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Bulgarian REIT Advance Terrafund sells 2,336 ha of farmland in Jan-Aug
- SeeNews
- 15 September 2014
Bulgarian real estate investment trust Advance Terrafund said on Monday it sold 2,336 hectares of farmland.
Chinese fund to splash $3bn on Australian agriculture
- Weekly Times
- 15 September 2014
A new $3 billion fund jointly initiated by the Beijing Agricultural Investment Fund and Yuhu Agriculture Investment Pty Ltd. is planning to invest $3 billion capital in various projects in Australia.
85 squatter farmers face arrest
- Bangkok Post
- 15 September 2014
Authorities plan to arrest about 85 farmers who have occupied a large tract of land, formerly an oil palm plantation, in Plai Phraya district of Krabi today.
Sénégal : Accaparement du foncier, et des espaces cultivables ménace contre l'autosuffisance alimentaire
- SudOnline
- 13 September 2014
Un Forum foncier mondial aura lieu du 11 au 17 mai 2015 à Dakar.
La division des terres agricoles menace la sécurité alimentaire
- IPS
- 11 September 2014
"L'acquisition de terres à grande échelle non seulement réduit les terres disponibles pour les populations locales, mais aussi ce qui est disponible aux populations locales doit être encore subdivisé," indique Allan Moshi
Le commerce mondial, moteur de la déforestation illégale
- Le Monde
- 11 September 2014
Près de la moitié de la déforestation dans les pays tropicaux s’explique par la conversion illégale de terres en exploitations agricoles à vocation commerciale, selon une vaste étude publiée par l’organisation américaine Forest Trends
Argentina: Campesinos salen a defender a los Esteros de la extranjerización
- Corrientes Hoy
- 11 September 2014
"Hoy tenemos por delante una lucha contra el monocultivo forestal (que goza de subsidios y exenciones impositivas) y la extranjerización de las tierras, como por ejemplo las que le entregaron a Tompkins y a Harvard".
Subdivisión de tierras amenaza la seguridad alimentaria en África
- IPS
- 11 September 2014
"Los inversores corrían a África subsahariana y oriental para adquirir vastas extensiones de tierras y este fenómeno “no solo reducía el espacio disponible para la población local, sino que lo que les queda, además, tenían que subdividirlo por cuestiones de herencia”.
Sudan requires US$ 14 billion in investment
- ANBA
- 11 September 2014
One of the main topics at the Mining and Food Security Forum in Khartoum was Sudan’s food production potential and the need for international cooperation, especially from Arab countries.
'If you take away land, you take away life'
- Foreign Policy
- 11 September 2014
Cambodia's prime minister made a promise to tackle the country's most nagging social problem. Now his compatriots are taking him at his word.
Tropical forests illegally destroyed for commercial agriculture
- Guardian
- 11 September 2014
Increasing international demand for palm oil, beef, soy and wood is fuelling the illegal destruction of tropical forests at an alarming rate.
Sommet climat de l'ONU : vers une agriculture sous l'emprise de la finance et des multinationales ?
- Mediapart
- 10 September 2014
Malgré les échecs des marchés carbone, la Banque mondiale et la FAO oeuvrent pour faire de l’agriculture l’un des pivots de la décarbonification de l’atmosphère et un sous-système de la finance carbone, ce qui pourrait aggraver l'accaparement de terres par des investisseurs internationaux.
Environmental journalist faces harassment from Indian multinational corporation for critical article
- IFEX
- 10 September 2014
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn an attempt to harass a well-known environmental journalist by Karuturi Global Limited (KGL).
Palm oil, poverty and ‘imperialism’: A reality check from Liberia
- Global Witness
- 10 September 2014
Silas Sikor of the Sustainable Development Institute responds to Sir Jonathon Porritt's suggestion that oil palm plantations are a solution to poverty.
Africa’s dividing farmlands a threat to food security
- IPS
- 10 September 2014
As investors rush to East and southern Africa for large-scale land acquisitions, a majority of Africa’s farmers now farm on less than one hectare.