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A land-grabber’s loophole
- COHA
- 08 August 2011
Restrictive legislation on the selling of land will continue to be null and void so long as foreigners can rent farm land -- the ‘leasing loophole’.
Amazônia na mira de estrangeiros
- MST
- 08 August 2011
Ocorre que, desde 2008, se renovaram as pressões sobre o espaço amazônico decorrentes do crescimento da demanda mundial por alimentos, que causou a alta nos preços da comida em 2010.
Call for abstracts for a special issue on ‘Ethical Aspects of Large-scale Land Acquisition in Developing Countries’
- landgrab.de
- 08 August 2011
The project ‘Large-scale land acquisition and sustainable development’ calls for abstracts for a special issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.
A new wave of land grabbing exposed in Sri Lanka
- War On Want
- 08 August 2011
A recently uncovered cabinet memorandum has provided details of the new “Sri Lankan Land Alienation Policy to Promote Development Activities”.
Arable land deals with the West bad for food security
- East African
- 07 August 2011
The thriving market for land for commercial agriculture in East and West Africa is now seen as a threat to food security as rural populations are pushed off prime land.
State enterprise sues Saudi Star
- Addis Fortune
- 07 August 2011
Saudi Star Agricultural Development is being sued by an Ethiopian state company for failure to pay for the clearing of land in the Gambella Regional State.
Emerging issues in agricultural investments
- The Citizen
- 05 August 2011
Within agriculture, conflicts revolve around land and water sources ownership and use. The case of Karatu Kiru valley sugarcane farming where one of the investors was killed by local community on May 31, 2011 serves as an illustration
Episódios Neocoloniais: Acaparamento de Terras
- Correio da Cidadania
- 05 August 2011
Este artigo visa repercutir denúncia feita por organizações camponesas e de direitos humanos, especialmente a Via Campesina, sobre o grave e preocupante processo de acaparamento (1) de terras atualmente em curso em vários países e continentes.
PCU critica: "campeones en extranjerización"
- La República
- 05 August 2011
El Partido Comunista (PCU) reclamó oficialmente al Frente Amplio (FA), que la coalición impulse normas que eviten que se agudice el proceso de extranjerización de la tierra.
Experto militar cuestiona informe sobre extranjerización de la tierra
- El País
- 05 August 2011
González Guyer. Los militares cuando no encuentran enemigos, los inventan
Meles Zenawi's land lease and famine in Ethiopia
- Abugida
- 05 August 2011
Failing rains and drought are not the primary causes of the chronic food shortage and persistent famine hitting Ethiopia given the immense potential the country has.
Indonesia food security project threatens Papuan way of life
- AlertNet
- 05 August 2011
Indigenous Papuans are at risk of further marginalisation and the forests on which they rely face destruction due to a project by the Indonesian government, activists say.