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Más de 15 razones contra la Ley Urrutia Zidres
- Soundcloud
- 15 December 2015
Intervención del senador Jorge Enrique Robledo presentando ponencia negativa al proyecto de ley UrrutiaZidres en la plenaria del Senado el 15 de diciembre de 2015.
Ecuador: “La ley debe resolver el acaparamiento”
- El Diario
- 14 December 2015
Está listo el informe para segundo y definitivo debate del proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales.
One million hectares of our land in foreign hands-Green Scenery CEO
- Awoko
- 14 December 2015
About 1 million hectares of lands in Sierra Leone are presently in the hands of multinational companies, says Green Scenery.
Malawi investigates land grab report by multinationals
- Nyasa Times
- 14 December 2015
“Grabbed by multinationals? Who is grabbing? Well, I just don’t think that’s true. Some of these civil society organisations should be questioned on how they analyse issues," says Malawi's President to BBC.
Frontline Communities lead the struggle
- TNI
- 14 December 2015
Parallel to the climate conference in Paris, social movements and allies within the ‘Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles’ discuss climate justice and real solutions to the climate crisis.
La question de la terre : Terres accaparées, terres confisquées, terres menacées
- RFPP
- 14 December 2015
L'agro-colonialisme et impacts sociaux et environnementaux : alimentation et climat, avec comme invités Ange David Baimey de l’ONG GRAIN et Mamy Rakotondrainibe du Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches-TANY
'Les grandes plantations peuvent contribuer au développement agricole durable'
- La France Agriculture
- 14 December 2015
« On ne prend pas la terre des villageois. On nous la propose ou on la demande », s’est défendu la société Socfin lors du colloque de Farm et Pluriagri à Paris le 14.12.2015.
Colombia: Pacific Rubiales ha acaparado 48.600 Hectáreas de tierra en el Meta
- Contagio Radio
- 14 December 2015
Alberto Castilla, senador del Polo Democrático Alternativo, denuncia grave caso de acumulación irregular de baldíos en Puerto Gaitán, Meta por parte de la petrolera Pacific Rubiales.
First batch of Laos rice exported to China
- PNA
- 11 December 2015
Laos says it will expand agricultural plantation areas and set up plantation regions to boost exports to China.
How can governments and investors be held to account for land deals in Africa?
- PLAAS
- 11 December 2015
This is the question addressed by researchers and activists at a recent IDRC Workshop on Large-scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) and Accountability in Africa, in Dakar, Senegal on 24-25 November 2015.
Egypt, Sudan agree to remove obstacles facing development projects
- Egypt Independent
- 11 December 2015
The Egyptian-Sudanese Integration Company is implementing the Blue Nile State's Ad-Damazin project on an area of about 100,000 acres and a meat project in White Nile State.
Inner Mongolia investors fancy Houston properties
- China Daily
- 10 December 2015
US real estate company Property Connections of Bay City says it has sold over $100 million worth of farmland in Texas in the last two years to Chinese buyers.