Events
15 AUG 2013
Johannesburg
Pan African Land Hearing


The Pan African Land hearing looks to recognise and profile the struggles of ordinary people. It will give those affected by land grabs the opportunity to share their experiences and to explore with a high level panel what can be done to defend their rights and receive justice where they have been violated.

Panelists:
• Professor Olokushi Adebayo: Director of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)
• Kumi Naidoo: Greenpeace International Executive Director
• Hon. Sisa Njikelana: Committee of Agriculture of the Pan African Parliament
• Eric Wainaina: Musician from Kenya and,
• Maya Wegerif: Young Activist from South Africa.

AAid, Oxfam, PLAAS, Future Ags
25 JUN 2013
Brussels
Land issues in Europe: From land grabbing to land reform


From land grabbing to land reform

Organized by GUE/NGL in cooperation with European Coordination Via Campesina

Conference on Land Issues in Europe: from Land Grabbing to Land Reform

25th of June 2013, from 9h00 till 12h30, European Parliament ASP 1G2 - Brussels

Programme
Interpretation: EN ES FR PT DE

Live webcast: http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/events/hearing-land-issues-in-europe

9h00 - 9h20: Welcome and Introduction
• Welcome : Gabi Zimmer President GUE/NGL (Germany)
• Introduction : Javier Sanchez, Member of the ECVC Coordination Committee

9h20-10h30: 1st Panel – Access to Land, land concentration and land grabbing
• Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands - Presentation of the Land Grabbing Report
• Willy Schuster, Ecoruralis, Romanian national case study
• Eva García Sempere, Coordinator of the Spatial Planning and Environment Unit of IU-Andalusia : "Land Grabbing in Andalusia (Spain): Preparation of the Land Public Bank project" Moderator: Willy Meyer, GUE/NGL MEP (Spain)

10h30 – 11h00: Press Conference/ Coffee break.

11h00 – 12h10: 2nd Panel - Are the EU and national policies favoring equal access to land and the entry into farming by prospective (young and small) farmers?
• Tassos Haniotis, Director - European Commission, DG Agriculture - Economic analysis, perspectives and evaluations.
• Patrick Le HYARIC, MEP GUE/NGL (France)
• Antonio Onorati, ARI and President of Crocevia - Proposal for a EU Directive on Lands
• Andrea Ferrante, Member of the ECVC Coordination Committee
Moderator: Geneviève Savigny, Member of the ECVC Coordination Committee

12h10-12h30: Debate and conclusions by Joao Ferreira, MEP GUE/NGL (Portugal)

For futher information: [email protected] + 32 2 284 7557

press contact: Gianfranco Battistini [email protected] + 32 475 646628

ECVC & GUE/NGL
15 JUN 2013
Ivry-Sur-Seine
Les accaparements de terres : une menace pour l'humanité

Frères des Hommes membre du « Collectif citoyen en France contre les accaparements de terres » vous invite à une après-midi militante sur l’accaparement des terres le samedi 15 juin de 14h à 18h aux portes de Paris, dans les locaux de France Volontaires à Ivry-Sur-Seine.

FDH
31 MAY 2013
Kyoto
Legal and development implications of international land acquisitions

The purpose of this conference is to look at large-scale international land acquisitions from a ‘law and development’ perspective and determine the various legal frameworks at international, national and local level that enable or constrain such processes.

Kyoto University
29 APR 2013
New York City
Global AgInvesting 2013

Global AgInvesting is the world's most well attended agriculture investment event. Global AgInvesting 2013 offers a comprehensive overview of agriculture investment opportunities, risks and return profiles across all major global production regions, as well as strategies for diversified ag portfolios including regional variation, private equity, and liquid investments. Concurrent track sessions will highlight the surrounding themes of ag venture capital, biotechnology, water opportunities, and infrastructure. Global AgInvesting 2013 is produced by global agribusiness consultancy, HighQuest Partners, and will provide attendees with a picture of the agriculture investing landscape and a clear idea of where the real money is moving in the space.

HighQuest Partners
29 APR 2013
Amsterdam
Land grabbing: insights from Romania

Public talk by Attila Scozs and Dan Cismas (EcoRuralis, Romania)
TNI Seminar Room, de wittenstraat 25, Amsterdam, 17:00-19:00
Attila Szocs, who monitors large scale agricultural land purchases in Romania, and Dan Cismas, a biodynamic farmer and co-president of the EcoRuralis peasant association, tour European capitals and cities to highlight, debate and raise public awareness on the social, environmental and economic impact of large scale land acquisition by both, foreign and national companies.
Please register with Hilde van der Pas ([email protected])

TNI
22 APR 2013
Various European cities
EU-wide speakers’ tour on landgrabbing in Romania

ARC2020 is organising a 10 day EU-wide Speakers’ Tour on Landgrabbing in Romania. The tour will see two speakers from Romania travel to European capitals and cities between April 21 – 30th to highlight, debate and raise public awareness on the social, environmental and economic impact of large scale land acquisition by both, foreign and national companies.

ARC2020
19 APR 2013
Paris
Les accaparements de terres à Madagascar et les luttes actuelles

Le Collectif TANY vous invite à une projection de larges extraits du film « Je veux ma part de Terre - Madagascar » avec l’aimable autorisation des auteurs Frédéric Lambolez et Jean-Marie Pernelle, suivie d’un débat sur « Les accaparements de terres à Madagascar et les luttes actuelles »
le vendredi 19 avril à 19h
à la Librairie Résistances - 4, villa Compoint - 75017 - Paris - (au niveau du 41 rue Guy Moquet) - Métro Guy Moquet - ligne 13 - http://www.librairie-resistances.com/

Collectif TANY
17 APR 2013
Worldwide
International Day of Peasants’ Struggles

Resist the commercialisation of nature - Stop land grabbing! The international peasants’ movement La Via Campesina has been defending and expanding the practice and policies of food sovereignty around the world for 20 years. To launch another 20 years of struggle, we are calling for a massive mobilisation day on 17 April, the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles, to reclaim our food system which is being increasingly occupied by transnational capital. We invite everyone to organise activities, protests, art exhibitions, direct actions, discussions, film screenings, farmers markets etc., in your village, school, office, neighbourhood, organisation, community...Wherever you are, join this collective celebration on 17 April!

Via Campesina
17 APR 2013
Montevideo
Tierra, concentración y extranjerización

Ronda de conversación abierta en base a los datos del Censo Agropecuario en el Día Internacional de las Luchas Campesinas

ADUR Agronomía

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