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10 Feb 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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Camvert gets incentives for its XAF237 bln Campo agro-industrial complex Business in Cameroon | 09 Feb 2022
Camvert SA, an agricultural production company controlled by Cameroonian business mogul Aboubakar al Fatih, recently signed an investment agreement with the API, Cameroon’s agency in charge of the promotion of private investments.
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LACERA buys into TIAA-CREF’s global farmland funds IPE | 09 Feb 2022
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) is buying into TIAA-CREF’s global farmland funds with a $456m investment.
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Babiš feels the pinch as new Czech farm chief rewrites EU subsidy rules Politico | 08 Feb 2022
An EU audit found that the Czech Republic's former prime minister, the billionaire Andrej Babiš, had improperly kept control of his food and farming conglomerate Agrofert while in office.
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Meet the investors behind the PHC oil palm plantations in DRC Oakland Institute | 08 Feb 2022
As community efforts to reclaim 100,000 ha of their ancestral land are met with violent repression, unlawful arrests, and murder, a new report exposes the financiers profiteering from the plantations in the DR Congo.
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Gates Foundation among investors backing troubled DRC palm plantation Mongabay | 08 Feb 2022
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with a number of prominent US university endowments are among the top investors in a troubled set of oil palm plantations in the DRC, according to a report from the Oakland Institute.
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Court halts land clearance on edge of protected park in Zambia Guardian | 07 Feb 2022
Conservationists welcome interim injunction to stop farm development by Tanzania oil company they say threatens migration of 10 million fruit bats
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89 832 land agreements are incorporated in Ukraine Ukraine Government | 04 Feb 2022
The Ministry of Agrarian policy and Food of Ukraine reports that 89 832 agreements are closed within the framework of market of land, since the land market was opened in July 2021.
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Okomu oil suspends operations after deadly attack by gunmen Premium Times | 03 Feb 2022
The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State, Nigeria has suspended its operations in the aftermath of an incident described by management as a “terrorist attack”.
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US court orders Coca-Cola to turn over evidence in Thai human rights case Business & Human Rights | 24 Jan 2022
US court orders Coca-Cola Company to turn over evidence related to ongoing class action lawsuit against Mitr Phol in Thai courts over allegations of forced eviction
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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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Foncier au Burkina : « L’accaparement des terres est un phénomène d’appauvrissement de la population », déclare Léon Koama LeFaso.net | 08 fev 2022
Dans cette interview, Léon Koama, inspecteur des impôts, aborde les raisons et l’impact de l'accaparement des terres sur la vie des populations.
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Who's governing our foodsystems
FIAN, CISDE, Action Aid, Oxfam, Terra Nuova, European Coordination Via Campesina | Online : https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F4MD74MGRPOanS8bSdPWdg | 09 Feb 2022
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Who's governing our foodsystems
FIAN, CISDE, Action Aid, Oxfam, Terra Nuova, European Coordination Via Campesina | Onlinevia Zoom | 09 Feb 2022
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