Investigations reveal that 1,300 people are at risk of losing their land to make way for a sugarcane plantation, which is a flagship project of the G7’s initiative to increase agricultural investment in Africa.
NO PALM (Network Opposed to Oil Palm Plantations) established during National Oil Palm Conference held in Davao City on May 9-10 serve as a platform and stepping stone for a broad and strong mass movement against rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in the Philippines.
Más de ocho millones de hectáreas han sido robadas a sus legítimos propietarios en Colombia. La Ley del Gobierno para restituir las tierras despojadas apenas se ha cumplido en un 1%: "No hay voluntad política para solucionarlo"
Following the uprisings in Cameroon and in Cambodia, the residents of villages neighboring the Socfin plantation in Liberia are mobilizing to confront the company this Saturday 16th of May.
Après les soulèvements au Cameroun et au Cambodge, les villageois riverains de la plantation Socfin au Liberia marchent sur la direction ce samedi 16 mai.
El gobierno de México está delineando una reforma agraria para fortalecer los derechos de empresas privadas que hacen negocios con propietarios rurales, con miras a atraer inversión e impulsar la economía, según dos personas familiarizadas con el plan.
Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi backed a deal in 2008 to lease 100,000 hectares of Mali’s best farmland. Terms of the agreement, and the contact itself, weren’t released publicly. Many wondered what the deal contained.
A new report on water for food security and nutrition shows how land, food and water issues are inextricably linked. This must be reflected in policymaking.
ADECRU y GRAIN denuncian y repudian públicamente el Proyecto de Desarrollo del Valle del Río Lúrio y expresan su preocupación e indignación al respecto.
As organizações da sociedade civil que subscrevem este Comunicado exigem a quem de direito que o programa de auscultação sobre o Plano Director versão Zero do ProSAVANA realizado seja revisto
CSOs demand that consultations on the Master Plan of ProSAVANA be re-started with a new programme that eliminates the errors of the previous consultation.
The Ethiopian Agriculture Investment Land Administration Agency disclosed that it has provided over 2.3 million hectares of land for investors this Ethiopia fiscal year.
The palm oil industry's repeated failure to keep its promises illustrates why global initiatives to achieve 'sustainable palm oil' must place communities centre-stage, writes FPP
- The Ecologist
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14 May 2015
Malian farmer Balima Coulibaly and his fellow villagers could do nothing but watch as Libyan investors, under a deal known as Malibya, took the fertile land that they had farmed for generations.
- Foreign Affairs
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14 May 2015
Si "la terre est notre pétrole", comme l'affirme le ministre sénégalais de l'Agriculture, encore faut-il savoir à qui elle revient et comment la repartir.
- Jeune Afrique
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13 May 2015