Villagers in Mozambique are caught between their government's need to promote agricultural development through foreign investment and to protect the rights of the citizens who depend on that land.
Film inspiré d'un rapport APRODEV sur l'accaparement des terres au Cambodge
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
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06 July 2012
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.
Metropolis s’entretient avec le journaliste William Bommert, auteur d’un livre sur la course aux terres agricoles, ainsi qu’avec Fred Pearce et Nyikaw Ochalla
Investors interested in buying land in Africa, have denied accusations that they are involved in landgrabs, insisting their practice is the only way to feed growing populations.
Le forum des peuples a connu une ambiance particulière le 19 juin de 11h à 13h30 à l’occasion de la session de partage sur l’accaparement des terres organisée par ENDA PRONAT
Flamme d'Afrique s'est entretenue avec plusieurs participants de l'Afrique de l'Ouest au sommet de Rio+20 sur l'accaparement des terres.
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation co-organised a seminar in the Swedish Parliament on June 14, 2012 where a new report on land grabbing by researchers of the Right Livelihood College Campus in Lund was released.
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18 June 2012
The Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing indigenous pastoral communities inEthiopia’s Lower Omo valley without adequate consultation or compensation to make way for state-run sugar plantations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Large-scale soy monoculture is expanding rapidly in Latin America. Boosted by dubious investment from multi-national corporations, it has moved well beyond the southern states and into the Amazon area.
- TheWaterChannel
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13 June 2012
Our conception of land-grabs and global discussions on the phenomenon are informed too much by contentious, large-scale land deals in Africa and too little by examples from other regions. This has led to many unfounded assumptions about the nature of land-grab.
- TheWaterChannel
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11 June 2012