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Kalimantan menjadi area Food Estate
- Kontan
- 08 February 2012
Investor asal Korea ada yang berminat kelola lahan food estate di Kalbar dan Kaltim.
Gestion anarchique des terres agricoles : synergie paysanne fustige l’ingérence des multinationales
- Nouvelle Tribune
- 07 February 2012
Le syndicat national des paysans du Bénin (Synpa) dénonce l’accaparement des terres agricoles par les multinationales et la passivité des autorités béninoises face à l’influence étrangère.
Paraguay: conflictos por la tierra en el Alto Paraná
- Ecoportal
- 07 February 2012
"Hay muchas dudas sobre cómo, en muy poco tiempo -unos diez años-, esas tierras de frontera han pasado a manos de extranjeros ¡y son las mejores tierras!"
Fábrica de açúcar nasce no Cunene
- Jornal de Angola
- 07 February 2012
Angola e Japão assinaram ontem, em Luanda, um protocolo para a construção das fábricas de produção e refinação de açúcar e etanol, no município de Humbe, no Cunene. O projecto tem uma área total de 66 mil hectares de plantação de cana-de-açúcar.
New global land rush trampling human rights
- National Geographic
- 07 February 2012
Communities without economic power that live off of land to which they do not “own” are devastated when their government transfers the property rights to wealthy outside interests, who exploit the natural resources.
UNCTAD report makes the case for development-led globalization
- UNCTAD
- 07 February 2012
The report outlines elements of a Global New Deal including developing principles for responsible agricultural investment.
Behind African ‘land grabs’ by US institutions and universities
- WBEZ
- 06 February 2012
Entities such as USAID, the World Bank, and major U.S. universities are often the architects behind these land deals, which promise benefits for Africans but can often deliver food insecurity and displacement.
Em negócio com grupo francês, usina demite 1.200 em SP
- Folha
- 06 February 2012
A Companhia Albertina formalizou o arrendamento de 8.000 hectares de cana-de-açúcar pela LDC-SEV -- braço sucroalcooleiro da francesa Louis Dreyfus Commodities.
Australia: Foreign-owned farmland prediction
- Latrobe Valley Express
- 06 February 2012
Half of Gippsland's farmland could be foreign owned in a decade if current interest in the region continues on the same trajectory, two industry leaders have predicted.
PPF to set up farmland and timberland panel
- Professional Pensions
- 06 February 2012
The £9bn Pension Protection Fund is set to add specialist farmland and timberland fund managers to its investment manager panel to assist its alternative investment programme.
Reglamentarían esta semana la Ley de Extranjerización de Tierras
- Iprofesional
- 06 February 2012
Los ministros de Agricultura y Justicia se reunieron para ultimar detalles del decreto que otorgará plena vigencia a la noma aprobada en diciembre de 2011
Proyecto saudí: "Más concentración y extranjerización de la tierra pública"
- Chaco día por día
- 06 February 2012
Documento del Centro Nelson Mandela sostiene que el proyecto de entendimiento de Chaco con la empresa saudí Al-Khora yef, constituye "una auténtica situación de emergencia por las locuras de un gobierno que está de paso y que acosa el ambiente".
Funds focus on farming fortunes
- Financial News
- 06 February 2012
Farming is a sector that Insight Investment, a UK asset manager best known for its expertise in investing in corporate bonds and government debt, has begun to target.
Colonialismo, siglo XXI
- El Nacional
- 05 February 2012
Los venezolanos no podemos ni debemos ser ajenos ni cerrar los ojos, y menos en una etapa en la cual predomina el hermetismo oficial en las negociaciones con otros países
Madhvani wins Amuru land case
- Monitor
- 05 February 2012
Thousands of residents of Amuru District community, in Uganda, could soon lose their land after Gulu High Court ruled that over 40,000 hectares be given to Madhvani Group of companies to grow sugarcane.