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22 Dec 2022
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Land conflicts targeting indigenous communities intensify in Northern Guatemala NACLA | 19 Dec 2022
Waves of evictions and the criminalization of Q’eqchi’ Maya communities propel rural poverty and forced migration.
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Mauritania and African Agriculture enter an agreement for commercial farming on expanse of Senegal-Mauritania River valley with potential of over 500,000 hectares of arable land PR Newswire | 19 Dec 2022
African Agriculture has agreed to a public-private partnership with the Government of Mauritania and the communities of Boghé on the Senegal River Valley for a phased commercial farming buildout up to $500mm of investment.
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Government, Salala Rubber Plantation Company suffer major setback in court case FrontPageAfrica | 14 Dec 2022
The Court room was parked with people from the communities who tuned out in large number to witness the hearing. After the hearing, the Petitioner were rejoicing and chanting slogans “We want our rights, we want our land”.
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US: Bipartisan group of lawmakers push to restrict foreign ownership of Missouri farmland Missouri Independent | 12 Dec 2022
Citing concerns about the environment, food security, and the fate of family farmers, Missouri legislators have filed several bills that would restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land.
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Land grabbers cause deforestation in traditional territories in southern Piauí where TIAA and Harvard operate in farmland markets Rede Social | 12 Dec 2022
Deforestation by land grabbers in southern Piauí intensified in the second half of 2022. Community leaders suspect that the action of land grabbers is aimed at displacing them from their territories.
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$15b agriculture giant snaps up $71m Bundaberg macadamia orchard AFR | 11 Dec 2022
Global agricultural investor Nuveen Natural Capital has joined a growing pool of institutional fund managers targeting Australia’s burgeoning macadamia sector, after buying one of the country’s largest orchards
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Land grabbing by rich farmers threatens smallholders Daily Trust | 10 Dec 2022
Nigeria's Kaduna State Government has given companies like Olam access to large hectares of farmlands, a development some peasant farmers say has succeeded in relegating them to the background.
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BNP Paribas Asset Management heads for the woods with Danish deal Reuters | 08 Dec 2022
BNP Paribas Asset Management has bought a majority stake in a Danish firm specialising in woodland and agricultural investments.
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Mennonites deforest Peruvian Amazon, encroach on Indigenous lands Mongabay | 08 Dec 2022
Between 2017 and 2021, Mennonite colonies deforested about 4,000 hectares (10,000 acres) of Peruvian forests and encroached into the Native land of the Indigenous communities of Buenos Aires and Caimito.
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Natural resources, land grabbing and resistance in Africa. With PLAAS CORA | 21 Sep 2022
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Zambia Court of Appeal affirms displaced community’s customary land rights SALC | 22 Apr 2022
On 21 April 2022, the Court of Appeal of Zambia handed down judgment in the case of Molosoni Chipabwamba and 12 Other displaced village owners v Yssel Enterprises Ltd and 7 Others. It cancelled the Certificate of Title issued to Bills Farm Limited (4th Respondent) following an unlawful conversion of customary land to State land, and ordered that the land already converted to State land reverts to customary tenure.
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Mauritanie : un accord de 30 millions $ pour stimuler la production agricole dans la vallée de Boghé Agence Ecofin | 20 dec 2022
En Mauritanie, l’exécutif a conclu le vendredi 16 décembre un accord d’investissement de 30 millions $ avec l’entreprise agroalimentaire américaine African Agriculture Inc., filiale de Global Commodities Ltd de Frank Timis, au profit du groupement des agriculteurs de la commune de Boghé.
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Cameroun: les plaignants dans l'affaire Socapalm se réjouissent de leur nouvelle victoire judiciaire RFI | 15 dec 2022
Les plaignants camerounais contre le groupe Bolloré dans l'affaire Socapalm s'exprimaient lors d'une conférence de presse à Kribi mercredi 14 décembre, deux semaines après leur succès judiciaire en France. La cour d'appel de Versailles a contraint l'entreprise à fournir les documents censés établir sa responsabilité dans les agissements de sa filiale camerounaise.
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Une ferme géante naît au mépris des petits paysans Reporterre | 09 dec 2022
La concentration des terres agricoles avance en France avec la vente d'une ferme de plus de 2000 hectares à trois chefs d'exploitation au lieu d'être découpée et mieux distribuée. "C’est de l’accaparement," dénonce la Confédération paysanne
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BNP Paribas AM annonce l'acquisition d'une participation majoritaire dans la société International Woodland Company Boursier.com | 08 dec 2022
BNP Paribas Asset Management annonce l'acquisition d'une participation majoritaire dans la société International Woodland Company, basée au Danemark, qui gère et conseille 5,5 milliards d'euros d'investissements dans les exploitations forestières et agricoles.
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El Sáhara Occidental no está en venta El Salto | 27 nov 2022
Para desarrollar el sector agrícola, Marruecos ha colocado invernaderos en gran parte del territorio, y tiene la intención de ampliar los terrenos de plantación en 5.000 hectáreas más
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Grileiros causam desmatamentos em territórios tradicionais no Sul do Piauí Rede Social | 12 Dec 2022
Desmatamentos por grileiros em territórios de comunidades tradicionais e povos indígenas no sul do Piauí se intensificaram no segundo semestre de 2022. As lideranças comunitárias suspeitam que ação de grileiros tem como objetivo expulsá-los de seus territórios.
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Nota de denúncia das violências sofridas pelas Comunidades Tradicionais de Fundo e Fecho de Pasto, no Oeste da Bahia Agro é fogo | 09 Dec 2022
As Associações de Fundos e Fechos de Pasto em conjunto com mais de 200 organizações, movimentos sociais do campo e da cidade, pastorais e defensores dos direitos humanos e sociais manifestam indignação e vem a público denunciar a ação violenta de empresas e fazendeiros, que estão com homens armados aterrorizando as comunidades de Fundos e Fechos de Pasto de Capão do Modesto, Porcos, Guará e Pombas, Cupim, Vereda da Felicidade e Bois- Arriba e Abaixo que abrange aproximadamente 25 comunidades dos municípios de Correntina e Santa Maria da Vitória, no Estado da Bahia.
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On Just Grounds: Land, Food, and Rights Amid Crisis and Conflicts
PCFS, PANAP | Online | 15 Dec 2022
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Occupation of territories by foreign companies: impacts on local populations
CONTAG | Online | 31 Jan 2023
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Ocupação de territórios por empresas estrangeiras: impactos sobre as populações locais
CONTAG | online | 31 Jan 2023
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