK Swire Group, is selling its 30 Sri Lankan tea plantations to Brown Investments, which already controls 12,000 ha of tea farms in the country
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Indonesia revokes more than 2,000 mining and plantation permits Reuters | 06 Jan 2022
More than 2,000 mining, plantation and forest-use permits have been revoked by Indonesian government due to non-compliance or because they had been unused, tightening oversight of the nation's natural resources.
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Lao villagers refuse to cede land for Chinese-owned banana farm RFA | 04 Jan 2022
Villagers in southern Laos’ Saravane province are refusing to hand over community land to a planned Chinese banana farm, saying if they lose their land they will have no way to feed their families.
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Open letter to downstream consumer goods companies on the criminalisation of rights defenders in Ecuador FPP | 21 Dec 2021
Energy & Palma has opened a SLAPP lawsuit against leaders in the Barranquilla de San Javier community after they tried to defend their land from invasion by the palm oil company
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Rural dispossession and resistance in Asia and Africa Routledge | 30 Sep 2021
Indigenous people, peasants and indentured labour/migrant workers, forest dwellers, pastoralists and nomads, and fisherfolk are the canaries in the neo-colonial mine of capitalist accumulation.
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The Fiagro and new opportunities for investment in Brazilian agribusiness Gateway to South America | 20 Aug 2021
Enacted on March 29, 2021, Federal Law 14.130 creates a new type of agribusiness investment fund in Brazil, allowing foreign individuals and entities to get access to farmland
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Understand FIAgro – The new agribusiness-related investment fund accessible to foreign investors FLA | 04 May 2021
A new type of investment fund was created by Brazil's Congress which may be used for acquisition of Brazilian rural land
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L’ONU devrait mettre fin à ses contrats avec le groupe Bolloré, qui est accusé de corruption et, via sa filiale Socfin, de liens avec l’accaparement de terres. Signez la pétition |
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Palmeraies au Cameroun : 145 riverains contre le groupe Bolloré déboutés en France AFP | 07 jan 2022
Quelque 145 Camerounais ont été déboutés vendredi par la justice française alors qu’ils souhaitaient contraindre le groupe Bolloré à fournir des documents censés établir ses liens avec une société camerounaise qu’ils accusent d’attenter à leurs droits.
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Nouvel épisode judiciaire autour du groupe Bolloré au Cameroun RFI | 07 jan 2022
L’enjeu du délibéré, ce vendredi 7 janvier, est de permettre à la justice d’établir la responsabilité de Bolloré sur les activités de cette filiale camerounaise de Socfin, la maison-mère commune.
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Bolloré en Afrique, une série d'affaires judiciaires France4 | 06 jan 2022
La justice française doit statuer dans le cadre d’une affaire opposant 145 Camerounais au groupe Bolloré, accusé de non-respect des droits humains et environnementaux dans des plantations d’huile de palme.
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Argentina. Chaco y Salta: al desamparo del desarrollo La Tinta | 11 ene 2022
Acaparamiento de tierras, contaminación de las aguas, desmontes, sequías y oleadas migratorias son algunas de las problemáticas que prevalecen en la región del Gran Chaco argentino.
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Argentina: Cambio de uso del suelo en las grandes transacciones de tierras de la region del Chaco Salteño Land Matrix | 06 ene 2022
En el marco de su beca doctoral del Programa Land Matrix, Cristian Venencia nos presenta el Informe sobre «Cambio de uso del suelo en las grandes transacciones de tierras de la región del Chaco salteño».
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Brasil: Justiça anula fraude de empresas que levou à grilagem de 563 mil hectares de terra ocupada por povos tradicionais no PA G1 Globo | 10 Jan 2022
Ação do MPF aponta que empresas cometeram apropriação ilegal e que comunidades enfrentavam ameaças de expulsão e tentativa de invasão onde viviam.
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Presiden cabut izin jutaan hektar, saatnya kembali ke rakyat dan pulihkan lingkungan Mongabay | 07 Jan 2022
Awal tahun 2022, Presiden Joko Widodo memulai dengan mencabut lebih dari 2000 izin tambang, kehutanan, izin pinjam pakai kawasan hutan sampai hak guna usaha perkebunan seluas tiga juga hektar.
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Brasil: Região do Matopiba bate recorde histórico de desmatamento no Cerrado EcoDebate | 07 Jan 2022
A análise do IPAM com dados do Prodes mostra ainda que grande parte da área desmatada no Cerrado ocorreu dentro de propriedades rurais privadas: foram 6.498 km² derrubados, ou 76,2% do total suprimido no bioma.
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