EIA releases today a video that shows how large-scale oil palm project has negatively impacted the lives of community members, threatened biodiversity hotspots, and failed to meet development promises to communities in the Southwest region of Cameroon.
Six ethnic Kuoy families were violently evicted from their homes in Preah Vihear over the weekend, with further evictions threatened for another 13 families.
- Phnom Penh Post
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18 October 2016
Des terres sont en cours de rachat ailleurs que dans l’Indre
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference laments the rate at which multinational companies indiscriminately acquire lands leading to displacement of occupants.
Changes in legal frameworks are redefining control over natural resources, and facilitating transitions toward more commercialised land relations
Le livre-reportage Terres à vendre est une minutieuse enquête sur les rachats de terres agricoles par l'agroindustrie, de partout sur la planète. Un ouvrage édifiant et inquiétant sur un phénomène mondial en pleine expansion.
Three-quarters of the 20 states most affected by land grabbing are in Africa and Asia and among the poorest in the world, and in these countries the rights of the population have scant protection.
Companies are betting that global appetites will increasingly rely on Black Sea soil even as obstacles to growth remain.
- Bloomberg
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15 October 2016
Il est plus viable pour les gouvernements d’investir dans la protection des droits fonciers que dans le négoce des matières premières, explique un nouveau rapport du World Resources Institute
Investing in agroecology requires a drastically different model than the agribusiness-led version many Governments are currently pursuing
- Ecologist
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14 October 2016
Il est probable qu’une partie importante de l'argent qui circule en Suisse est placé dans des fonds d’investissement liés aux terres agricoles, souligne Markus Giger.
- swissinfo
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14 October 2016
Ayer las familias campesinas pidieron de vuelta a la Procuraduría que inicie juicios para anular títulos irregulares.