2017 went down as one of the deadliest years ever for land defenders. It was also a pretty bad year for several land grabbers.
La Empresa agroindustrial Feronia, financiada por bancos de desarrollo occidentales, promueve el acaparamiento de tierras en República Democrática del Congo y ha sido denunciada por explotación laboral y otros abusos.
- El Diario
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19 October 2017
“In these supposedly win-win contracts, I would like to know what our communities are gaining. On the contrary, we are losing and even dying a slow death.”
How do major oil palm companies manage to get their palm oil sold as a “green”, “sustainable” and “climate-friendly” product when it is none of that?
Is land-grabbing over, in Mozambique and across Africa and the rest of the developing world? Now that crop and food prices have returned to their usual punishingly low levels, is the pressure off from foreign buyers looking to acquire large tracts of agricultural lands?
- Truthout
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15 November 2016
New GRAIN study finds changed conditions in international “land grabs.”
- Circle of Blue
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24 June 2016
Global investors have spent more than $90 billion buying agricultural lands the size of Finland in deals criticized by rights groups for displacing small farmers, according to research published on Tuesday.
El informe, “Fondos de pensiones extranjeros y el acaparamiento de tierras en Brasil”, es el resultado de una investigación en terreno realizada por Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos, GRAIN, Inter Pares y Solidaridad Suecia-América Latina.
"A primera vista puede parecer buena idea. ¿Quién podría oponerse a un código de ética que orientase las inversiones del agronegocio? Pero políticamente y en la práctica, la inversión ‘responsable’ rara vez funciona en favor de las comunidades locales”
En todas partes, de los salones de los directorios de las corporaciones a las salas de reunión de Naciones Unidas, están surgiendo reglas acerca de cómo invertir “responsablemente” en tierras agrícolas.
Does it make sense to fight land grabbing by adopting rules on how to do it more responsibly?
Quel est l’intérêt de se battre contre l’accaparement des terres en adoptant des règles qui permettent de le faire de façon plus responsable ?