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La Fédération québécoise des municipalités veut un moratoire
- Le Terre
- 16 Mar 2015
Le milieu municipal endosse l’idée d’instaurer un moratoire sur l’accaparement des terres agricoles le temps de documenter le phénomène.
Perú: Cuarto paquetazo ambiental amenaza derechos territoriales indígenas
- Servindi
- 16 Mar 2015
Se podría afectar derechos territoriales indígenas en lo referente a los títulos de servidumbre, protección de derecho de vía y la expropiación de bienes inmuebles para proyectos de gran envergadura.
The G8 New Alliance hits and grabs land and water of 50 thousand people in Mozambique
- ADECRU
- 16 Mar 2015
Ten thousand peasant families are victims of the most aggressive and imperialist initiative backed by the G8 countries
Chinese investment in Namibia grows to US$4.6bn
- Xinhua
- 16 Mar 2015
Chinese companies are planning to invest in maize and tobacco farming in the Zambezi region of Namibia where the environment is very good and the land is fertile. The companies are now doing the preparatory work.
Canada : Préoccupations face au phénomène d’accaparement des terres
- Radio Canada
- 16 Mar 2015
L’Union des producteurs agricoles voudrait que le gouvernement limite à 100 acres par année, soit l’équivalent d’une terre moyenne, l’acquisition de terres.
Mitchell to sell 49pc of cattle stake
- AFR
- 16 Mar 2015
Mitchell's Yougawalla Pastoral Company the latest Australian cattle station business to be put up for sale. Foreign corporations have spent some A$63.5 million buying into the sector in the past month.
Animation: Promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
- IIED
- 15 Mar 2015
Understanding where the money for a given investment comes from and where the produce is sold can provide new levers for public accountability.
Sudan plans Investments in Egypt's Agriculture Sector
- Amwal Alghad
- 13 Mar 2015
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir clarified that Sudan has the land and water and Egypt has the human resources and expertise while gulf countries can provide financing.
Vin: les acheteurs chinois en bordelais progressent, leurs difficultés apparaissent
- AFP
- 13 Mar 2015
Un tiers des acheteurs des propriétés viticoles du Bordelais, en France, sont des investisseurs chinois
New report: commercial agricultural expansion fueling illegal logging and land conflicts in Myanmar
- Mongabay
- 12 Mar 2015
Myanmar government has been allocating land for large-scale private agricultural businesses in the country’s biodiversity-rich forests at an alarming rate. Between 2010 and 2013, the area of land marked for commercial agriculture has increased from nearly 2 million acres to 5.2 million acres.
Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia
- Mongabay
- 12 Mar 2015
Investment in agricultural production and trade often harms the rights of local and indigenous peoples while failing to contribute significantly to economic development, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Institute.
Indonesia palm oil battle pits farmers against big plantations
- Reuters
- 12 Mar 2015
Singapore-based Golden Agri-Resources, which has oil palm plantations covering 250,000 ha in Indonesia, wants to expand in Kalimantan. Rights groups accuse the company of taking land from local people without free and informed consent.