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.
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
Äthiopien-Experte Ochalla über die große Einkaufstour fremder Agrarkonzerne in Afrika.
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.
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.
Video of the panel on land grabbing featuring the Anuak Survival Organisation, FIAN and the Transnational Institute.
This 2011 trapca Trade Conference will be held in Arusha, Tanzania, on 24-25 November 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.
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.
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.
Land and water grabs spell disaster for rural people and rivers
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.
"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
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.
The world's largest commodities trader Glencore International AG is evaluating a bid for KS Oils, a leading Indian edible oil firm that has recently been acquiring farmland in Indonesia
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