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20 grupos estrangeiros têm 3 milhões de hectares de terras no Brasil
- IHU
- 10 January 2017
Pelo mundo, mais de 30 milhões de hectares foram adquiridos por apenas 490 proprietários. E o Brasil é um dos principais protagonistas.
Les altermondialistes exigent la sortie des pays africains de la CPI
- Maliactu
- 10 January 2017
Les mouvements sociaux d’Afrique et d’Europe s’organisent pour une meilleure gouvernance en Afrique et un nouveau cadre de partenariat avec la France qui excluent l'accaparement des terres agricoles.
SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to a sustainable management of its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri
- SOCFIN
- 09 January 2017
In its Zero Deforestation Commitment published today, SOCFIN in Cambodia commits to manage and develop its rubber plantations in Mondulkiri while protecting the environment, respecting local communities and providing full transparency.
Brasil: Matopiba: na fronteira entre a vida e o capital
- Fiocruz
- 09 January 2017
De “última fronteira agrícola do país” a projeto abortado pelo governo por falta de verbas, Matopiba segue nos planos dos investidores, continua sendo um desafio para povos e comunidades tradicionais e uma ameaça para o cerrado
Agricultural production attracts big businesses
- Vietnam Net
- 09 January 2017
A number of Vietnamese billionaires decided to pour money into agriculture projects. Trinh Van Quyet, the second richest billionaire, has got the nod from Thanh Hoa provincial authorities for a project to grow 1,300 hectares of sugarcane and rubber.
Paraguay, Guahory: Campesinos cuentan cómo fue el enfrentamiento con policías
- Última Hora
- 08 January 2017
Miembros de la Federación Nacional Campesina (FNC) comentaron que un total de 160 familias ocupan las tierras de Guahory en Caaguazú, tratando de producir en el sitio.
Déclaration des Mouvements Sociaux à la 12e Edition du Forum des Peuples du Mali, Sommet Alternatif Citoyen au 27e Sommet Afrique-France
- CADTM
- 08 January 2017
Les mouvements sociaux exigent l’arrêt immédiat de l’accaparement des terres en Afrique
How TIAA Funds Environmental Disaster in Latin America
- Nacla
- 06 January 2017
Pension fund giant TIAA is investing its clients’ funds in farmland and agribusinesses tied to environmental and human rights abuses in Latin America.
Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities
- Mongabay
- 04 January 2017
Indonesia central government has recognized the rights of nine indigenous communities to the forests. That movement still has long way to go, the nine “customary forests” encompass a total of 13,100 hectares. By comparison, Indonesia’s nine biggest oil palm firms in 2013 had planted nearly 2 million hectares.
Sobre a liberação da venda de terras para estrangeiros no Brasil
- Brasil de fato
- 03 January 2017
Tramita no Congresso PL que propõe a liberação quase que irrestrita da aquisição de imóveis rurais a estrangeiros.
A Odebrecht e a ocupação de terras em Angola
- Floha 8
- 31 December 2016
O que nos interessa aqui são os abusos cometidos em parceria com as autoridades angolanas em Angola.
Land grabbing: New colonialism and how about Eritrea?
- Geeska Afrika
- 29 December 2016
Eritrean law blocking foreign investors from owning land and the country's desire for self-reliance makes it highly unlikely that it will fall for the neocolonial phenomenon of land grabbing.