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24 Mar 2022

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Good time to sell, US investors cash in last Aussie farms Farm Online | 23 Mar 2022

Fresh from making $360 million from the sale of its Corinella farms, US investment company Proterra has put another $400 million of Australian farm and water assets on the market.

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Over 350,000 acres of land were grabbed during Witness Radio – Uganda’s seven months ban Witness Radio | 23 Mar 2022

Government finally lifts suspension of NGO working with land grab affected communities, but over 300,000 people were evicted and couldn’t access specialized and prompt legal assistance during the period of suspension.

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Liberia: Villagers struggle to honor the dead after losing graveyards to investors Daily Observer | 21 Mar 2022

Many rural communities affected by agricultural concessions in Liberia have seen their ancestral gravesites leveled in some of the worst land-grabs in human history.

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RSPO certificate for Socfin in Sierra Leone despite blatant land conflict MALOA et al. | 18 Mar 2022

This certification is next in line of a number of highly controversial certifications of the SOCFIN group in Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast.

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Fate of Indonesian rainforest the size of Belgium hangs in the balance Earthsight | 17 Mar 2022

Did Indonesia just save a forest the size of Belgium? Or open the floodgates for its destruction? One giant, controversial palm plantation development, whose permits were among those cancelled, will be a crucial test.

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Masindi high court finally fixes court dates for Kiryandongo land grab victims Ugandan Land Defenders | 17 Mar 2022

A Ugandan court has finally fixed different hearing dates for cases filed by victim communities in Kiryandongo who were forced off their land by multinational agribusiness companies.

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RDC : GoCongo Holding Belgium acquiert PHL, seconde plus grosse entreprise d’élevage du Grand-Katanga Agence Ecofin | 22 mar 2022

Avec cette acquisition, l’entreprise disposera désormais d’un troupeau de bovins de près de 56 000 têtes sur un territoire total de 73 000 hectares.

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Non à l’accaparement des terres agricoles ! Amis de la Terre | 20 mar 2022

La situation en France devient particulièrement critique pour les vignobles du Jura, où les terres d’AOC (vin ou fromage) sont si convoitées que leur prix explose et qu’elles font l’objet de montages sociétaires et d’agrandissements excessifs

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Un énième scandale frappe la RSPO FIAN Belgium | 18 mar 2022

Le label “durable” RSPO a été octroyé à Socfin en Sierra Leone malgré un conflit foncier flagrant

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La procédure de plainte RSPO de Socfin : la paperasse contre la réalité Milieudefensie | 18 mar 2022

Le 3 mars 2022, Assurance Services International a publié le résultat d'une plainte déposée par Milieudefensie concernant le processus de certification des plantations de Socfin au Cameroun, au Nigeria, en Côte d'Ivoire et en Sierra Leone

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Expulsión de sus tierras y pobreza extrema: la silenciosa tragedia que afecta a la comunidad mbya guaraní en Paraguay NEA HOY | 22 mar 2022

La comunidad mbya guaraní como las demás que son sometidas al violento e ilegal desalojo de sus tierras mencionan un mismo motivo; la venta por parte del Estado a capitales extranjeros para la explotación del suelo.

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Etanol no basta para sanar legado ambiental de la caña en Colombia IPS | 15 mar 2022

La expansión de plantaciones de caña a gran escala en el Valle del Cauca se han traducido en la pérdida de tierras, daños a los recursos hídricos, problemas de salud, desplazamiento y violencia.

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Tren Maya: destructivo, ilegal e ilegítimo La Jornada | 12 mar 2022

El 9 de marzo 2022, en México, un tribunal colegiado otorgó una suspensión definitiva de las obras en los tramos 1, 2 y 3 del mal llamado Tren Maya, un proyecto de acaparamiento multimodal de territorios

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Pas d’accaparement avec notre argent !

Entraide et Fraternité | Bruxelles/en ligne | 25 Mar 2022

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