More than 613,000 hectares of Australia's NSW's agricultural land is owned by UK-based investors, compared with 227,300 ha owned by Korean interests and 55,560 ha by US investors.
Workshop at Uppsala University, Sweden, on 21 October 2011
Le Parlement panafricain (PAP) invite ses membres à ‘’agir comme des chiens de garde’’, afin d’assurer l’inclusion sociale et la transparence dans les projets d’investissement face au phénomène de l’accaparement des terres en Afrique.
Una vez más la presidenta de la Nación reclamó a los legisladores abocarse al tratamiento del proyecto sobre la venta de campos a extranjeros.
- Parlamentario
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18 October 2011
El acaparamiento de tierras, la promoción de los monocultivos para agro combustibles y la minería sitúan el tema de la tierra en el centro del debate.
Les achats massifs de terrains dans les pays en développement menacent nombre de petits paysans. La communauté internationale cherche une solution
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights is being invited to visit Indonesia in connection with MIFEE, the Merauke Integrated Energy and Food Project in West Papua, a mega-project of 1.6m ha for agri-business purposes.
- West Papua Media Alerts
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17 October 2011
This is a call to action to stop imminent land grabs in Tanzania
- Oakland Institute
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17 October 2011
El acaparamiento de tierras es uno de los ejemplos más patentes y escandalosos de cómo el sistema industrial que domina el ámbito de los alimentos está empujando a la pobreza a un número creciente de campesino/as y consumidores.
- CLOC - VC
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17 October 2011
With 75% of the world's population making their living from farming, buying land in foreign countries to feed your country's growing population is not always welcome by the locals. Are land grabs good business or is it morally questionable?
- Al Jazeera
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17 October 2011
Global food price volatility will be the focus of World Food Day celebrations in Rome on Monday which will also address the issue of massive farmland purchases by rich countries in the developing world
For Gambellans who live as pastoralist and subsistence farmers, massive dispossession and auctioning off their land for pennies will inevitably destroy the very fabric of their society and way of life and threaten them with extinction.