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Another step to …nowhere
- The Day
- 09 October 2012
In Ukraine, MPs did not extend land sale moratorium, but experts say it is legally impossible to launch market on January 1, 2013
Crafar Farms buyer eyes more NZ property
- NZ Herald
- 09 October 2012
The Chinese conglomerate that bought the Crafar Farms this year is not ruling out the possibility of buying more New Zealand dairy land to fuel its exports to China.
La Banque mondiale refuse l’appel à stopper les accords fonciers
- IPS
- 09 October 2012
La Banque mondiale a rejeté un appel à suspendre son implication dans l'acquisition à grande échelle de terres agricoles suite à la publication d'un grand rapport de l'organisation humanitaire internationale Oxfam sur l'impact négatif de la spéculation foncière internationale dans les pays en développement.
Stanford researchers show oil palm plantations are clearing carbon-rich tropical forests in Borneo
- Stanford Report
- 08 October 2012
In 2010 alone, land-clearing for oil palm plantations in Kalimantan emitted more than 140 million metric tons of carbon dioxide – an amount equivalent to annual emissions from about 28 million vehicles.
Foreign land grab fears
- Fraser Coast Chronicle
- 08 October 2012
Former World Bank rural advisor Derek Byerlee to tell conference that fears of a foreign farm land grab in Australia are unfounded.
When forest guardians fight back
- PAN AP
- 08 October 2012
This article is part of a series of feature stories on land grabbing in selected countries in Asia, as part of an awareness-raising campaign on how land grabs worsen hunger, in commemoration of 'World Foodless Day' on October 16 by PAN AP and its partner organisations. (http://www.panap.net/wfd)
RSPO fails to act as Muara Tae is destroyed
- EIA
- 07 October 2012
The credibility of the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has been called into question over its failure to act against a company bulldozing ancestral forests and perpetrating human rights abuses in Indonesia.
Accaparement des terres. Les chefs d'Etats africains invités à réagir de toute urgence
- Xinhua
- 06 October 2012
Les membres du Parlement panafricain, du Comité interparlementaire de l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA) et ceux du parlement béninois, ont invité ce vendredi à Cotonou les chefs d'Etats africains à réagir de toute urgence au phénomène d'accaparement des terres sur le continent africain.
Les parlementaires africains se penchent sur l'accaparement des terres
- Xinhua
- 05 October 2012
Une soixantaine de députés du Parlement panafricain ont entamé jeudi à Cotonou un atelier régional sur "Tirer profit des investissements: la réponse parlementaire à la ruée vers les terres", en vue de prendre des mesures nécessaires pour lutter contre le phénomène de l'accaparement des terres sur le continent africain.
Can ASEAN help regulate Southeast Asia’s land grab problem?
- TrustLaw
- 05 October 2012
Land rights advocates are hoping ASEAN will come up with a regulatory framework to check private sector investment in land, particularly for agriculture, as land grabs and land-related conflicts soar in the region.
International writers and artists warn global land rush is hurting the poorest
- Oxfam
- 05 October 2012
Kristin Davis, Gael Garcia Bernal and Angelique Kidjo join call on World Bank to freeze land deals
World Bank Group statement on Oxfam report, “Our land, our lives”
- World Bank
- 04 October 2012
We share the concerns Oxfam raised, however we disagree with their call for a moratorium on World Bank Group investments in land intensive large-scale agricultural enterprises, especially during a time of rapidly rising global food prices.