Global fight for natural resources 'has only just begun'
      Academics and business figures gave a grim warning at the Resource 2012 conference, but defended the Rio+20 outcomes
      • The Guardian
      • 12 July 2012
      Interview: UK pension funds up investment in commodity assets
      UK pension funds are stepping up investments in commodity assets such as farms, timberland, mines and energy projects as they seek to diversify portfolios away from equities, an official at consultant Mercer said.
      • Reuters
      • 11 July 2012
      Detroit: A tale of two... farms?
      Does the Hantz megafarm project in Detroit (US) have anything in common with the brutal, large-scale land acquisitions sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America?
      • FoodFirst
      • 10 July 2012
      Lives on hold
      AgriSol's land deal in Tanzania creates an uncertain future for more than 160,000 people
      • Oakland Institute
      • 09 July 2012
      Politics of investment in large scale agricultural ventures
      The AgriSol investment is a good case in justifying that in Tanzania it is the state which grabs on behalf of the investors as opposed in other areas where land is acquired illegally.
      • Guardian
      • 08 July 2012
      Taste and smile?
      Stop Tate and Lyle Sugars buying from suppliers that bleed Cambodian farmers by taking their land. Boycott Tate and Lyle Sugars until they compensate the families who have lost everything so that they can make a profit.
      • TandLSugarsBoycott
      • 06 July 2012
      A ‘land sovereignty’ alternative?
      If, as our analysis suggests, there is a need to transition the people’s demand for land from ‘land reform’ and ‘land tenure security’ to something else, then ‘land sovereignty’ as a framework is worth considering.
      • TNI
      • 06 July 2012
      Herakles Farms and how a US agri-corporation sparked anger in Africa
      Palm oil is the world’s cheapest edible oil and a key ingredient in some biofuels. Global demand is booming and agri-corporations are grabbing large swathes of land to expand palm oil production in a new frontier: Africa.
      • Greenpeace
      • 06 July 2012
      $100bn interfaith investor group sets out guidelines on commodities and land investments
      The Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility has published recommended guidelines for investing in commodities and land.
      • Responsible Investor
      • 05 July 2012
      Mirage in the desert: The myth of Africa's land grab
      The land grab phenomenon in Sudan...resembles a fata morgana, a mirage in the desert which completely distorts the object on which it is based
      • CNN
      • 05 July 2012
      Cambodians call for ‘blood sugar’ boycott
      An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.
      • AFP
      • 05 July 2012
      Think tank for register of foreign ownership
      President of New South Wales Farmers Fiona Simson doesn't believe the community and farmers are opposed to foreign investment in Australian agricultural land as long as it's adding to their community, industry and economy. The question is having the tools to make sure that this is what's happening.
      • ABC
      • 05 July 2012

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