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ANZ under fire for loans to controversial Cambodian sugar plantation
- Canberra Times
- 23 January 2014
ANZ is financing a Cambodian sugar plantation that has involved child labour, military-backed land grabs, forced evictions and food shortages.
Lao farmers confront police over land grab
- RFA
- 22 January 2014
A citizen video shows a rare confrontation between authorities and villagers in Bokeo Province, Northern Laos, where villagers gathered to block construction workers from digging up their rice fields for a Chinese investor.
Farming it out
- Global Times
- 22 January 2014
Chinese entrepreneurs are going global ahead of officials. Countries with developed agriculture such as the US, Australia, Chile and Argentina have become their prime destinations.
Govt not recognizing scale of land-grabs in Burma: lawmakers
- The Irrawaddy
- 22 January 2014
“We’ve found that they [the government] does not want to give back land to the people because they know the land has a lot of value and will be good to sell in the future.”
Communion of Churches in Indonesia calls for MIFEE to be stopped!
- awasMIFEE
- 21 January 2014
The Communion of Churches in Indonesia has asked the Indonesian Government to call a halt to the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project, because it will mean the indigenous Marind people’s local wisdom will be lost.
Ethiopia prepares 50,000 hct of land for horticulture dev’t
- EHPEA
- 20 January 2014
In order to meet the increasing flow of investment in the horticulture sector, the government has identified five corridors consisting of 50,000 hectares of land.
Palm before the storm
- New Scientist
- 20 January 2014
Oil palm cultivation has wrecked habitats in South-East Asia. We must avoid a rerun if the crop takes off in its native Africa
Golden Agri, APRIL under fresh scrutiny for unsustainable practices
- Eco-Business
- 20 January 2014
Communities face a “double whammy” in which High Carbon Stock areas restrict locals from cultivating the land while companies establish plantations outside of the zone where people are already farming.
Land grabbing: the real cost of buying cheap
- Deutsche Welle
- 20 January 2014
Millions of hectares of land in Africa, Asia and Latin America find their way into the hands of large-scale foreign investors each year. The victims of "land grabbing" are local villagers and farmers.
Bangladeshi investors given 250 hectares in Mwansabombwe
- Times of Zambia
- 19 January 2014
Zambia has granted 250 hectares of land to Bangladeshi investors who will invest more than US$1 million in the development of agriculture in Mwansabombwe District in Luapula Province.
Farmers’ economic potential blocked by land grabbing in Asean
- Business Mirror
- 19 January 2014
Countries able to hurdle social and political tensions from land issues progress faster than those hobbled by inequitable land distribution, say activists..
Post-Fukushima anatomy of studies on ProSAVANA: Focusing on Natalia Fingermann’s "Myths behind ProSAVANA"
- Observador Rural
- 18 January 2014
Through detailed analysis of ProSavana documents and field research, Sayaka Funada-Classen deals with the evolution of the philosophy and speeches about the programme; the positions of the three governments involved; the possible incoherence and incompatibilities of implementing ProSavana.