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La France s'inquiète du phénomène d'accaparement des terres
- La Terre de Chez Nous
- 30 August 2012
Il n’y a pas qu’au Québec où l’on s’inquiète du phénomène d’accaparement des terres agricoles par des intérêts autres qu’agricoles.
Un investissement agricole responsable ? Les efforts actuels visant à réglementer les accaparements de terres ne font qu’empirer la situation
- GRAIN
- 30 August 2012
Jusqu’à maintenant, les efforts déployés pour réglementer les accaparements de terres étaient le fait des institutions internationales. Maintenant, le secteur privé s’engage à définir ses propres règles du jeu.
Stop land grabbing before it’s too late
- Daily Monitor
- 29 August 2012
For most Ugandans, the processes that government uses to acquire land for investment are not clearly understood. The land valuation processes, the purchase price and related transactions are never clear, leaving the majority of the occupants vulnerable.
GCC chambers discuss food security
- Oman News Agency
- 29 August 2012
Food investment outside the GCC states needs to be reconsidered under global variables, particularly political and economic ones that may pose a major threat to the Gulf food security, according to the Federation of GCC Chambers.
Colombia land grab by billionaires risks pledge
- Bloomberg
- 29 August 2012
New law for land restitution comes just as foreign and local billionaires such as Brazil’s Eike Batista and Colombia’s Luis Carlos Sarmiento are stepping up investments in remote parts of the nation.
Argentina: Los verdaderos dueños de la tierra
- Vanguardia
- 29 August 2012
El Registro Nacional de Tierras Rurales dio a conocer que “al menos 2,3 millones de hectáreas se encuentran en manos de extranjeros”. Los estadounidenses encabezan el ranking.
Côte d’Ivoire : Des terres agricoles convoitées
- Al Qarra
- 29 August 2012
Le groupe français Mimran projette d’exploiter 182 000 hectares pour produire 1 million de tonnes de riz.
Africa Food Security Conference
- AFSC
- 29 August 2012
1st Annual Africa Food Security Conference - AFSC 2012 is a regionally focused forum that aims to bring the interrelated parties together for discussions that will refocus food security issues in Africa in alignment with the continent’s requirement.
Landgrabbing: Eksempel Etiopia
- Nationen
- 28 August 2012
Investorer får makta over stadig mer matjord i verden.
Ethiopia: Army commits torture, rape
- HRW
- 28 August 2012
The Ethiopian military responded to an attack on a farm in Gambella region owned by Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc with arbitrary arrests, rape, and other abuses against scores of local villagers, says Human Rights Watch.
Colombia: La Corte Constitucional restableció el papel de las Unidades Agrícolas Familiares - UAF
- Prensa Rural
- 28 August 2012
Los baldíos para los campesinos, no para el sector financiero y las multinacionales
Colombia: Polo propone reforma constitucional contra extranjerización de la tierra
- Polo Democrático Alternativo
- 28 August 2012
Para prohibir el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de compañía extranjeras, tal como lo han hecho Brasil y Argentina, entre otros países, esta colectividad de izquierda presentará un proyecto de reforma constitucional.
The great land grab: The discovery of a new aquifer in Namibia
- Future Challenges
- 28 August 2012
The arid nation of Namibia has a newly discovered aquifer called Ohangwena II, that spans its northeast region, which flows under the boundary between Angola and Namibia, and now the challenge of balancing profit with sustainability looms overhead.
The global land grab, the next human rights challenge for business
- Triple Pundit
- 28 August 2012
Disclosure is the only option. To deny that products have their origins in land leased or purchased under dubious circumstances will only push discerning consumers away. The “fair use” or “land grab free” labels could find their way on food and other products in the coming decade.
L'accaparement de l'eau au coeur des transactions foncières au Sud
- Novethic
- 27 August 2012
La « World Water Week » a débuté le 27 août à Stockholm. Si l'accaparement des terres est un sujet bien couvert, celui de l'eau fait moins l'objet d'attention de la part des ONG et des médias. Plusieurs études comblent cette lacune en montrant que l'eau est un enjeu majeur dans les transactions foncières à grande échelle.