Craignant une recrudescence des affections de terres à grande échelle et des cas d’accaparement au détriment des populations à la base, le Cadre de refléxion et d'action sur le foncier au Sénégal a initié un atelier national d’échange de la société civile sur la gouvernance foncière afin de relancer le débat et interpeller les plus hautes autorités de l’Etat.

At the initiative of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, all groups in the National Assembly except one have agreed to the withdrawal of legislative amendments intended at opening up the sale of agricultural land to foreigners.

Le Point de contact national belge pour les Principes directeurs de l’OCDE, constatant qu’il lui est impossible de rapprocher les points de vues entre les parties plaignantes et le groupe Socfin, décide de mettre fin à sa médiation.

Le gouvernement cherche à remettre à plat le registre national du foncier et le cadre juridique dont les investisseurs ont besoin pour financer le secteur agricole

The protests were sparked by opposition to a legal overhaul that will allow the government to sell farmland to joint ventures, provided they are controlled by Kazakh residents, and lease it to foreigners for up to 25 years. Opponents of the new law, who staged their first protest in the city of Atyrau last Sunday, see the change as a threat to national security, especially after the government announced several agreements with neighboring China for agricultural projects.

L'Australie a mis son veto jeudi au nom de l'"intérêt national" au rachat de son plus grand propriétaire foncier, qui est un de ses premiers éleveurs de bovins, par des investisseurs étrangers.

A technical guide on safeguarding land tenure rights in line with the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.

An updated report from Canada's National Farmers Union on the threat posed to family farms and food sovereignty by the corporate buy-up of farmland, rising farm debt and agribusiness financing of inputs.

As Indonesia’s national inquiry into land conflicts affecting indigenous peoples draws to a close, it has become clear that police brutality has become a serial feature and that legions of companies are operating without permits.

Imperialism today is no longer conducted by nation-states but, instead, by multi-national corporations but the essence of the saga is unchanged: A poor continent is being raped by powerful, wealthy Westerners.

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is teaming up with the China National Machinery Industry Corporation to acquire a 5,000 ha dairy farm in Queensland to supply infant formula to China.

Cambodian authorities have taken back thousands of hectares of land concessions from eight private companies, in order to create a national park

Dans l'État d'Odisha, Inde, la société sud-coréenne POSCO accélère la réquisition des terres agricoles et forestières dans les villages de Govindapur et Dhinkia, alors que le National Green Tribunal indien a retiré son aval pour le projet (complexe sidérurgique et port maritime). A l'international, une plainte a été déposée à l'OCDE - Watch, qui mène son enquête sur la violation des Droits de l'Homme.

African lawmakers have resolved to strengthen existing laws at the national and regional level to prevent fraudulent land deals on the continent

The ongoing rush to African land by national and transnational investors was a dominant theme at the People’s Dialogue and Summit being held at Mumemo in Maputo.

CAADP report urges African ministers to pursue incentives to ease private investments in agriculture without undermining national sovereignty in areas such as land and water acquisition.

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.

New studies released in London today suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest—unless national leaders and investors recognize the customary rights of millions of poor people who have lived on and worked these lands for centuries.

Pour les défenseurs de l’environnement, la catastrophe écologique est imminente : en septembre 2009, l’Etat du Cameroun a octroyé à une firme agroalimentaire américaine, Héraklès Farms, plus de 70 000 hectares pour exploiter une plantation de palmiers à huile à proximité du Korup National Park.

The conference reviewed the experience of Al-Rajihi International Group in Sudan and Al-Kharif Investment Company in the field of food production as well as the National Company for Agricultural Production in Sudan.

The National Farmers Federation says the figures that show Australian farm land to be about 90 per cent locally owned is a small part of the picture. It's just one of three studies, with the others looking into the value of farm production.

The Permanent Forum for Life Dignity / Food Sovereignty Group, and the Grupo de Reflexión Rural, along with unions, student and teachers associations and many social organizations and political forces, convoke national and international journalists, social organizations, friends, colleagues and the general public to a Press Conference on June 10 2011 in Viedma, Rio Negro Province, Argentina.

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott said his Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties could revise the country's foreign investment laws if it wins power in the Aug. 21 general election.

The Federal Opposition is supporting a call for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in rural Australia.

The Greens have called for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in Australia.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) today released the first report of its kind documenting Canadian developments in a global farmland grab.

The National Farmers Union is warning that the Canadian family farm is under threat from increased corporate control and foreign ownership.

A foreign company intends to clear 10 000 hectares of land in the Bwabwata National Park in northern Namibia in order to set up a large-scale irrigation scheme for crop farming

Chairman of the National Investment, Sami Araji, said that Iraq is seeking the exploitation of nearly two million acres of agricultural land of direct investment by foreign companies specialized in this matter.

«Aujourd’hui, les paysans sénégalais ont le plus intérêt à la réforme de la loi sur le domaine national. Cependant, si cette réforme vise à vendre la terre, cela devient grave», avertit le secrétaire exécutif de l’Ipar.