Wilmar makin agresif di perkebunan
- Kontan
- 25 February 2012
Pengembangan lahan perkebunan tebu Wilmar di Papua terkendala perizinan
Pengembangan lahan perkebunan tebu Wilmar di Papua terkendala perizinan
The growing land conflict and land grab in Africa and Uganda in particular is a major challenge not only to livelihoods of the poor peasant rural farmers, but is also causing environmental genocide.
Thousands of residents of Amuru District community, in Uganda, could soon lose their land after Gulu High Court ruled that over 40,000 hectares be given to Madhvani Group of companies to grow sugarcane.
Numero 10/11 de 'Transcontinentales' sur les logiques transnationales d'appropriation foncière.
Issue number 4/2011 of 'New Routes' by Life & Peace Institute (Uppsala)
Vor mehr als zehn Jahren wurden rund 400 Bauernfamilien in Mubende, Uganda, von ihrem Land und aus ihren Dörfern vertrieben. Sie mussten einer Kaffeeplantage weichen.
Thousands of stories like John B Keane’s The Field in the 227 million hectares sold or leased in large-scale land deals since 2001.
Grandes compañías compran tierras para producir alimentos que luego exportan - Mientras, los habitantes locales pasan hambre.
Intermon Oxfam señala que desde 2001 una superficie equivalente al continente europeo ha sido enajenada a favor de inversores internacionales
Gli Stati e le multinazionali fanno incetta di pianure fertili, fonti, pascoli, boschi. Li sottraggono ai paesi troppo poveri. La terra resta lì, ma i suoi frutti vanno altrove, nei forzieri dei paesi che hanno fatto cassa con l'inquinamento di ANTONIO CIANCIULLO
Speaking at the annual African Cup of Investment Management, Alex Pestana said China had invested in arable land in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique.
A plan to replace a large swathe of protected rainforest in Uganda with sugarcane could lead to further civil unrest in a year when nine people have been killed during strikes and protests against the rising cost of living.