• BRÉSIL - « La réforme agraire est totalement arrêtée »
    • MST
    • 06 July 2012

    "Le gouvernement est impuissant à réaliser la réforme agraire et à mettre un frein à l’achat de terres par les étrangers dans le pays." Entretien avec Alexandre Conceiçao du Mouvement des sans terre (MST)

  • Taste and smile?
    • TandLSugarsBoycott
    • 06 July 2012

    Stop Tate and Lyle Sugars buying from suppliers that bleed Cambodian farmers by taking their land. Boycott Tate and Lyle Sugars until they compensate the families who have lost everything so that they can make a profit.

  • A ‘land sovereignty’ alternative?
    • TNI
    • 06 July 2012

    If, as our analysis suggests, there is a need to transition the people’s demand for land from ‘land reform’ and ‘land tenure security’ to something else, then ‘land sovereignty’ as a framework is worth considering.

  • Herakles Farms and how a US agri-corporation sparked anger in Africa
    • Greenpeace
    • 06 July 2012

    Palm oil is the world’s cheapest edible oil and a key ingredient in some biofuels. Global demand is booming and agri-corporations are grabbing large swathes of land to expand palm oil production in a new frontier: Africa.

  • Accaparement des terres : les femmes en première ligne
    • Egalité Infos
    • 06 July 2012

    Les femmes sont particulièrement touchées par cette nouvelle phase de la mondialisation capitaliste. Elles peuvent se voir brusquement dépossédées de terres qu’elles ont patiemment mises en valeur.

  • $100bn interfaith investor group sets out guidelines on commodities and land investments
    • Responsible Investor
    • 05 July 2012

    The Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility has published recommended guidelines for investing in commodities and land.

  • Mirage in the desert: The myth of Africa's land grab
    • CNN
    • 05 July 2012

    The land grab phenomenon in Sudan...resembles a fata morgana, a mirage in the desert which completely distorts the object on which it is based

  • Cambodians call for ‘blood sugar’ boycott
    • AFP
    • 05 July 2012

    An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.

  • Les fermiers cambodgiens appellent au boycott du sucre de Tate and Lyle Sugars
    • RFI
    • 05 July 2012

    Après deux ans de pourparlers avec Tate and Lyle Sugars, qui importe le sucre cambodgien en Europe, les communautés appellent au boycott du sucre de la marque la plus ancienne au monde.

  • Think tank for register of foreign ownership
    • ABC
    • 05 July 2012

    President of New South Wales Farmers Fiona Simson doesn't believe the community and farmers are opposed to foreign investment in Australian agricultural land as long as it's adding to their community, industry and economy. The question is having the tools to make sure that this is what's happening.

  • The European Union and the global land grab
    • TNI
    • 05 July 2012

    This fact sheet highlights the involvement of the EU in the global land grab, both directly through the involvement of European capital and corporations in the acquisition of land and indirectly through EU policies that commodify land.

  • L’accaparement des terres ou comment la loi expulse les gens de leurs terres
    • Pambazuka
    • 04 July 2012

    Pervertissant la vision classique du rapport de pouvoir public/privé, certains pays africains ont repris à leur compte le slogan d’un journal de l’Europe de l’Est lors d’une visite du Chancelier allemand en 1999 : "Nous pardonnons aux Croisés et attendons les investisseurs".

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