A l’initiative de la Fes, en collaboration avec deux Ong camerounaises, des experts des 6 pays d’Afrique centrale se sont retrouvés à Yaoundé pour faire des recommandations à leurs gouvernements aux fins de combattre la cession des terres à grande échelle aux compagnies étrangères.
La decisión, que busca proteger a pequeños y medianos propietarios de tierra, deja también en entredicho millonarias inversiones hechas en la altillanura del oriente del país.
Australians are entitled to test and scrutinise the benefits of foreign acquisitions to ensure they are in our national interest and, importantly, safeguard Australia’s role in global food security.
In a decision of great import, the Constitutional Court of Colombia has just struck down a legislative amendment that would have allowed for new types of land concentration in this country.
Dans une décision d'une grande importance, la Cour Constitutionnelle colombienne a statué contre une modification de la loi qui aurait permis de nouvelles formes de concentration et d'accaparement des terres dans le pays.
The ethics complaint was filed by the Des Moines-based citizen group, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, for misusing his membership on the Iowa Board of Regents that oversees Iowa's public universities to advance an "African land grab".
Campaign opposes land grabs of traditional territories in Honduras by elites and foreign investors.
"Para la Corte, las normas acusadas resultan contrarias a los citados preceptos constitucionales, porque permiten la enajenación o aporte de tierras originalmente baldías o adquiridas mediante subsidio integral"
Agriculture investment consultants are closely watching the impact that the prolonged drought is likely to have on global corn and soybean carry outs, and the incentive it is creating for increased double cropping in countries such as Brazil.
The editors have involved a highly diverse group of expert researchers, who review the pro- and anti-investment arguments, geopolitics, the role of capitalist investors, the environmental contexts and the political implications of, and reasons for, leasing millions of hectares in sub-Saharan Africa.
Vruchtbaar en goedkoop land is gewild. In Afrika jagen zakenlui op dit 'groene goud'. Trouw schreef er een serie over. Ook in de Mekong-regio in Zuidoost-Aziëwordt land van bewoners afgepakt, vooral voor de rubberproductie. Foute zaak, zeggen mensenrechtenclubs. Maar de autoriteiten zijn blij met de investeerders.
From the World Bank to pension funds, efforts are under way to regulate land grabs through the creation of codes and standards. Rather than help financial and corporate elites to "responsibly invest" in farmland, we need them to stop and divest.
