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22 Aug 2024
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Koch invests in massive land grab from West African herders Exposed | 21 Aug 2024
An investment arm of the largest private company in the U.S. — Koch, Inc — is investing in an agricultural business venture that will generate carbon credits while pulling local natural resources from almost 2.9 million hectares of land in West Africa.
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Schweppes Zimbabwe to invest US$28 million in citrus farming expansion Zimbabwe Mail | 20 Aug 2024
The Zimbabwean government has allocated 4,000 hectares of land to Schweppes, where the company plans to cultivate its own citrus.
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Canadian purchase of Kimberley Meat Co assets gets green light, in $55m deal Beef Central | 19 Aug 2024
Canadian super fund manager Alberta Investment Management Corp has completed contracts for its purchase of the Kimberley Meat Co beef processing facility in Western Australia’s Kimberley region that includes pastoral leases covering 475,000 ha.
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UAE investors eye Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector Sunday Mail | 18 Aug 2024
Buyers from the UAE have expressed interest in investing in the local agriculture sector, taking advantage of favourable climate, vast tracts of fertile land and the availability of numerous water bodies.
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New Zealand: Hawke’s Bay apple industry: Dutch firm buys 60ha orchard; two more orchards hit market NZ Herald | 17 Aug 2024
Hawke’s Bay apple orchards have been changing hands amid a shake-up to the industry, with the latest significant sale featuring a Dutch newcomer buying a 62-hectare Ongaonga block.
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Zimbabwe explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia The Standard | 17 Aug 2024
A delegation from the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) expressed interest in Zimbabwe’s agricultural potential and acknowledged the country’s strategic importance in the region.
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Judgement on Russian’s farm deal postponed The Namibian | 15 Aug 2024
Namibia's Popular Democratic Movement is trying to reverse a decision to grant Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov a 99-year lease of four farms with a combined size of more than 17 000 hectares.
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Over landgrab, GVL defies watchdog with impunity Liberian Observer | 15 Aug 2024
Golden Veroleum Liberia is not being held accountable for defying a ruling issued six years ago by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil against the company for land grabbing.
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DRC communities turn up heat on EU lenders funding palm oil giant PHC Mongabay | 12 Aug 2024
Communities living close to oil palm plantations run by PHC in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo are laying claim to just over 58,000 ha of land, and are demanding access to the company’s land titles to determine the boundaries of its concessions.
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Stafford Capital makes first investment in carbon-offset fund IPE | 12 Aug 2024
UK local government pension schemes-backed Stafford Carbon Offsets Opportunities Fund has invested $60m to acquire degraded pastureland in south-western Brazil and made a $12m investment in three properties totalling 1,914ha in New Zealand.
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Des partenaires financiers de Bolloré accusés de greenwashing pour des atteintes graves aux droits humains dans les plantations de Socfin au Cameroun Mongabay | 20 aout 2024
Une trentaine d’organisations accusent des banques de soutenir le Groupe Bolloré par leurs concours financiers et leur silence, face aux accusations de violations des droits humains dénoncés par le Conseil d’Éthique du Fonds de pension norvégien dans les plantations de sa filiale, la Société financière des Caoutchoucs (Socfin), au Cameroun.
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Cameroun : Édéa, le renouvellement des plantations de la Socapalm contesté par la communauté villageoise d’Apouh Camer.be | 15 aout 2024
Des discussions menées par la Socapalm et les riverains d’Apouh il en ressort de la déclaration finale du sous-préfet d’Édéa 1er d’arrêter la poursuite des travaux du côté querellé.
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Bolloré tente de prendre ses distances avec ses sulfureuses plantations africaines L'Informé | 07 aout 2024
Le groupe de l’industriel breton va vendre 5 % du capital de la Socfin, sa filiale qui exploite des cultures d’hévéas et de palmiers à huile en Afrique et en Asie. Il a d’ores et déjà renoncé à ses droits de vote.
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Ecuador: Barranquilla de San Javier sigue denunciando la contaminación que la palma deja en sus ríos Mongabay | 15 ago 2024
Con desechos de la minería, industria de madera de balsa y de palma aceitera, los ríos e y la gente de la comunidad de Barranquilla siguen contaminadas. La comunidad ubicada en Esmeraldas, hace más de 20 años, disputa sus tierras con la empresa de palma aceitera Energy & Palma, parte del grupo empresarial La Fabril.
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