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24 Oct 2024
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Sign the petition to stop the deployment of police/military and criminalisation of peasants struggling for their land against oil palm plantation company in Buol Regency, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Tanzania: 25,000 hectares in Kibaha to be planted bamboo trees The Guardian | 22 Oct 2024
The company intends to cultivate bamboo in phases, beginning with 8,500 hectares, and is applying for carbon credits with Gold Standard.
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UAE’s Al Dahra plans to expand its business in Egypt Arabian Business | 22 Oct 2024
UAE-based agribusiness venture Al Dahra plans to expand its business in Egypt amid the African country’s bid to promote investments in different agricultural sectors.
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RSPO finds Samsung palm oil subsidiary violated Indigenous rights in Sumatra Eco-Business | 21 Oct 2024
PT Inecda, a Samsung subsidiary, violated the RSPO sustainability standards by failing to obtain consent from an Indigenous community in Sumatra before clearing more than 5,000 hectares of forests for palm oil plantations.
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Algeria-Saudi partnership: A new agricultural pole of 20.000 hectares Echorouk | 21 Oct 2024
A new agricultural hub is expected to be embodied in an Algerian-Saudi partnership in strategic agriculture and dairy cattle on an area exceeding 20,000 hectares in the wilaya of El Menea (Southern Algeria).
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Laos durian dreams grow as plantations rise to feed China Nikkei | 19 Oct 2024
One Chinese company that has joined Laos' durian rush is Jiarun, an infrastructure builder that has vowed to establish the world's largest durian plantation in Attapeu, a remote province in southern Laos, on 5,000 ha it has secured on a 50-year lease from the Laotian government.
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Video: TIAA exposed: Pesticides and land grabs harming black communities and the climate CUNY | 18 Oct 2024
TIAA is the world’s largest landgrabber, having acquired over 3 million acres of land in a little over a decade, often in places impacted by land-related violence, such as Brazil, Colombia, and in the United States, Phillips County Arkansas.
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Liberia: Sinoe superintendent supports shady oil palm operations The DayLight | 16 Oct 2024
Sinoe County’s Superintendent Peter Wleh Nyensuah is backing an oil palm company’s illegitimate operations against a local community demanding its rights and holding the firm accountable.
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See what the LDS Church is now buying for $289 million Salt Lake Tribune | 12 Oct 2024
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will add 46 farms covering 41,554 acres — or about 65 square miles — in eight US states to its vast portfolio, further bolstering its standing as an agricultural “titan.”
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World Bank’s IFC must pay reparations to Honduran farmers, US court rules Mongabay | 11 Oct 2024
US court orders the IFC to pay nearly $5 million in reparations to members of Honduran land defense movements who faced violence at the hands of security forces linked to a Central American palm oil corporation that received a $30 mn World Bank loan in 2009.
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El Ménéa : un méga-projet agricole de 20 000 hectares scelle le partenariat algéro-saoudien Maghreb Emergent | 22 oct 2024
Le projet, porté par des investisseurs privés des deux pays, prévoit l’implantation de cultures céréalières et le développement d’une filière d’élevage bovin laitier.
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Pilleurs de Terre : à qui profite l’impunité ? Pressenza | 14 oct 2024
Pilleurs de Terre est un long-métrage documentaire réalisé par Fanny Paloma Escobar, qui suit les luttes des communautés autochtones contre les accaparements de terres par des filiales du groupe Bolloré, au Cambodge et au Cameroun. À travers cette interview, elle partage son parcours, les défis de la réalisation, et ses espoirs pour l’avenir de son film.
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Quatre mégaprojets pour changer le visage du Sahara algérien TSA | 17 mai 2024
Le Sahara algérien est aussi en passe de devenir le grenier du pays grâce à l’essor de nombreuses filières agricoles -- et des investissements saoudiens, italiens, qataris et turques.
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Acaparamiento de tierras, mares y atmósferas La Voz de Galicia | 07 oct 2024
Existe un proceso de acaparamiento de tierras, mares y atmósferas por parte de las corporaciones industriales y financieras, generando una nueva dinámica de territorialización de los vientos, aguas y sol. Esta nueva fase parte de un cambio en el concepto del territorio.
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Las tierras de cultivo aragonesas, un nuevo manjar para los fondos de inversión Heraldo | 22 sep 2024
Los grandes capitales han vuelto su mirada en las tierras de cultivo de Aragón, que, según advierte UAGA-COAG, es el nuevo banco de pruebas de la uberización del campo.
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