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Government to consult on foreign ownership register
- ThePigSite
- 20 June 2012
The Gillard Government (Australia) has announced a working group to consult on the development of a Commonwealth foreign ownership register for agricultural land.
Enfin un frein à l'accaparement des terres ?
- DW
- 20 June 2012
Les nouvelles directives volontaires sur l'accès à la terre, peuvent-elles freiner le "land-grabbing", l'accaparement des terres ? Les organisations de défense des paysans se montrent optimistes. Le point avec Sarah Steffen.
Food security: Countries need right kind of investment
- AgriHunt
- 20 June 2012
It is an issue that goes to the heart of the debate around large-scale land projects in Africa – whether foreign investment can be used to aid badly needed development rather than being deemed exploitative.
Investment fears 'scaremongering', says Emerson
- The Land
- 20 June 2012
Only a fool would believe Australia's agricultural development could be funded without foreign investment from sovereign wealth funds, according to Trade Minister Craig Emerson.
Ethiopia promoting agricultural investment
- Capital
- 20 June 2012
Ethiopia is working to reduce bureaucracy related to processes in agricultural investment according to Tefera Derebew, Minister of Agriculture.
Global grab for land and forests kills 1 a week
- Reuters
- 19 June 2012
At least one person is being killed in an environmental dispute around the world each week as the battle for land, natural resources and forests becomes increasingly violent, a report said on Tuesday.
Foreign direct investment in agriculture : Land grab or food security improvement?
- SSRN
- 19 June 2012
Do governments and parliaments in investor home countries have any responsibility in respect of the behaviour of their investors abroad? What should they and international regulators do, if anything?
Ethics complaint: Rastetter used regents board to push African 'land grab'
- Des Moines Register
- 19 June 2012
An ethics complaint being filed today alleges agribusiness investor Bruce Rastetter used his membership on a board that oversees Iowa’s public universities to advance a business venture involving Iowa State University.
L’accaparement des terres prend des proportions incontrôlables
- APIC
- 19 June 2012
"Pain pour le prochain" (PPP) a soulevé le problème de l’accaparement des terres, lors d’une conférence co-organisée au Sommet des Peuples à Rio de Janeiro au Brésil, le 18 juin 2012.
AgroGeneration fait appel au marché pour financer son développement
- La France Agricole
- 19 June 2012
Le groupe AgroGeneration, spécialisé dans la production de céréales et d'oléagineux en Ukraine et en Argentine, a annoncé, mardi, le lancement d'un emprunt obligataire « ouvert à tous » (y compris les investisseurs individuels) de 15 millions d'euros.
La guerra del Chaco
- La Diaria
- 19 June 2012
Gobierno de Paraguay detectó presencia de empresarios uruguayos  que compraron tierras públicas en forma irregular.
Accaparement des Terres : L’Afrique élève la voix au sommet des peuples à Rio
- Senewebnews
- 18 June 2012
Venus de différents coins du continent, les sociétés civiles, ONGs et mouvement sociaux ont exprimé leur ras-le-bol face à l’accaparement illicite des terres.
Land grabbing in focus
- RLA Foundation
- 18 June 2012
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation co-organised a seminar in the Swedish Parliament on June 14, 2012 where a new report on land grabbing by researchers of the Right Livelihood College Campus in Lund was released.
Ethiopia: Pastoralists forced off their land for sugar plantations
- HRW
- 18 June 2012
The Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing indigenous pastoral communities inEthiopia’s Lower Omo valley without adequate consultation or compensation to make way for state-run sugar plantations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Côte d'Ivoire : Cargill dans l'huile de palme
- Jeune Afrique
- 18 June 2012
Le Français Lionel Soulard, directeur général de Cargill West Africa, basé à Abidjan, a entamé des négociations avec l’Etat ivoirien pour la mise à disposition de 50 000 ha de terres agricoles afin de créer des plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile.