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Alquilar tierras, hipotecar el futuro
- Panorama
- 13 July 2012
"Los atropellos se han sucedido sin parar y aquellos maravillosos beneficios que gozarían los pueblos que se amoldarían a la nueva inversión agrícola, se han quedado en papel mojado”.
Stevia Nutra signs strategic agreement with agro-development company
- Business Wire
- 12 July 2012
The Canadian company Stevia Nutra Corporation announced that it has entered into a “Services Provision Agreement” with Ecologica Co. Ltd, a Cambodian agro-development company, to develop largescale stevia plantations in Cambodia
Agrarian reform in the 21st century
- La Via Campesina
- 12 July 2012
“The destruction and grabbing of resources from peasants and poor people have intensified and if we are to succeed in defending our land, territory and our very future, we need to come together and identify clearly the kind of Agrarian Reform we are looking for and the strategy for which we achieve it.”
Merauke food estate land likely to shrink by 80%
- Jakarta Post
- 12 July 2012
The Indonesian government’s long-discussed plan to launch a massive food estate in Merauke, Papua, in a bid to boost the nation’s food production is facing uncertainty amid land acquisition problems, a top ministry official says.
UAE eyes overseas land to provide steady food supplies
- Gulf News
- 12 July 2012
The UAE is eying lands overseas in order to provide ongoing food supply to face the increase in the country’s population as the UAE imports steadily soared in the past few years, Ministry of Economy official said.
Empresas querem terra para especular e 'plantar dinheiro', diz professor
- Rede Brasil Atual
- 12 July 2012
Ariovaldo Umbelino acredita que ruralistas vão derrubar vetos de Dilma a mudanças no projeto do Código Florestal para continuar 'vivendo uma situação de terra arrasada'.
Avanza en Río Negro la implementación de la Ley de Extranjerización de la Tierra
- Bariloche Opina
- 12 July 2012
Según informó el presidente de la Comisión Especial Investigadora de Transferencia de Tierras Rurales de la Legislatura de Río Negro, el legislador César Miguel (FpV), se han analizado ya unos 35 casos desde que ésta comenzó a funcionar.
Défense de la terre et des territoires, construction d’une nouvelle civilisation et lutte pour notre futur
- La Via Campesina
- 12 July 2012
Selon Henry Saragih, “la destruction et l’accaparement des ressources des paysans, des paysannes et des pauvres s’intensifient, et si nous voulons réussir à défendre nos terres, nos territoires, notre futur même, nous devons nous rassembler et identifier clairement le modèle de réforme agraire que nous voulons, ainsi que les stratégies nécessaires à sa mise en œuvre.”
Global fight for natural resources 'has only just begun'
- The Guardian
- 12 July 2012
Academics and business figures gave a grim warning at the Resource 2012 conference, but defended the Rio+20 outcomes
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°80
- Le Hub Rural
- 11 July 2012
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
Interview: UK pension funds up investment in commodity assets
- Reuters
- 11 July 2012
UK pension funds are stepping up investments in commodity assets such as farms, timberland, mines and energy projects as they seek to diversify portfolios away from equities, an official at consultant Mercer said.
Terre confisqué, futur volé
- Greens/EFA
- 11 July 2012
Film inspiré d'un rapport APRODEV sur l'accaparement des terres au Cambodge
Résolution sur la régulation du foncier dans une perspective de souveraineté alimentaire
- APF
- 10 July 2012
Adoptée par l’Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, réunie à Bruxelles (Belgique) le 10 juillet 2012, sur proposition de la Commission de la coopération et du développement
Il business del land grab in Africa
- Il Manifesto
- 10 July 2012
L’accaparramento di terre sta diventando una iattura per troppi Paesi africani.
Detroit: A tale of two... farms?
- FoodFirst
- 10 July 2012
Does the Hantz megafarm project in Detroit (US) have anything in common with the brutal, large-scale land acquisitions sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America?