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02 Nov 2023
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Nigerian company Saroafrica aims to become one of the largest plantation companies in Africa, but communities are resisting its land grabs GRAIN | 31 Oct 2023
Saroafrica is in the process of acquiring SIAT, a company with over 140,000 ha of oil palm and rubber plantations in Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria.
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Environmental groups speak out against arrival of Mennonite farmers to Suriname Mongabay | 30 Oct 2023
The company behind the Mennonite project, Terra Invest Suriname & Guyana, is looking to obtain 30,000 hectares for approximately 1,000 Mennonite families, but could go as high as 90,000 hectares.
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Franco-Luxembourg company Socfin's craze for rubber and oil palm exports linked to rights violations, pollution, and displacement of indigenous people in Nigeria Sahara Reporters | 30 Oct 2023
Investigation uncovers how the Okumu Oil Palm Company PLC's craze for rubber and palm kernel has been linked to displacement of indigenous people, deforestation, and rights violations in Nigeria.
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Nigeria: Cross River targets 15,000 hectares moringa plantation Daily Trust | 29 Oct 2023
A ‘UK Global Company’ which interfaced with the state government last week is to establish moringa tree farms in Ogoja, Yala, Boki, Biase and Etung Local Government Areas of Cross River State.
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The Republic of Congo and SNPC launch ECO ZAMBA, a vast reforestation program Ecofin | 28 Oct 2023
The Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo will plant 40,000 hectares with trees to combat greenhouse gas emissions and pursue an agroforestry plantation on another 10,000 hectares in the Batéké Plateaux
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Indigenous Dayak ‘furious’ as RSPO dismisses land rights violation complaint Mongabay | 27 Oct 2023
The RSPO, the world’s leading sustainable palm oil certifier, has dismissed a complaint filed by an Indigenous community in Indonesia against a plantation company accused of violating their land rights
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Alantra portfolio company Surexport strengthens berry leadership with three strategic acquistions GAI | 26 Oct 2023
Surexport has just announced its completion of three acquisitions: Portuguese raspberry producer Solana; Moroccan blueberry producer AG Group; and Spanish producer of organic berries Flor De Doñana.
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Harvard’s water grab denied in California Stop Harvard Land Grabs | 11 Oct 2023
Stop Harvard Land Grabs continues to demand that Harvard give full transparency about its land investments, return land back to communities, pay reparations, and adopt a policy against future farmland investments.
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Liberia: Affected women plead for gov’t protection against mining companies Liberian Observer | 06 Oct 2023
A statement by women from several counties in Liberia denounces mining and agricultural companies like Golden Veroleum for depriving women of their lands for farming.
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The financialization of farmland, the rights of rural communities, and university endowments and academic retirement
US and Harvard Stop Land Grabs coalitions | Boston/online | 08 Nov 2023
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