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Le pape fustige l’accaparement des terres par des multinationales et des États
- La Croix
- 11 June 2015
Le pape François dénonce l’accaparement des terres dans les pays pauvres par les entreprises multinationales et d’autres États.
#NoLandNoLife | An urgent appeal to respect the human rights of the lumads in Mindanao, Philippines and to end the militarization of their communities
- PAN AP
- 11 June 2015
Lumad (indigenous) communities in Mindanao, Philippines appeal to end the militarization of their villages and to stop the human rights abuses by the armed forces.
BrasilAgro shares soar as land sale flags rising values
- Agrimoney
- 10 June 2015
Brazilian agriculture company BrasilAgro sold its Cremaq farm in Piauí for more than seven times what was paid for it nine years ago.
Zhejiang firm to help agriculture in eastern Russia
- China Daily
- 10 June 2015
Zoje Resources Investment has obtained a 49-year land lease from Russia's Transbaikal regional government to develop agriculture and livestock farms on 115,000 hectares of uncultivated land.
El acaparamiento de tierras agrícolas, un fenómeno en crecimiento en la UE
- Agrodigital
- 10 June 2015
El acaparamiento de tierras se está produciendo también en la UE, con una implantación que va en aumento, especialmente en los países del este de la UE, como son Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungría y Polonia.
Paraguay: Fallo emblemático: Jueza anula contrato de sojero que explotaba tierras indígenas
- E'a
- 10 June 2015
Amparado en un supuesto contrato que obtuvo de algunos indígenas, un colono brasilero se había apoderado de unas 300 hectáreas de una comunidad para su explotación por 5 años, ante la impotencia de los demás nativos.
EU investors, land grabs and deforestation: case-studies
- FERN
- 10 June 2015
European banks and investors are a major source of finance for large-scale destructive agriculture; forestry; and pulp and paper projects.
Trying to follow the money: Tracing investments to actual places in SE Asia
- CIFOR
- 10 June 2015
Following the many paths of where investment dollars go to fund agricultural commodities in SE Asia can be a challenging but not impossible prospect.
UAE corporation to invest $10 billion in agricultural land in Sudan
- Sudan Tribune
- 09 June 2015
Government agency announces that Al-Dahra Holding has expressed a desire to acquire 2.4 million acres of land in one of the largest valleys extending from Sahl al-Batana in the east to the River Nile state in northern Sudan.
Mozambique: People's appeal for an immediate invalidation of the 'Public Hearing of ProSavana's Master Plan"
- 08 June 2015
Appeal reflects and expresses our profound indignation and discontent regarding the public hearing process, especially regarding the way these meetings were planned, convened and held.
Global land grabbing: some new resources
- Zimbabweland
- 08 June 2015
The ‘land grab’ debate continues to evolve and today there is much more empirical data, as witnessed by the veritable explosion of publications.
Colombia: Investigación de la Contraloría respalda denuncias de Wilson Arias sobre acaparamiento de baldíos
- Sitio Web de Wilson Arias
- 06 June 2015
Implica más de 150.000 hectáreas de tierras, que hoy están en manos de empresarios y agentes económicos inescrupulosos, cuando deberían estar en manos del campesinado.
L’accaparement des terres, l’expropriation et l’injustice foncière : Une marche avortée hier par les autorités compétentes
- Maliweb
- 06 June 2015
Une marche pacifique à Bamako contre les accaparements des terres a été avortée par les autorités compétentes.
La Nasan accélère la course à l'accaparement des terres en Afrique
- RFI
- 05 June 2015
La Nasan accélère la course à l'accaparement des terres en Afrique L'accaparement des terres en Afrique est encouragé par un mythe, selon lequel 80% des terres arables du continent seraient vacantes, alors qu'en fait elles sont périodiquement cultivées.
Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries
- Mongabay
- 05 June 2015
Since April, communities and activists in Cameroon, Cambodia, Liberia and the Ivory Coast have also staged direct protest actions against subsidiaries of Socfin, one of the world's largest independent plantation owners with 150,000 hectares of rubber and oil palm in several African and Southeast Asian countries.