El 'land grabbing' atrajo a inversores y especuladores para producir materias como biocombustibles y comida. Hoy en día Emiratos Árabes Unidos se sitúa a la cabeza de este tipo de transacciones, pues realiza el 12% de las adquisiciones y 'leasing' de tierras en el mundo.

We share the concerns of local communities regarding the growing interest in community land for corporate oil palm plantations.

Nous partageons les préoccupations des communautés devant l’intérêt des grandes entreprises pour les terres communautaires qu’elles veulent convertir en plantations de palmiers à huile.

The push to buy Australian farmland and buy into agribusinesses continues to grow, with one report showing an overall jump of $1.9 billion in proposed agricultural investment, year-on-year.

Las luchas por la tierra, agua y territorios son centrales en la lucha por la Soberanía Alimentaria.

The struggles for land, water, and territory are central to the struggle for Food Sovereignty.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Miner and commodity trader Glencore Plc's agricultural business, which has farming operations covering 270,000ha in Argentina, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine.

Vincent Bolloré avait déposé plainte contre un article publié en 2012 par Bastamag sur l’implication des multinationales françaises dans le processus d’accaparement des terres. Entretien avec deux des personnes poursuivies, Julien Lusson et Ivan du Roy.

The Special rapporteur on human rights defenders of the ACHPR expresses her concern on alleged judicial harassment and intimidation of activist defending the land rights of local communities in the context of the expansion of oil palm plantations in southwest Cameroon.

Iranian business is highly interested in realization of extraterritorial agricultural services, i.e. renting of agricultural lands in the territory of Ukraine, says Ambassador.

Advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today joined peasant and indigenous groups, land activists, and human rights campaigners in the region in marking the global Day of the Landless through a solidarity action in Jakarta.

FirstFarms unveiled plans to double its Eastern European farming area, potentially tapping into moves which could bring an "oversupply" of land for sale in Slovakia.

One year after their arrest on March 15, 2015, three food, land, and human rights defenders continue to languish in an Ethiopian jail on the spurious charge of “terrorism”.

Financial investors own tracts that grow maize and soya beans in Illinois and Uruguay, almonds and cattle in Australia, and sugar beets and wheat in Poland. Some are venturing into countries with potentially volatile politics, such as Ethiopia and Ukraine.

The Qatar backed agricultural land and food producing company Hassad has defended its financial record in Australia following a report which showed its property company had never made a profit.

“I find it peculiar that a nation that is the venue for so much flow of funds from overseas to invest in our agricultural assets is not the same venue for Australian super funds to invest in,” ag minister Barnaby Joyce says.

Loro Horta reports on recent Chinese overseas investment in agriculture in the Lusophone world

Hassad Australia, the $469 million agricultural land company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, has delivered a $3.46 million loss and is yet to make a profit since beginning in Australia in 2010.

While we welcome the Financial Times' mention of our report on TIAA’s investments in Brazil, we are disappointed that the article quotes from an email by TIAA dismissing the allegations in our report as “inaccurate and without merit” without providing grounds for such claims.

"Nós, organizações da sociedade civil e movimentos sociais articulados na Campanha Não ao Prosavana, denunciamos o actual envolvimento da WWF no Prosavana".

International and Mozambican organisations and social movements allied in the No to ProSavana Campaign, denounce the current involvement of World Wildlife Fund in the ProSavana agribusiness programme.

On 3 February, President Santos signed the Zidres Law, which actually serves the interest of land grabbers in Colombia

De nombreux codes de conduite et autres «principes» volontaires ont été adoptés pour amenuiser les impacts négatifs d’achats de terres à grande échelle dans les pays du Sud. Leurres ou garde-fous?

So says the chairman of Socfin’s board of directors, Luc Boedt, in response to the occupation of the company’s headquarters by several Belgian NGOs.

Le 3 mars, sauf coup de théâtre, le Tribunal de Dakar rendra son jugement dans le cadre du premier d'une série de procès où les dirigeants actuels et passés faisant l'objet d'une accusation sont traduits en justice.

A ten-part video series, called Territories of Life, tells the stories of indigenous groups who have challenged development on their land. It covers a range of issues, from the tactics developers use to acquire land to case studies of successful resistance.

Os 'players' do agronegócio mundial têm comprado terras que grileiros tomaram de comunidades rurais, e tudo isso apoiados por políticos e bancos públicos.

M. Bolloré, classé 9e fortune de France, attaque pour "diffamation publique envers un particulier" un article de synthèse publié par Bastamag consacré à la question de l’accaparement des terres

Em um esforço gigantesco, o grupo financeiro americano e seus parceiros acumularam vastas áreas agrícolas, apesar de uma tentativa do governo brasileiro em 2010 para proibir que tais negócios se efetivassem em grande escala por parte de exploradores estrangeiros.

A day before the start of yet another trial brought on the Bolloré Group against French journalists, organisations denounce the imprisonment of 6 local community leaders affected by the investments of company linked to Bolloré