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The great land rush
- Financial Times
- 01 Mar 2016
FT correspondents report on the global race for land from Ethiopia, Myanmar and Indonesia.
"Socfin has never been guilty of land grabbing"
- VILT
- 01 Mar 2016
So says the chairman of Socfin’s board of directors, Luc Boedt, in response to the occupation of the company’s headquarters by several Belgian NGOs.
Colombia: El ilegal ejemplo de las Zidres
- Las 2 Orillas
- 01 Mar 2016
El Senador Alberto Castilla da su opinión luego de recibir la respuesta de un derecho de petición enviado al Ministro de Agricultura sobre la empresa Forestal de la Orinoquía.
Venda de terras brasileiras: O país roubado por latifundiários
- Carta Maior
- 01 Mar 2016
Discutir projetos de lei colonialistas, num país cujas terras estão sendo mantidas e exploradas pela sonegação de impostos é um crime de lesa-pátria.
Australia deputy PM urges local investment in agriculture to meet strong Asia demand
- Reuters
- 01 Mar 2016
Australia's deputy prime minister on Tuesday urged the country's A$1.8 trillion (US$1.3 trillion) pension fund industry to boost its investment in agriculture as the sector gears up to meet strong demand from Asia.
Gambella evicts local investors from leased lands
- Fortune
- 29 February 2016
Nearly 100 commercial farming investors in Gambella are losing thousands of hectares of land because the region leased, by mistake, lands under federal jurisdiction.
Ukrainian prime minister suggests selling one mln ha of state lands at open auction
- Interfax
- 29 February 2016
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk considers it necessary to sell 1 million hectares of lands in state ownership at an open auction as part of the land reform.
Conflict, companies stoke land grabs in Myanmar’s Kachin State
- Khmer Times
- 29 February 2016
Villagers say they were not consulted about plans to turn their land into grazing grounds and believe it was a ploy by officials who planned to profit from renting out 300 acres to a Chinese company for a banana plantation.
Brasil: Estrangeirização da terra é tema de workshop
- Suino Cultura Industrial
- 29 February 2016
No espaço de uma semana, uma equipe de pesquisadores internacionais coordenada pelo Prof. Dr. Bernardo Mançano Fernandes - Cátedra UNESCO de Educação e Desenvolvimento Territorial - realizou um programa que visa a dinâmica da internacionalização e aquisição de terras em larga escala.
Argentina, Ley de tierras: evalúan cambiarla o derogarla
- La Nación
- 29 February 2016
La norma, sancionada en 2011, restringe la venta de campos a extranjeros.
Afrique: «Il faut un compromis entre l’agriculture paysanne et industrielle»
- RFI
- 29 February 2016
A qui appartiennent les terres agricoles en Afrique ? Depuis l'arrivée de grandes compagnies internationales, la question est hyper-sensible et provoque quelquefois de graves incidents.
Réforme foncière à Madagascar: des intentions à la mise en œuvre, quel bilan ?
- RFI
- 28 February 2016
Un but de la réforme foncière engagée en 2015 était de protéger les terres des populations rurales vulnérables, face à des investisseurs peu scrupuleux.
Malen vs Socfin: Ex-MP freed but 5 others still in
- Awoko
- 26 February 2016
Five people involved in the Malen vs Socfin case continue to languish behind bars while Siaka Sama got his freedom on Wednesday February 24.
Caravane pour la terre, l’eau et les semences : Un livre de «doléances» à remettre au Président Sall
- Le Quotidien
- 26 February 2016
La convergence globale des luttes pour la terre et l’eau en Afrique de l’ouest entend saisir le Président en exercice de la CEDEAO le 18 mars 2016
Action contre SOCFIN (groupe Bolloré) à Bruxelles
- CADTM
- 26 February 2016
Une action a été menée par une dizaine d’ONG accompagnées de plusieurs citoyens et citoyennes, en soutien aux paysan.ne.s du Sud, victimes de l’accaparement de terres par le groupe agro-industriel Socfin.