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Der große Landraub
- Misereor
- 06 August 2012
Doch wie erleben Kleinbauern und Ureinwohner vor Ort die Landnahme der Investoren? Thomas Kruchem hat in Uganda, Kambodscha, Argentinien, den Philippinen und Äthiopien recherchiert.
Australia turns anti-China
- Live Trading News
- 06 August 2012
Leading Australian economists, commentators and even political enemies have joined the federal Minister for Trade and Investment Craig Emerson in condemning Opposition plans to tighten control over foreign investment.
Q+A: Transcript of Fred Pearce interview
- Voxy
- 05 August 2012
Jessica Mutch spoke to Fred Pearce in London about the Crafar farm buy-up by a Chinese company and whether New Zealand should be nervous about land grabbing.
Australian opposition eyes foreign investment scrutiny
- AFP
- 03 August 2012
Australia's conservative opposition on Friday earmarked tighter scrutiny of foreign investment in agriculture as a priority if the party is elected to government next year, as recent polls suggest.
Protesters disrupt Board of Regents meeting, want Rastetter removed
- The Gazette
- 03 August 2012
Group says regent abused position in pursuing relationship between Iowa State University and Ratsetter's agribusiness corporation, which is developing a farming operation in Tanzania.
Bangladesh to lease Sudanese farmland
- Daily Star
- 03 August 2012
Bangladesh yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Sudan to take a 10-year lease on Sudanese farmland to grow crops aimed at ensuring food security of both the countries.
GMO boss warns of food crisis
- Top 1000 Funds
- 03 August 2012
Jeremy Grantham of US asset management firm, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Company (GMO), says global investors should have 30% of their portfolios exposed to natural resources, with half of that in forestry and farmland, to take advantage of the growing global food crisis. That is double today's averages.
Colombia Conservative Party wants to limit foreign land purchase
- Colombia Reports
- 02 August 2012
Colombia's Conservative Party proposed a constitutional amendment to limit land purchases made by foreigners to avoid "land grabbing," reported local media Thursday.
Entre Ríos, Argentina: alrededor de 450 extranjeros tienen tierras en la Provincia
- APFD
- 02 August 2012
El dato surge del primer relevamiento que realizó el Gobierno provincial en el marco de lo que dispone la Ley Nacional Nº 26737, que establece un Régimen de Protección al Dominio Nacional sobre la Propiedad, Posesión o Tenencia de las Tierras Rurales
Colombia: radican norma para limitar compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros
- El Tiempo
- 02 August 2012
La propuesta viene de los conservadores. Sólo podrán tener hasta el 15 % de tierras del país.
Land grabbing in a post investment period and popular reaction in the Rufiji River Basin.
- Hakiardhi
- 02 August 2012
Report just released by Tanzanian NGO Haki Ardhi looks at recent experiences with land grabs in the fertile Rufiji Basin.
GEO France : Terres fertiles à louer
- GEO
- 02 August 2012
De puissants investisseurs étrangers trustent les meilleurs champs des pays du Sud. Néocolonialisme ou développement agricole ? Dossier préparé par le collectif Terra Project et publié par GEO France.