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'Equality' is not enough
- Pambazuka
- 26 April 2012
Land rights are essentially political issues; but where women’s land rights are concerned, the solutions take on a legal dimension.
Un informe destapa las graves consecuencias de inversiones agrícolas en población local de Uganda
- Boletín Agrario
- 26 April 2012
Elaborado por Amigos de la Tierra Uganda, denuncia la expansión descontrolada de cultivos bioenergéticos en las islas de Kalangala en el lago Victoria.
Chinese “land grabs” in Africa – the reality behind the news
- SIANI
- 26 April 2012
This policy brief gives a brief overview of the available evidence of large-scale Chinese investment in agriculture, then discusses the extent to which the purpose of such investment is to export produce back to China.
Colonisation foncière qatarie : bientôt des paysans sans terres au Niger!
- swissaid
- 26 April 2012
A l’issue de la dernière visite du Président de la République du Niger au Qatar, le Qatar a réitéré son vieux rêve «d’investir environ 300 millions de dollars dans le secteur de l’agriculture au Niger».
Les lois de la terre
- XXI
- 25 April 2012
Face à la caméra, Olivier Combastet, le gérant de Pergam Finance explique avec candeur que « spéculer, c’est espérer ». Son aplomb a fait de lui la cible des associations qui dénoncent un « accaparement des terres ».
Land rights and the World Bank Group: Setting the record straight
- World Bank
- 25 April 2012
Some CSOs are using the media to paint an inaccurate and distorted picture of the World Bank Group’s work and they are questioning the motives of the conference, says the World Bank's Klaus Deininger.
Crece concentración de tierras en manos extranjeras
- Noticias Aliadas
- 25 April 2012
Casi dos tercios de tierras para cultivo de alimentos adquiridas por gobiernos o empresas foráneas son destinadas a biocombustibles.
Acaparamientos de tierras en Mali: Campesinos presos
- Vía Campesina
- 25 April 2012
Convergencia : CNOP, UACDDDD, CAD, LJDH, AOPP contra los acaparamientos de tierras
La famille Louis-Dreyfus investit dans des terres agricoles
- La France Agricole
- 25 April 2012
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, l'ancien président du groupe de négoce du même nom, et son neveu Peter Mann ont créé une société avec la holding russe Sistema afin d'investir dans les terres agricoles en Russie où ils visent « 150.000 à 250.000 hectares à moyen terme »
Growing concentration of land is in foreign hands
- Latinamerica Press
- 25 April 2012
The processes of concentration, foreign ownership and land degradation came to be a central concern of supranational bodies and NGOs that warn of the “negative effects of these phenomena on food security, agricultural employment and the development of family farming.”
Foreign investment in the time of the telegram
- The Land
- 25 April 2012
Senator believes a revision of foreign investment rules must adequately consider the changing nature of national sovereignty, in the face of a mounting global food security task.
Land grabbing in Mali: Farmers arrested
- CNOP, UACDDDD, CAD, LJDH, AOPP
- 24 April 2012
When the peasants of Sanamadougou and Saou began preparing their lands on 23 April 2012, they were very surprised when four of their leaders, including the village chief, were arrested and taken to the Brigade de gendarmerie in Markala.
Declaración conjunta - Banco Mundial: ¡Fuera de la tierra!
- Vía Campesina
- 24 April 2012
Conferencia del Banco Mundial sobre Tierra y Pobreza - del 23 al 26 de abril en Washington
Twynam's flight to Africa
- The Land
- 24 April 2012
Family that sold Australia's biggest water licence in history has been selling its NSW farming operations and is setting up a new agricultural empire in the Blue Nile state in Sudan
Ofensiva do capital internacional sobre as terras na América Latina
- ALAI
- 24 April 2012
"Caberá ao movimento popular do campo e aos povos indígenas empunhar bandeira de resistência a essa ofensiva do capital internacional sobre as terras do nosso continente".