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18 Apr 2024
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LDPI working paper series: International conference on global land grabbing - Bogota, Colombia Agrarian Conversations | 17 Apr 2024
This LDPI Working Paper Series includes work in progress presented at the 2024 Global Land Grabbing Conference in Bogotá, addressing urgent challenges related to land, water, and natural resource grabbing.
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Zara, H&M: The European retail giants tied to land grabbing and deforestation in Brazil Euronews | 15 Apr 2024
The world's biggest cotton certification scheme is giving the green light to clothes made from cotton farmed on mega estates ‘plundering’ the Cerrado.
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Resident wants legality of land leases to tea firms to be investigated The Standard | 15 Apr 2024
In a fresh push to have the lands reverted to local communities, Henry Belsoi, a resident of Chesoen in Bomet Central said the leases held by Unilever and other multinational tea companies should have ended after the declaration of independence in 1963.
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India: Over 10,000 hectares identified for tree plantation across 13 states under ‘green credit’ programme Times of India | 12 Apr 2024
Over 500 land parcels spanning 4,885 hectares — the size of nearly 6,000 football fields — across 10 states have been approved for tree plantation ever since the Green Credit Programme kicked off in the country.
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Five things to know about the global land rush and how to stop it Salena Tramel | 11 Apr 2024
A recent gathering in Colombia, organized by the Land Deal Politics Initiative, was an important moment to assess the current state of play and ready strategies to face the current and impending onslaught of land grabs.
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World Bank land tenure approach contributes to displacement and food insecurity Bretton Woods Project | 09 Apr 2024
The transferability of land, along with the liberalisation of agriculture and finance the Bank and IMF have pushed on Global South states, have facilitated investment in agribusiness and driven the financialisation of national agricultural sectors.
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Hundreds of organizations from around the world call for an end to Industria Chiquibul's violence in Guatemala WRM | 08 Apr 2024
In a letter to Guatemalan national authorities, 115 organizations from 39 countries demanded a halt to the abuses and violence that palm oil company Industria Chiquibul has been committing in indigenous and peasant communities.
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Three questions with.... Steve Dyer, Founder, Semper Financial Management GAI | 05 Apr 2024
Steve Dyer is executive director of Semper Fund Management, a $100M company that was founded in 2019 with partner Ciro Echesortu, former CEO of Louis Dreyfus Company, to seize the unique opportunity in US farmland investment.
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Comment lutter contre l’accaparement des terres arables en RDC ? Radio Okapi | 17 avr 2024
Entretien avec l’ingénieur Ignace Bwaya Biza , consultant à la Confédération paysannes du Congo (COPACO/PRP).
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Déforestation illégale, accaparement des terres… Les géants de la fast fashion H&M et Zara épinglés par une ONG La Tribune | 11 avr 2024
H&M et Zara sont mis en cause par l'ONG britannique Earthsight pour être liés à des activités de déforestation illégale ou de violence dans des plantations de coton détenues par leurs sous-traitants.
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Lettre ouverte des riveraines au DG de la SOCAPALM AFRISE | 05 avr 2024
Lettre ouverte de l'Association des Femmes Riveraines de la SOCAPALM d'Edea (AFRISE), au Cameroun, contre le replanting des palmiers à huile
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La lucha de una comunidad agrícola por tierra y legado en Sri Lanka Global Voices | 16 abr 2024
El problema comenzó cuando la agroempresa británica Booker Tate puso en marcha el proyecto de desarrollo azucarero de Bibile con el objetivo de establecer una fábrica de caña de azúcar y grandes plantaciones.
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Zara y H&M vinculadas a la deforestación ilegal, el acaparamiento de tierras y la violencia Rebelión | 16 abr 2024
Los jeans, las sudaderas con capucha, los pantalones cortos y los calcetines de H&M y Zara vendidos en España están vinculados a la deforestación ilegal a gran escala, el acaparamiento de tierras, la violencia y la corrupción.
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El enfoque de tenencia de la tierra del Banco Mundial contribuye al desplazamiento y a la inseguridad alimentaria Bretton Woods Project | 09 abr 2024
El impulso del Banco para la seguridad de la tenencia de la tierra ayuda a facilitar el acaparamiento de tierras, en medio del desplazamiento de millones de personas y la financierización de los sectores agrícolas en los países del Sur Global
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