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CNJ denuncia uso de ''laranjas'' para compra de terra
- MNJ
- 16 September 2011
Segundo corregedora, prática vem sendo usada por investidores estrangeiros depois que o governo restringiu esse tipo de negócio
Cambodian monk defies his superiors to document and oppose land grabs
- Irish Times
- 16 September 2011
Buddhist monks across Cambodia have been ordered by their superiors not to give food or shelter to the Venerable Sovath Luon, whose only crime has been to stand up against brutal land seizures.
Palm oil fuels land grabs in Africa
- Pambazuka
- 15 September 2011
As foreign investors descend on Africa to develop large-scale palm oil plantations, the survival of local people is being threatened as they lose control of the land and water on which they depend for their food production and livelihoods
Die lukrative Heimlichkeit der Landgrabber
- Wiener Zeitung
- 15 September 2011
Äthiopien-Experte Ochalla über die große Einkaufstour fremder Agrarkonzerne in Afrika.
Soros’s Adecoagro drops Argentine dam on environmental dispute
- Bloomberg
- 15 September 2011
Adecoagro SA, the South American farm venture backed by billionaire George Soros, pulled out of a project to build a dam and grow rice in Argentina after the government said the development may harm the environment.
L’Ethiopie veut devenir un exportateur majeur de sucre
- L'Usine Nouvelle
- 15 September 2011
Le projet vise à céder 3,3 millions d’hectares de terres aux investisseurs d’ici à la mi-2015. Cinq autres millions d’hectares seront destinés à la production sucrière.
Panel Discussion: Land - A global Supermarket?
- FIAN
- 15 September 2011
Video of the panel on land grabbing featuring the Anuak Survival Organisation, FIAN and the Transnational Institute.
Foreign land acquisitions in Africa: Implications for trade, investment and development policies
- TRAPCA
- 14 September 2011
This 2011 trapca Trade Conference will be held in Arusha, Tanzania, on 24-25 November 2011
Incoherencias de terratenientes y medios monopólicos
- La Arena
- 14 September 2011
El pedido de la presidenta Cristina Fernández, a pocos días de haber ganado con contundencia las elecciones primarias del 14 de agosto, de que se trate la ley sobre propiedad de la tierra, aún no encuentra eco en el Congreso.
Periodismo que invisibiliza
- Página 12
- 14 September 2011
Darío Aranda reflexiona sobre el comportamiento de los grandes medios de comunicación y los periodistas acerca de la invisibilización de la opinión de campesinos e indígenas.
World Bank policies "enabling" African land grab
- Bretton Woods Project
- 14 September 2011
New research accuses the World Bank Group's policies of facilitating land grabs in Africa and favouring the interests of financial markets over food security and environmental protection.
Africa for sale
- International Rivers
- 14 September 2011
Land and water grabs spell disaster for rural people and rivers
Mali : l’accaparement des terres une menace pour la sécurité alimentaire
- WADR
- 14 September 2011
La Coalition des alternatives pour le développement (CAD) au Mali s’érige en défenseur des paysans de la zone Office du Niger, dont plusieurs d’entre eux se sont vu déposséder de leurs terres par des sociétés étrangères.
Land rush and sustainable food security
- The Hindu
- 14 September 2011
"We found little evidence that such large-scale acquisitions have helped to provide food and jobs to the local population. More than three quarters of the deals are yet to demonstrate improvements in agricultural output," says the chair of a UN high-level panel of experts on land tenure and international investment in agriculture
Investors make land bets as agriculture play
- Market Watch
- 13 September 2011
Agrifirma, a private investment company backed by financier Lord Rothschild, transferred around half of its assets to a new joint venture with Brazilian private equity firm BRZ Investimentos.