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The vanishing lake
- GlobalPost
- 05 November 2014
Kenya's Lake Turkana is a vital source of life for humans and animals alike. But its lifeline is about to be cut by a push for the development of irrigated plantations.
The march to progress in the Philippines
- Al Jazeera
- 04 November 2014
A tribesman leads his village in resisting the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone (APECO), a land development project that promises progress but threatens his tribe.
PZ-Wilmar JV calls for integration policy In palm oil sector
- Business Day
- 04 November 2014
PZ-Wilmar, a joint venture between two international companies, says it will expand its palm oil production to 240,000 ha of plantations if the government implements a backward integration programme.
Vandebeeck: Why Nigeria is preferred investment destination in Africa
- This Day
- 04 November 2014
"Between now and the next seven, eight years, our Group in Nigeria will have over 100,000 hectares of plantations," says the Chairman of Presco Plc, a company controlled by SIAT of Belgium.
Where’s the evidence that land grabs are good for economic progress?
- Guardian
- 04 November 2014
Many millions of the world’s poorest people face existential threats to house and home.
Global appetite for agribusiness
- Financial Review
- 03 November 2014
Institutional investors are poised to make grabs for large farmland assets in Australia, according to local and offshore fund managers.
New model contract will help protect developing countries from harmful ‘land grabs’
- IISD
- 03 November 2014
The guide proposes model contract clauses that can fill gaps in domestic law and contribute to promoting more sustainable foreign agricultural investment.
Burma farmers at risk of losing land under legal shift: think tank
- Reuters
- 31 October 2014
Millions of small-scale farmers in Burma risk losing land under proposals to regulate land use which focus too much on investment and not enough on people’s livelihoods.
Laos plans to allow foreigners to purchase land in controversial move
- RFA
- 31 October 2014
Laos is to allow foreign investors to purchase land under a proposed law which some groups say would discriminate against locals and threaten national sovereignty.
They say the land is ‘uninhabited’ but indigenous communities disagree
- IPS
- 31 October 2014
Disregarding the rights of indigenous people to their traditional lands is costing companies millions of dollars each year, and costing communities themselves their lives.
The political ecology of chinese agriculture investment in Uganda: The case of Hanhe Farm
- SAIS
- 31 October 2014
Hanhe Farm, located in Nakaseke Administrative District, is the first private Chinese land-based agriculture enterprise in Uganda.
Land grabbing : Bolloré makes promises, local communities expect actions!
- ReAct
- 31 October 2014
The Bolloré company and the Transnational Alliance of Local Communities of the plantations controlled by the group held a negotiation session during which several commitments were made to resolve local land conflicts.