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Africa e rapina delle terre
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 27 September 2011
Africa e rapina delle terre: l'Italia finalmente apre gli occhi sul land grabbing nei Paesi più poveri. La dichiarazione di Dakar
China's Export-Import Bank to invest USD 10 billion into Ukraine's agricultural sector
- UNA
- 27 September 2011
Negotiations between Chinese Export-Import Bank and the Government of the Ukraine include discussion of its involvement in the financial operation of the land market in the Ukraine.
Gov’t reviewing big land-lease deals
- PDI
- 27 September 2011
Lease contracts covering millions of hectares of agricultural lands signed by the Philippines Department of Agriculture with foreign entities during the Arroyo administration are currently being reviewed to determine if they are in accord with the current administration’s food security plan.
La compra masiva de tierras en África está sumiendo a miles de personas en la pobreza
- Crónica de Aragón
- 26 September 2011
Intermon Oxfam señala que desde 2001 una superficie equivalente al continente europeo ha sido enajenada a favor de inversores internacionales
SMC urged to tap contract farmers
- Business World
- 26 September 2011
The Philippines agriculture department plans to persuade San Miguel Corp to resort to contract growing instead of leasing state land when it undertakes a planned farming venture.
L’Algérie amorce une ouverture prudente de son agriculture aux investisseurs étrangers
- TSA
- 26 September 2011
Près de 18 mois après l’annonce du projet, l’Algérie vient de franchir un premier pas en vue d’ouvrir partiellement le secteur agricole à l’investissement étranger.
Estudo de Oxfam chama atenção para monopólio de terras e suas consequências para as comunidades afetadas
- Correio do Brasil
- 26 September 2011
“As pessoas com direitos sobre a terra estão sendo prejudicadas diante das elites locais e dos investidores nacionais ou estrangeiros, pois carecem de poder para fazer valer seus direitos e defender seus interesses eficazmente”
UAE-China: A complementary relationship
- Gulf News
- 26 September 2011
Xinjiang and Nigxia present huge opportunities to Arab investors for mining coal, oil and gas as well as the development of wind and solar power, halal food industry and large-scale agriculture.
REDD+ in Mozambique: A new opportunity for land grabbers?
- AlertNet
- 26 September 2011
Some companies state that they ‘do not need rights to the land itself, but only to the carbon stocks - the trees on the land - to gain carbon credits to sell in the market’.
Indigenous organization under constant harassment and threats
- KALUMBAY Regional Lumad Organization
- 26 September 2011
Indigenous organization in the Philippines calls for the pulling out of a palm oil plantation project in their community.
Debatir el modelo
- Página 12
- 25 September 2011
Legislar sobre la extranjerización de la tierra no afecta ningún interés de los ganadores del actual modelo de agronegocios, donde la soja es sólo su cara más visible.
Tanzania: Why land grabbing Is detrimental to women
- Tanzania Daily News
- 25 September 2011
Land rights activists have been expressing their fears and concerns about the malicious trend of selling or leasing large farmland to foreign multinational companies and governments.