BRÉSIL - « La réforme agraire est totalement arrêtée »
    "Le gouvernement est impuissant à réaliser la réforme agraire et à mettre un frein à l’achat de terres par les étrangers dans le pays." Entretien avec Alexandre Conceiçao du Mouvement des sans terre (MST)
    • MST
    • 06 July 2012
    Taste and smile?
    Stop Tate and Lyle Sugars buying from suppliers that bleed Cambodian farmers by taking their land. Boycott Tate and Lyle Sugars until they compensate the families who have lost everything so that they can make a profit.
    • TandLSugarsBoycott
    • 06 July 2012
    A ‘land sovereignty’ alternative?
    If, as our analysis suggests, there is a need to transition the people’s demand for land from ‘land reform’ and ‘land tenure security’ to something else, then ‘land sovereignty’ as a framework is worth considering.
    • TNI
    • 06 July 2012
    Herakles Farms and how a US agri-corporation sparked anger in Africa
    Palm oil is the world’s cheapest edible oil and a key ingredient in some biofuels. Global demand is booming and agri-corporations are grabbing large swathes of land to expand palm oil production in a new frontier: Africa.
    • Greenpeace
    • 06 July 2012
    Accaparement des terres : les femmes en première ligne
    Les femmes sont particulièrement touchées par cette nouvelle phase de la mondialisation capitaliste. Elles peuvent se voir brusquement dépossédées de terres qu’elles ont patiemment mises en valeur.
    • Egalité Infos
    • 06 July 2012
    $100bn interfaith investor group sets out guidelines on commodities and land investments
    The Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility has published recommended guidelines for investing in commodities and land.
    • Responsible Investor
    • 05 July 2012
    Mirage in the desert: The myth of Africa's land grab
    The land grab phenomenon in Sudan...resembles a fata morgana, a mirage in the desert which completely distorts the object on which it is based
    • CNN
    • 05 July 2012
    Cambodians call for ‘blood sugar’ boycott
    An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.
    • AFP
    • 05 July 2012
    Les fermiers cambodgiens appellent au boycott du sucre de Tate and Lyle Sugars
    Après deux ans de pourparlers avec Tate and Lyle Sugars, qui importe le sucre cambodgien en Europe, les communautés appellent au boycott du sucre de la marque la plus ancienne au monde.
    • RFI
    • 05 July 2012
    Think tank for register of foreign ownership
    President of New South Wales Farmers Fiona Simson doesn't believe the community and farmers are opposed to foreign investment in Australian agricultural land as long as it's adding to their community, industry and economy. The question is having the tools to make sure that this is what's happening.
    • ABC
    • 05 July 2012
    The European Union and the global land grab
    This fact sheet highlights the involvement of the EU in the global land grab, both directly through the involvement of European capital and corporations in the acquisition of land and indirectly through EU policies that commodify land.
    • TNI
    • 05 July 2012
    L’accaparement des terres ou comment la loi expulse les gens de leurs terres
    Pervertissant la vision classique du rapport de pouvoir public/privé, certains pays africains ont repris à leur compte le slogan d’un journal de l’Europe de l’Est lors d’une visite du Chancelier allemand en 1999 : "Nous pardonnons aux Croisés et attendons les investisseurs".
    • Pambazuka
    • 04 July 2012
    Leaflet from The Nacala Fund: Global Fund Launch Event #1
    Seminar in Brazilia for the launching of the Agriculture Investment Fund for Nacala Corridor
    • FGV
    • 04 July 2012
    Les terres agricoles : Eldorado des investisseurs
    Les placements de nos fonds de pension ont un petit goût amer, écrit Catherine Morand de Swissaid
    • 24Heures
    • 04 July 2012
    «Land grab» in salsa italiana
    C'è un dato che emerge chiaro e lampante scorrendo il nuovo rapporto dell'associazione Re:Common intitolato «Gli Arraffa Terre»: l'Italia è seconda solo al Regno Unito tra gli Stati europei più attivi nella discutibile pratica del land grab.
    • Il Manifesto
    • 04 July 2012

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