On 10th October, Miguel Galván was stabbed to death in the doorway of his own home in Argentina. Almost one year earlier, Cristian Ferreyra had also been shot and killed in his house. Both men were murdered because they refused to give up their land to multi-national soybean plantation companies.
On Our Land chronicles the experiences of rural communities in Papua New Guinea who are being dispossessed of their land and natural resources through illegal logging operations and exposes the resulting destruction to local communities and the environment.
Colombian and Argentine experts discuss foreign acquisition of land in their countries and whether government efforts to limit the often negative effects of land grabbing are working.
The Brazilian State prosecutor for Pernambuco announced last week that the Federal Public Ministry will launch an investigation into delays in resolving one of the cases highlighted in Oxfam's report.
Au Cameroun, le projet pharaonique et controversé de la société américaine Herakles Farms de planter des palmiers à huile semble avoir tourné court. Et le pdg de la firme a disparu comme par enchantement.
La Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo junto al CELS presentaron ante Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos un informe y petitorio regional de los derechos económicos sociales y culturales.
Ce nouveau numéro de possibles, avec des auteurs du Québec et d’Europe, des milieux universitaires comme de la société civile, explore les racines du phénomène, ses différentes dimensions et enjeux, ainsi que ses multiples formes à travers les continents.
Indofood is on the lookout to lease and develop parcels of land for large-scale commercial farming.
Chinese investors may own less than 1 per cent of Australian farmland, but the true level is not known because it is hidden behind a corporate veil, according to a new report
“El acaparamiento de la tierra para cultivar palma y caña para agrocombustibles esta llevando a una serie de violaciones de derechos humanos"
Ethiopia's huge agricultural output has brought about an economic miracle for the nation. But inhabitants are being pushed out of their native land by foreign investors and have no share in the profits.
Church leaders and activists from six SADC countries appealed to African parliaments to come up with laws that protect land owners, promote land rights and criminalise massive land grabbing.
