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PNG land grabs set to be reversed: researchers
- ABC
- 15 May 2014
There are signs that land grabs in Papua New Guinea may start to decline, after a report from Oxfam exposed the extent of the involvement of Australia's big four banks.
Protecting water and land from grabbers. For a new water ethic
- Pressenza
- 15 May 2014
Untold millions of small farmers and indigenous people have been thrown off their land to make way for land grabs. With them gone and their land and water used to grow crops for export, local communities are going hungry and without water.
Small community in Liberia stands strong against land grabbing
- Radio Mundo Real
- 14 May 2014
Interview with Silas Siakor about how the determined people of the Jogbahn Clan, together with the pressure of national and international organisations, are trying to stop a UK palm oil company from grabbing their lands.
Sexual abuse among claims against HAGL
- Phnom Penh Post
- 14 May 2014
Sexual assault and the annihilation of sacred graveyards are among the many claims levelled at Vietnamese Rubber giant HAGL by villagers in Cambodia's Ratanakkiri province.
Courts, cops, cronies driving farmers to ruin
- AHRC
- 14 May 2014
Asian Human Rights Commission says the frenzy of land grabbing in Burma amid the country's transition to nominally democratic government shows no signs of abating.
Rabo Farm interview with IP Nederland
- Rabobank
- 14 May 2014
This year Rabo Farm's first fund, with a size of € 315 million, will be fully subscribed, and a new fund, the Rabo Farm Europe Fund II, will be launched.
Accaparement des terres au Libéria: Dites à Equatorial Palm Oil que NON signifie NON!
- WRM
- 13 May 2014
Une communauté au Libéria lutte pour garder ses terres. Une entreprise anglaise d’huile de palme veut en prendre possession sans en avoir la permission.
New billboard outside Papua New Guinea Parliament sends clear message: Revoke all unlawful SABLs
- ActNow
- 13 May 2014
A new billboard with a clear message for the Papau New Guinea Prime Minister has been erected in central Waigani.
Anti SAVANA: A program that could affect the lives of millions of peasants in Mozambique
- Radio Mundo Real
- 12 May 2014
Mozambican organizations and movements say an agribusiness project threatens biodiversity, the lives of millions of peasants and the food sovereignty of the country.
Africa is up for sale by the acre to the highest bidder
- African Renaissance
- 12 May 2014
Land grabs in Africa could herald a new dystopian age of hunger
‘Land-grabber’ or farming’s future? Quebec’s Pangea says bigger is better
- Financial Post
- 12 May 2014
Serge Fortin, chief executive of Canadian farmland investment company Pangea, believes Quebec's small farms must be replaced by larger farms to survive
Pas d'acquisition des terres agricoles tunisiennes par des étrangers
- TAP
- 12 May 2014
Le gouvernement Jomaa n'a pas l'intention de permettre aux étrangers d'acquérir des terres agricoles, déclare son ministre de l'agriculture
Les entreprises françaises actives sur le marché mondial des terres agricoles
- Multinationales
- 12 May 2014
Agronomes et vétérinaires sans frontières fait le point sur les groupes français qui achètent ou gèrent de grandes surfaces agricoles dans des pays étrangers.
En Brasil está restringida la venta de tierras cultivables a extranjeros
- E'a
- 11 May 2014
En Paraguay, en cambio, unas 5 millones hectáreas están en manos de colonos y terratenientes brasileños, casi el 11% de todo el territorio nacional. Favero (foto) es uno de ellos.
Dangote Group pledges to invest $2.3bn in Northern Nigeria
- This Day
- 11 May 2014
He said the conglomerate would require about 250,000 hectares of land for sugar cane production and 130,000 hectares for rice farming.