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15 Sep 2022
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European Parliament votes in favour of strong deforestation-free products law Earthsight | 14 Sep 2022
The law seeks to impose supply chain due diligence obligations on companies that import and trade forest risk commodities, such as cattle, soy and wood.
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US farmland investment trust seeks to raise £200m in London IPO IP&E | 12 Sep 2022
Intl Farming Investment Management is seeking to raise £200m as it lists a US farmland investment trust on the London Stock Exchange
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New farming project as Morocco pushes development in Western Sahara Arab Weekly | 10 Sep 2022
Morocco is seeking investors for a $213 million agriculture project in Western Sahara that will establish farms on 5,200 ha for growing fruit, vegetables and animal feed.
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A community of over 300 smallholder farmers conned as their land is sold to a local investor without their consent Witness Radio | 09 Sep 2022
As foreign agribusinesses take over Kiryandongo communities’ fertile land, other local investors are also eyeing the remaining land occupied by the poor families in the southwestern district of Uganda to grab their land.
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As a Cameroon palm oil firm gets RSPO certified, it’s also found in breach Mongabay | 09 Sep 2022
Fresh controversy has emerged over the leading certification scheme for sustainable palm oil after a verification mission exposed ongoing issues around certified oil palm plantations in Cameroon.
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Indonesian palm oil billionaire goes on trial Asia Sentinel | 09 Sep 2022
A tycoon once named one of Indonesia’s richest has gone on trial for alleged corruption estimated to have cost the state the equivalent of US$5.25 billion and caused major environmental damage from the destruction of vast amounts of virgin forest for oil palm plantations.
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Alberta MLA and Quebec MNA showing leadership on farmland ownership, says NFU NFU | 09 Sep 2022
Canada's National Farmers Union applauds the efforts by two provincial members of parliament tabled in their respective provincial legislatures this spring and attempt to curb farmland grabbing by powerful financial actors.
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‘The Grab’ review: Exposing a nearly invisible conspiracy to control the world’s food and water Variety | 08 Sep 2022
Film maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite uncovers a massive global scheme to gobble up resources, pairing with the Center for Investigative Reporting to bring these shadowy operations to light.
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Declaration of the Informal Alliance against Industrial Plantations in West and Central Africa Various | 09 Aug 2022
In May 2022, community members, activists, and land and human rights defenders from West and Central Africa gathered in Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire for a meeting of an informal alliance formed to fight against industrial monocultures.
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Elite Agro invests in Indonesia FruitNet | 04 Sep 2020
Indonesia's Minister of State-Owned Enterprises said that the aim was to boost food security in the country and improve the quality of domestically grown products to give them export value, with a view to exporting to countries in Africa and the Middle East.
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Un député albertain et une député québécoise font preuve de leadership en matière de propriété agricole, déclare l’UNF UNF | 08 sep 2022
L’Union nationale des fermiers du Canada applaudit deux projets de loi d’initiative parlementaire qui furent déposés pour tenter de limiter l’accaparement des terres agricoles par de puissants acteurs financiers.
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Déclaration de l’Alliance Informelle contre les Plantations Industrielles en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre Plusieurs | 09 aout 2022
En Mai 2022, des riverains, activistes, et défendeurs des terres et des droits humains venant de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et de l’Afrique Centrale se sont réunis à Aboisso en Côte d’ivoire pour lutter contre les monocultures industrielles.
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Feminismos de la tierra y de las semillas Biodiversidadla.org | 08 sep 2022
El proceso de extranjerización de las tierras partió de la conquista y colonización de America Latina. La lucha por el acceso a la tierra por parte de las mujeres campesinas es, en consecuencia, parte de la lucha anticapitalista, contra la privatización compulsiva producida por la conquista y la colonización, y frente a algunas reformas agrarias
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