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La série de web documentaires intitulée TERRES pour dénoncer l'accaparement des terres
- CCFD
- 18 June 2012
Découvrez les deux premiers épisodes de notre série Terres, un tour du monde des accaparements de terres (CCFD - Terre Solidaires)
International petition to save farmers and indigenous peoples of Southern Philippines from oil palm expansion launched
- PANAP
- 18 June 2012
A report entitled "The Real Trespassers: Landgrabbing in the Name of Palm Oil in Southern Philippines" that chronicles the findings of the International Fact-Finding Mission in Opol has been released by PAN AP.
Lagbas says A Brown has no permit from DENR
- Gold Star Daily
- 29 May 2012
This is in relation to the land grabbing issue in the municipality of Opol in Misamis Oriental, Southern Philippines
UN worried by land use in Asia
- UPI
- 23 May 2012
Intensive use of land for food exports and biofuel production must not come at the expense of human rights in Southeast Asia, the United Nations warned.
Farmers assert IFFM report, slams palm oil firm
- SunStar
- 21 May 2012
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and the Asian Peasant Coalition lambasted Nakeen Corporation, a company that operates a palm oil plantation in Misamis Oriental, for spreading lies and deception during their press conference held on May 17, 2012.
Saudi firm eyes vast hectares of Manila rice field
- Saudi Gazette
- 10 May 2012
Dar Al-Maskukat Trading of Riyadh has requested a long-term land lease from the Philippines of up to 200,000 hectares of rain-fed government land and private farms to produce rice for the Saudi market.
Palm oil plantation in Misamis Oriental has no right to occupy indigenous lands, IFFM says
- Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
- 10 May 2012
Their land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests.
Lawmakers push bill to regulate large scale foreign investments on land
- Inquirer
- 20 April 2012
In the Philippines, Akbayan Party-list Representatives Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao and Walden Bello are pushing for a bill that regulates large scale foreign investments on land.
Agricultural land acquisition: A lens on Southeast Asia
- Philippine Star
- 15 April 2012
Southeast Asia has become ever more appealing to investors from both within and beyond the region seeking to include agriculture in their portfolios.
PH, Qatar ink agreements on tourism, agri, investments
- Rappler
- 10 April 2012
The Philippines and Qatar signed 4 bilateral agreements and one private sector agreement seen to boost cooperation in investments, tourism, fisheries and the legal field.
Stop devoting our lands for food security of other nations
- APC
- 29 Mar 2012
At least 100 farmers led by members of the Asian Peasant Coalition joined a protest in the Philippines against global land grabbing, calling on governments in Asia to stop devoting their lands to the food security of other nations
Stop Devoting Our Lands for Food Security of Other Nations
- Asian Peasant Coalition
- 29 Mar 2012
At least 100 farmers joined a protest in front of the Department of Agriculture in Quezon City led by the members of the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) in the Philippines such as the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), AMIHAN (National Federation of Peasant Women), UMA (Union of Agricultural Workers), and the PAMALAKAYA (National Federation of Small Fisherfolks of the Philippines). Also present is the Anakpawis partylist and the National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates (NNARA)-Youth.