Asia's great land grab
- RFA
- 26 February 2014
Rising tension over land seizures is emerging as a critical issue in Asia. An RFA special report examines the changing dynamic of Asia’s Great Land Grab.
Rising tension over land seizures is emerging as a critical issue in Asia. An RFA special report examines the changing dynamic of Asia’s Great Land Grab.
Vietnam and China lead the pack of foreign companies granted economic land concessions in Cambodia for agro-industrial development by a wide margin.
The director of a CPP senator’s sugar plantation accused of stealing land from hundreds of Cambodian families said Wednesday that most locals were happy with the new jobs the plantation has generated.
At least 41 new land disputes were reported in Cambodia last year despite a government moratorium on the widespread grant of so-called economic land concessions.
A Cambodian minority group in northern Preah Vihear province is calling for the cancelation of two licenses for Chinese companies accused of grabbing thousands of hectares of land.
ANZ is financing a Cambodian sugar plantation that has involved child labour, military-backed land grabs, forced evictions and food shortages.
Countries able to hurdle social and political tensions from land issues progress faster than those hobbled by inequitable land distribution, say activists..
Farmers in Cambodia say a European free trade initiative set up to boost the Cambodian economy has instead forced them off their land.
Cinq militantes cambodgiennes impliquées dans des conflits fonciers ont été interpellées lundi pendant quelques heures, alors que les autorités semblent déterminées à empêcher toute nouvelle action contre le Premier ministre Hun Sen.
Le FMI a agi comme si l'accaparement des terres n'existait pas au Cambodge lorsque Mme Lagarde a rencontré Hun Sen début décembre
Human rights groups claim German taxpayer money is used to fund a program that benefits land grabbers.
Coke must commence an immediate investigation into the forced evictions and land seizures perpetrated to clear the way for Mitr Phol’s Cambodian operation
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