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14 Sep 2023
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Land acquisition by Harvard University, pension fund TIAA and soy production by agribusiness giant Bunge drive deforestation and land grabs in the Brazilian Cerrado FOE | 13 Sep 2023
A new report explains how Harvard University, pension fund TIAA and multinational agribusiness corporation Bunge are enabling illegal land grabs and increasing deforestation for soy production
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Court ruling spares Papua forest from further clearing for palm oil Mongabay | 11 Sep 2023
An Indonesian court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua.
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Zambia plans carbon offset venture to cover 5% of its landmass Bloomberg | 11 Sep 2023
The pact with China's Guangxi Fenglin Wood Industry Group and a company the Zambian government said was called Development Company Ltd. of China, will include 100,000 hectares of plantations of slash pine.
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Socfin: Bolloré and Fabri want to be the only masters on board woxx | 07 Sep 2023
Belgian businessman Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré's group want to take total control of Socfin by acquiring all the shares in the Luxembourg multinational, which is regularly accused of human rights violations.
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OECD watchdog admits case filed by Indigenous organizations against Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. Forest Peoples Programme | 04 Sep 2023
In its first case to address a major palm oil commodity trader, the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises offered its good offices in the complaint filed by Peruvian Indigenous Leaders against Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.
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Nigeria: Cross River State government makes peace between Ayip Eku Oil Palm and landlords of host communities Epistle News | 01 Sep 2023
The Communities who were contending over the equity distribution of ground rent by the owner of the estate, Wing Song M-House, finally reached a mutual understanding after a series of previous engagements with the ministry.
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Japan’s PFJC corporate pension invests in Australian farmland Asian Investor | 14 Aug 2023
Through Macquarie Asset Management, PFJC will invest in farmland with various crops, such as wheat, beans, cotton and avocados on farmlands spread across eastern and western Australia.
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Macquarie’s agriculture company extends its land clearing with precision farming Fifth Estate | 06 Aug 2019
Macquarie Bank has come under fire for land clearing operations undertaken by Viridis Ag, a farming enterprise owned by the banking group’s agricultural investment management business, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Asset.
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Accaparement des terres : en Bretagne, des empires agricoles s’étendent à l’abri des regards Mediapart | 12 sep 2023
L’agriculture familiale disparaît au profit d’une agriculture de firme, en France, entraînant une désertification des campagnes. Le gouvernement, lui, est dans le déni. Reportage de Splann! publié par Mediapart
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Socfin : Bolloré et Fabri veulent être seuls maîtres à bord woxx | 07 sep 2023
L’homme d’affaires belge Hubert Fabri et le groupe de Vincent Bolloré veulent s’arroger le contrôle total de Socfin en acquérant toutes les parts de la multinationale luxembourgeoise, régulièrement accusée de violation des droits humains
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Fiera compra los antiguos olivares de la familia Del Pino por más de 300 millones Expansión | 06 sep 2023
Fiera Capital, fondo de inversión canadiense, está muy cerca de cerrar la compra de la empresa española Innoliva con sus 8.000 hectáreas en España y Portugal, principalmente en las regiones de Extremadura y el Alentejo.
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Vigilante de la OCDE Admitió a Trámite la Denuncia Presentada por las Organizaciones Indígenas Contra Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. Forest Peoples Programme | 04 sep 2023
En su primer caso abordando a un gran comercializador de aceite de palma, el Punto Nacional de Contacto de las Directrices para Empresas Multinacionales de la OCDE ha ofrecido sus buenos oficios en el caso presentado por Lideres y Lideresas Indígenas peruanos contra Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.
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