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Papua New Guinea losing independence
- Oakland Institute
- 19 November 2013
Papua New Guinea is the latest known victim in a modern era of land grabs orchestrated by foreign corporations according to an investigative report and a film.
Beefing up ties with Myanmar
- Financial Express
- 19 November 2013
Myanmar officials have proposed to Bangladesh to invest in agriculture in their country as it has a lot of arable lands for this purpose. The Myanmar government also said they were ready to give long-term lease of land to Bangladeshi entrepreneurs for agricultural purposes from which both the countries would benefit.
Global funds chase Australian farms
- Stock Journal
- 18 November 2013
Global fund managers and some of the world's largest pension funds have bought more than $1.5 billion of agricultural land in Australia over the past three years.
Le nouveau code d'investissement, une mauvaise copie de l'actuel!
- WMC
- 18 November 2013
La possibilité offerte par le projet du Code d’investissement aux étrangers d’entrer dans le capital des sociétés propriétaires des terres agricoles constitue une atteinte à la sécurité alimentaire de la Tunisie.
Terres volées d’Ethiopie
- Monde Diplomatique
- 18 November 2013
Quelle que soit la finalité — production agricole ou investissement financier —, de ces accaparements des terres, les bénéfices échappent presque toujours aux communautés locales. L’exemple de l’Ethiopie est emblématique.
Los oscuros intereses de China sobre las tierras argentinas
- La Gran Época
- 17 November 2013
Luego del desastre ecológico, China necesita urgentemente tierras para cultivar sus alimentos y ya puso un pie sobre Argentina.
Fund manager Duxton buys farms in New Zealand
- Wall Street Journal
- 17 November 2013
Duxton Asset Management is buying a stake in seven sheep and cattle farms even as it voiced concern over the country’s system of regulating foreign investment.
Indonesia’s forest communities victims of ‘legal land grabs’
- Jakarta Globe
- 16 November 2013
Communities are finding that ancestral lands are slipping into the hands of foreign companies for oil palm cultivation, as demand for the product grows in Europe, India and China.
The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities
- FAO
- 16 November 2013
Three FAO reports published in 2013 looking at Lao PDR, Zambia and Ghana
Big ag deal goes largely unnoticed
- Financial Review
- 15 November 2013
Late on Wednesday night an Australian trust backed by Swiss, Danish and US fund managers agreed to pay more than $200 million for 12,000 hectares of almond groves in northern Victoria.
Agribusiness investor Zeder deepens its roots in Zambia
- Business Day
- 14 November 2013
The deal was struck through Zeder's existing investment in that country - its 73.4%-owned commercial farming venture, Chayton Africa
Bolloré en Afrique, la saga judiciaire
- Survie
- 14 November 2013
Le groupe Bolloré, expert patenté des poursuites en diffamation et autres intimidations permettant de bâillonner toute critique, alimente à nouveau l’actualité judiciaire. Mais, cette fois-ci, pas uniquement à son profit.
Lancement du rapport « Accaparements des terres à Madagascar : Echos et témoignages du terrain »
- Re:Common, SIF, TANY
- 13 November 2013
Ce nouveau rapport de Re:Common, SIF et TANY vous amènera dans cinq régions de Madagascar et vous apprendra les conséquences et impacts de six projets d'accaparement de terres par des investisseurs étrangers.
"Land grabbing in Madagascar: Echoes and testimonies from the field" report launch
- Re:Common, SIF, TANY
- 13 November 2013
This joint report from Re:Common, SIF and TANY takes the reader through five regions of Madagascar exposing the consequences and impacts of six land grab projects led by foreign investors.
Accaparement de 7.765.250 ha de terres en afrique de l'ouest : La Copagen dénonce le déficit de consultation des populations
- Le Soleil
- 13 November 2013
La Copagen exige la mise en place d’un moratoire complet sur les accaparements des terres