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Colombia: radican norma para limitar compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros
- El Tiempo
- 02 August 2012
La propuesta viene de los conservadores. Sólo podrán tener hasta el 15 % de tierras del país.
Land grabbing in a post investment period and popular reaction in the Rufiji River Basin.
- Hakiardhi
- 02 August 2012
Report just released by Tanzanian NGO Haki Ardhi looks at recent experiences with land grabs in the fertile Rufiji Basin.
GEO France : Terres fertiles à louer
- GEO
- 02 August 2012
De puissants investisseurs étrangers trustent les meilleurs champs des pays du Sud. Néocolonialisme ou développement agricole ? Dossier préparé par le collectif Terra Project et publié par GEO France.
The global land rush: Catalyst for resource-driven conflict?
- Sustainable Security
- 02 August 2012
Given the power imbalances at play, it is folly to assume that land-seekers will suddenly embrace, en masse, a set of voluntary rules promoting sustainable and equitable investor practices, says Michael Kugelman
Not enough farmland to feed the world
- ABC
- 02 August 2012
HighQuest Partners in the US say that between 65-80 million hectares of additional land is going to have to be brought into production, globally, within the next 10 years and that this means more foreign farmland investment.
Challenging the colonial legacy in Gabon
- FERN
- 01 August 2012
Following a two-day conference in Libreville, Gabon, civil society actors launched a land and resource rights initiative to challenge property laws and continuing allocation of community lands to logging, mining and agribusiness.
Congreso hondureño decreta desarme parcial en el Bajo Aguán
- Terra
- 01 August 2012
El portavoz del Movimiento Unificado Campesino del Bajo Aguán, Vitalino Álvarez, dijo que "contra la desigualdad y el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de las corporaciones no se puede luchar con las armas sino con leyes de reforma agraria".
Investment: Magic word or trap?
- aGter
- 01 August 2012
Everyone seems to agree on the need for “investment” in agriculture to fight hunger and support rural development, but the focus is exclusively on investment funds and big business, and nothing about farmers. Is the term part of a disinformation campaign to serve the interests of only a few?
Uganda: Investment - MPs split on land donations
- New Vision
- 31 July 2012
The Government of Uganda has been asked by Members of Parliament to make the process of acquiring land for investments more transparent.
Novo fundo de US$ 2 bi visa aportes na África
- Valor Econômico
- 31 July 2012
A Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) lançou ontem, em Brasília, o fundo Nacala, voltado a investimentos no setor de agronegócios em Moçambique. A captação vai começar em novembro e a meta é levantar US$ 2 bilhões em um prazo de até quatro meses
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°81
- Le Hub Rural
- 31 July 2012
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
Commodity niches lure as markets converge
- Reuters
- 31 July 2012
Investors are honing the focus of their cash on real assets including farmland, timber, mines and energy projects, which are less correlated to financial markets.
Mozambique's agricultural fortunes rest on a choice between Obama and Annan
- The Guardian
- 31 July 2012
The Obama model's first project in Mozambique will be to support Cargill, the giant grain trader and largest private company in the world, to take 40,000 hectares of farmland.
Communal land associations: A perfect solution to land grabbing
- NAPE
- 30 July 2012
With communal land associations communities will be having one voice and if anybody, be it government or investor, is interested in their land, that person is made aware of that the group is organized and therefore not easy to simply deploy graders to start tiling or clearing the land.
Up for grabs
- Greenpeace
- 30 July 2012
A massive land grab has occurred in Papua New Guinea under the auspices of the Special Agricultural and Business Leases scheme, and the impact on communities across the country has been devastating. Greenpeace has produced a new report that details the extent of the damage.