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La ruée sur les terres
- Université de Montréal
- 03 October 2011
Rodolphe De Koninck, professeur à l'Université de Montréal, nous explique les causes et les conséquences de ce phénomène.
"El proyecto chino pretende instalar en Argentina una nueva modalidad de explotación colonial"
- Saber Como
- 03 October 2011
El reconocido biólogo y activista ambiental Raúl Montenegro* cuestiona los impactos ambientales y sociales del acuerdo firmado entre el gobierno de la provincia de Río Negro y el grupo económico chino Beidahuang.
Land owners are protesting against lease agreement with large scale investor
- Green Scenery
- 03 October 2011
Since Monday evening more than a hundred land owners are blocking the Socfin operation area
Karuturi's first maize crop effected by flash floods
- Karuturi
- 03 October 2011
The bursting of the river banks of Baro and Alwero has resulted in the submergence of the crop, adding a loss of hope for producing a sizeable maize crop by Karuturi.
“Vulnerable land users must be protected by international guidelines” - UN expert urges Rome summit
- SRFood
- 03 October 2011
“The threat of 'land grabbing’ has reminded us how vital access to land is for 500 million food-insecure households around the world,” says Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Global commodity boom driving farmland bids
- Dominion Post
- 03 October 2011
Sir Michael Fay, his mainly Maori colleagues, and the rival Chinese bidders for the Crafar dairy farms, have one thing in common. In a world where global investors are all looking for safe havens for their money, they see New Zealand farmland as good buying.
Rogers joins board of farmland investment group
- Investment Week
- 03 October 2011
Commodities investor Jim Rogers has been appointed to the board of the farmland investment firm Genagro Ltd
Sun Biofuels jatropha project in Kisarawe suspended
- Tanzania Daily News
- 03 October 2011
The EU lured many multinational energy companies such as SBF to invest in renewable energies in developing countries such Tanzania where almost all projects are on the verge of collapse or shut down.
« Les usagers vulnérables des terres doivent être protégés par des directrices internationales »
- SRFood
- 03 October 2011
« Sans consensus international, d’autres instruments chercheront à combler les lacunes, comme ceux déjà mis au point unilatéralement par des fonds d’investissement privés,» a averti Olivier De Schutter.
El incalculable valor de la tierra
- Palabre-ando
- 02 October 2011
Ya se ha sustraído al campesinado una extensión similar a las tierras agrícolas del Reino Unido –45 millones de hectáreas– bajo el sistema de acaparamiento de tierras que, según mienten sus defensores, «o bien se compran tierras inutilizadas o bien las nuevas inversiones generarán riqueza al país»
What Drives the Global “Land Rush”?
- World Bank
- 01 October 2011
This World Bank Policy Research Working Paper explores determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
Argentina: La Ley de Tierras no interesa al Congreso
- El Argentino
- 01 October 2011
Lamentablemente, el Congreso de la Nación no ha manifestado gran interés por el momento para debatir y analizar una Ley de Tierras.