The Environmental Protection Agency has imposed US$50,000 fine on the Sime Darby Plantation Inc. with immediate effect as a result of non-compliance with the terms and conditions of a permit.
Wingecarribee Shire Council has asked the state and federal governments to apply greater scrutiny to the acquisition of Australian land by foreign governments by setting up a registry of foreign land ownership.
While certain provisions in contracts can contain sensitive commercial information that may require a level of confidentiality, it does not justify keeping all information about large-scale agricultural projects outside the public domain.
Milliardaires américains ou saoudiens, aristocrates portugais et britanniques, ex-ambassadeurs occidentaux… Derrière certains contrats signés en Afrique se cachent des personnalités du monde des affaires et, parfois, de la politique. Enquête sur ces nouveaux spéculateurs.
Grandes compañías compran tierras para producir alimentos que luego exportan - Mientras, los habitantes locales pasan hambre.
Asset owners and managers are signing up to a series of principles on how they invest in agricultural land. Will this mollify critics of the land grab? Nick Lord reports.
Si l’Etat ne prend aucune disposition face au bradage des terres au profit des investisseurs privés, les sénégalais ne pourront plus se nourrir de leurs terres. C’est l’alerte sonnée par les responsables du Cncr.
Le gouvernement sénégalais vient d’octroyer 20 000 hectares de terre dans la localité de Fanaye à des investisseurs italiens pour y développer des biocarburants, ce qui a mécontenté le Conseil Régional des Coopération des Ruraux
The flooding that breached specially built barriers near Karuturi’s plantations couldn’t have been predicted, Karuturi claims.
Panel of five men at the at the Global Economic Symposium in Kiel, Germany discusses the problem of “land grabbing”.
The French Development Agency and the UK-based Emergent Asset Management have been named as the leading investors in massive land deals involving African leaders
Farmland investments may return 8 percent to 12 percent annually as global food demand increases, said the largest US pensions manager for teachers and academic researchers with $469 billion of assets.
Participants at a 2-day High-Level Forum on Foreign Direct Investments in Land in Africa have resolved to promote land-based investment models that increase agricultural productivity and maximize opportunities for Africa’s farmers.
African experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, are discussing a common position to outlaw land grabbing by foreigners, the latest threat to food security in the continent.
Forced evictions off land; ‘displacement by market forces’; the fencing off of common lands and water for private use - are all manifestations of a deeper entrenched development problem on the African continent.
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