In 2010 alone, land-clearing for oil palm plantations in Kalimantan emitted more than 140 million metric tons of carbon dioxide – an amount equivalent to annual emissions from about 28 million vehicles.
Former World Bank rural advisor Derek Byerlee to tell conference that fears of a foreign farm land grab in Australia are unfounded.
This article is part of a series of feature stories on land grabbing in selected countries in Asia, as part of an awareness-raising campaign on how land grabs worsen hunger, in commemoration of 'World Foodless Day' on October 16 by PAN AP and its partner organisations. (http://www.panap.net/wfd)
The credibility of the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has been called into question over its failure to act against a company bulldozing ancestral forests and perpetrating human rights abuses in Indonesia.
Les membres du Parlement panafricain, du Comité interparlementaire de l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA) et ceux du parlement béninois, ont invité ce vendredi à Cotonou les chefs d'Etats africains à réagir de toute urgence au phénomène d'accaparement des terres sur le continent africain.
Une soixantaine de députés du Parlement panafricain ont entamé jeudi à Cotonou un atelier régional sur "Tirer profit des investissements: la réponse parlementaire à la ruée vers les terres", en vue de prendre des mesures nécessaires pour lutter contre le phénomène de l'accaparement des terres sur le continent africain.
Land rights advocates are hoping ASEAN will come up with a regulatory framework to check private sector investment in land, particularly for agriculture, as land grabs and land-related conflicts soar in the region.
Kristin Davis, Gael Garcia Bernal and Angelique Kidjo join call on World Bank to freeze land deals
We share the concerns Oxfam raised, however we disagree with their call for a moratorium on World Bank Group investments in land intensive large-scale agricultural enterprises, especially during a time of rapidly rising global food prices.
Los datos del relevamiento oficial incomodaron al ministro de Justicia, Julio Alak, quien llamó a seguir "avanzando y redoblar el esfuerzo para que la tierra de los argentinos sea de los argentinos".
Since 2000, 27 million hectares of land were bought by foreign and domestic companies throughout Asia, making it the second most targeted region for land deals after Africa.
Oxfam report says international land investors and biofuel producers have taken over land around the world that could feed nearly 1 billion people.
