Reading between the lines, the Durban BRICS resolutions will support favoured corporations' extraction and land-grab strategies and confirm the financing of both African land-grabbing and the extension of neo-colonial infrastructure through a new 'BRICS Bank'

Le projet de loi, qui est discuté à l'assemblée législative de Reykjavik, vise à empêcher les personnes qui ne sont pas citoyens de l'Islande d'acheter des propriétés qui incluent des droits d'eau ou de pêche.

High-speed conversion and land-grabbing has intensified pressure on already threatened species and on the marginalised rural communities that depend on the grassland ecosystem.

Action Aid International Sierra Leone (AAISL) and its partners have successfully ended a four day strategic conference and campaign planning meeting on ‘Land-Grabbing’ in Freetown.

UAE Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan says his country plans to invest in food production in Angola.

Bank's accountability panel says complaints by Ethiopians of forced evictions in Gambella should be looked into.

Land grabs are a “bad idea” because they reduce trade volume in agricultural commodity markets, said Ruth Rawling, Cargill Inc.’s vice-president of corporate affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

All this talk about people being displaced for the purpose of land lease is unfounded at best and even deliberately contrived at worst, says Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of Ethiopia in New Delhi

The new rules allow foreigners to own up to 80% of agriculture ventures, triggering fears of a potential land grabbing epidemic

In November, an investment unit of the big Swiss bank UBS bought 9,800 acres of Wisconsin farmland for $68 million

The land is a source of wealth for a few, whether it's here in the Spanish State or on the other side of the planet, writes Esther Vivas.

Keynote Speaker 'International Investment Law: Reconciling Policy and Principle': Prof. Surya Subedi, OBE (University of Leeds) (video)