Authorities in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have granted hundreds of long-term land leases called economic land concessions to foreign and domestic developers to set up rubber, sugar or other plantations or mining projects. A closer look at the issue
El fenómeno de los "acaparamientos de tierras", en crecimiento a partir de 2008, evidencia todo un proceso de reconcentración y acumulación que se expresa de formas muy diversas (no sólo a través de la concentración de tierras, sino también tomando el control sobre las cadenas de valor global, por ejemplo).
La filiale du groupe 3F basé à Andhra Pradesh en Inde vient de signer un protocole d’accord avec le gouvernement gabonnais pour le développement d’une palmeraie de 40 000 ha et la construction d’une huilerie.
The Bunong say they never were warned their land would be taken and were not offered compensation before the land started to be cleared — two steps required under Cambodian law.
An Ethiopian state body that has been involved in leasing tracts of land for commercial farming has suspended the issuance of new licences until it completes a review because of scant progress in developing areas leased so far, an official said.
L’accord de partenariat devrait se traduire par la mise à disposition de 40 000 hectares de terre selon Sanjay Goenka, PDG de la société indienne
Les parlementaires québécois concluent qu’il faut obtenir un portrait plus détaillé des transactions de terres agricoles pour pouvoir mieux juger du phénomène d’accaparement des terres.
Prince Sultan Bin Nasser Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has sued three Kenyans he accuses of forging his signature and transferring ownership of a multi-billion shilling company that has leased 100,000 acres at Galana, Kilifi County, to cultivate sugarcane.
As part of its expansion plans, Dubai-based dairy Al Rawabi expects to buy land in Africa before the end of next year to grow alfalfa, which is used as a forage crop.
FirstFarms unveiled plans to double its Eastern European farming area, potentially tapping into moves which could bring an "oversupply" of land for sale in Slovakia.
As various peasant and indigenous people’s groups gear up for the “Day of the Landless” on 29 March, regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today joins the global outcry for justice for slain land activists and indigenous people’s leaders in Honduras and Colombia whose deaths are apparently linked to their strong opposition to large-scale corporate mining and logging.
The Ethiopian Agriculture Investment and Land Administration Agency has given up offering land for large scale agricultural investments for an unspecified time.
