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Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban

Indonesia’s move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia

Oil palm in Africa: Past, Present And Future Scenarios

Given the planned expansion of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa and their resulting social and environmental impacts, WRM has put together information on 23 countries identified as being part of palm oil production in Africa.

Oil palm in Africa: Past, Present And Future Scenarios

Given the planned expansion of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa and their resulting social and environmental impacts, WRM has put together information on 23 countries identified as being part of palm oil production in Africa.

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Land rights in postwar Liberia: The volatile part of the peace process

Land rights in postwar Liberia: The volatile
part of the peace process. Land Use Policy 26 (2009) 425–433

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New Report - The Land Security Agenda

A new report released by the Earth Security Initiative puts the question of arable land at the center of a new security agenda. The risks to national economies, political stability and social cohesion, it argues, must now be acknowledged and dealt with.

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Bulletin Radio Agro Hebdo - Accaparrement des terres

Le 17 avril a été désigné Journée internationale des luttes paysannes par La Via Campesina. Cette journée vise à sensibiliser le public aux droits des petits agriculteurs du monde entier. Un de ces droits est le droit à la terre.

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Two-Year Study Helps African Communities Resolve Land Conflicts and Protect Rights From Land Grabs

A new report released today by Namati and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) details an effective and cost-efficient process to help rural communities work together to protect their lands and natural resources—a potential solution to the global land grab.

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Territorial Tensions: Rainforest Conservation, Postconflict Recovery, and Land Tenure in Liberia

Territorial Tensions: Rainforest Conservation, Postconflict Recovery, and
Land Tenure in Liberia
Leif Brottem a; Jon Unruh b
a Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison b Department of Geography, McGill
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Palm Oil Fuels Land Grabs in Africa

The oil palm nursery occupies several hectares of newly cleared forest and fallow land in Sierra Leone. The nursery manager says that by 2012 he’ll have 540,000 oil palm seedlings here, enough to plant over 3,000 hectares. By 2017, the plan is to establish oil palm over 40,000 hectares that have been leased by a foreign investor for 45 years, with a possible extension of 21 more.

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