Briefing identifies five strategic “nexuses” to help understand how land converges with historically embedded power relations in the United States.
- Food First
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24 October 2014
Mais de mil camponeses do povoado de Wakhua, no posto administrativo de Lioma, na fronteira entre as províncias da Zambézia e Nampula, foram desapropriados das suas terras pela empresa brasileira AGROMOZ.
Dans la panique de la pandémie d’Ébola, des observateurs ont rapporté que pratiquement aucun secteur de la chefferie de Malen, dans le district de Pujehun, n’avait échappé aux griffes de la Socfin Agriculture Company (SAC).
- Green Scenery
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24 October 2014
Civil society groups walk out of World Bank "consultation" on their Safeguards policy. The Safeguards are supposed to set best practice for the World Bank and protect people's rights, but the new draft allows the bank and companies to go ahead with projects that affect land rights without consent of affected communities.
- Safeguardcomments
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24 October 2014
モザンビーク現地新聞Verdade紙 2014年10月24日記事(仮訳)
「リオマ郡で何百人もの農民ら土地を追われる」
As the ebola epidemic rages on, Socfin continues to grab land from the people of Malen in league with some chiefdom authorities.
- Standard Times
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23 October 2014
L'accaparement des terres agricoles par de grands groupes financiers, comme la société Pangea qui a acquis des au Lac-Saint-Jean, fait craindre le pire.
- Radio Canada
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23 October 2014
Tribal people and small-scale farmers in the Philippine province of Palawan have called for a halt to the expansion of oil palm plantations which are destroying the forests they rely on to survive.
- Survival International
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22 October 2014
Conversation with Maria Antonelli about the main drivers and implications of land transactions around the world, with a particular focus both on the role of EU.
- ClimateScience&Policy
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22 October 2014
Video clip from the Stop Africa Land Grab Concert in Washington DC (September 2014)
- Finfinne Tribune
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22 October 2014
La nueva ley prohíbe a ciudadanos, compañías y empresas locales que cuenten con más de un 50 por ciento de propiedad extranjera comprar terrenos en el país.
- Europa Press
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22 October 2014
La RDC a présenté à Londres, au Global Africa Investment Summit, le projet de Bukanga-Lonzo, un parc agricole de 80 000 ha
- Média Congo
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22 October 2014
"Una política agrícola que deja la tierra en manos de los poderosos o de las empresas extranjeras no hará sino destruir la agricultura familiar, el Medio Ambiente, la economía social” asegura Mariam Sow
Peru is offering Indian businesses investment opportunities in agri-business, where 100,000 hectares of arable land will double in a few years due to large irrigation projects that have been tendered.
- Financial Express
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21 October 2014
The global population is rising steadily — but food production is not. The result? More demand for arable land, as nations invest to safeguard their food supply and their wealth