The NGO SEFE and communities resisting Herakles Farms in Cameroon call on international media, individuals and organisations to support local people in protecting their lands and forests.
Tasmanian senator says she will grill officials when they front Senate Estimates later this year over FIRB's history of approving foreign farm and asset purchases against the national interest.
Locals allege the Green Fuel ethanol plant has grabbed land and displaced families without compensation, polluted water supplies, and failed to pay its workers — leaving them with few options in a region beset by drought.
Company began operations using the harvest of sugarcane cultivated on 5,000 hectares and needs to significantly expand the cultivation area to produce sufficient sugarcane to keep its line operating year-round.
Villagers from Koh Kong province delivered petitions to the government and European Union on August, 4, 2016 to lodge complaints about alleged land grabbing by two sugar plantation firms.
The deal will hand the UK government's development agency a 17.5% stake in Zambeef, which is pursuing Zambia's first oil palm plantation on over 20,000 ha.
Le Plan de développement intégré d'Addis Abeba est temporairement suspendu, mais les Oromos sont persuadés que la politique d'expropriation et de déplacement des populations oromos va se poursuivre
"Allez-vous assumer le fait de vendre la terre de vos ancêtres à des investisseurs privés et publics étrangers ?" demande un enseignant-chercheur à Youssef Chahed, nouveau chef de gouvernement désigné de la Tunisie
Les manifestations, aux motifs différents, avaient pour point commun une dénonciation de l’accaparement de l’appareil d’État par des responsables essentiellement issus de la région du Tigré.
La gestion collective des terres correspond aux aspirations du peuple malien qui ne revendique pas le droit à la propriété privée, souligne la Convergence malienne contre les accaparements de terres
El Movimiento Nacional Campesino Indígena (MNCI), integrante de la Vía Campesina, presentó un recurso de amparo para declarar la inconstitucionalidad y nulidad del decreto que modifica la Ley de tierras en manos extranjeras.
Atualmente, a compra de terra por estrangeiros encontra limites. É possível a aquisição de até três módulos rurais, sem qualquer condicionalidade.
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