Groups say draft law prioritizes and gives special privileges to business investors, which could spark more land grabs and create more land problems within the country.
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A Turkish agriculture firm, Tarbim, will invest billions of shillings to establish a modern rice farm at Tanzania Prisons Bagamoyo farm.
Policies to generate foreign investment and commodity exports are imposing heavy costs on communities, such as land grabs, loss of livelihoods, lack of food security, and degradation of the environment and biodiversity.
In the face of various threats to land, Melanesian are struggling to retain control over Melanesia land. Join us in hearing their stories and learn how you can support their struggle.
Caña y palma ponen en riesgo la desprotegida biodiversidad y soberanía alimentaria de Guatemala
En Bogotá y Villavicencio las discusiones se centraron en el proyecto de ley de las Zidres.
Varias organizaciones colombianas e internacionales presentaron un estudio que denuncia un proyecto de Ley impulsado por el Gobierno que, según concluyen, restará tierras a campesinos en favor de grandes empresas.
Report assesses the financial relationships of 17 companies involved in land grabbing, human rights abuses or environmental pollution with 17 selected Swiss banks and institutional investors since January 2011.
Angola's rural population could be left behind as large areas are leased to foreign farming and mining companies, instead of providing for those who fled to the cities during the war but are now returning to the countryside.
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) strongly believes that while the rai Principles claims to be rights-based and supposedly recognizes the right to food, its overarching framework and several of its principles actually contradict such claims.
The proposal to convert 8 million hectares of land in the Palawan Man & Biosphere Reserve into oil palm plantations casts a harsh light on the Filipino government. Call on the Governor of Palawan to save the reserve.
Kenya's Lake Turkana is a vital source of life for humans and animals alike. But its lifeline is about to be cut by a push for the development of irrigated plantations.
