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A parched future: Global land and water grabbing
- 3quarksdaily
- 07 January 2013
Rulli and colleagues estimate that global land grabbing is associated with the grabbing of 308 billion m3 of green water (i.e. rain water) and an additional grabbing of blue water that can range from 11 billion m3 (current irrigation practices) to 146 billion m3 (maximal irrigation) per year. To put these numbers in perspective, the average daily household consumption of water in the UK is 150 liters (0.15 m3) per person.
Global land and water grabbing
- PNAS
- 02 January 2013
It is found that about 0.31 × 1012 m3⋅y−1 of green water (i.e., rainwater) and up to 0.14 × 1012 m3⋅y−1 of blue water (i.e., irrigation water) are appropriated globally for crop and livestock production in 47 × 106 ha of grabbed land worldwide (i.e., in 90% of the reported global grabbed land).
Grabbing at solutions: Water for the hungry first
- National Geographic
- 14 December 2012
This piece is part of "Water Grabbers: A Global Rush on Freshwater", a special National Geographic News series on how grabbing land—and water—from poor people, desperate governments, and future generations threatens global food security, environmental sustainability, and local cultures.
Regar con lágrimas
- Palabre-ando
- 28 November 2012
Que la agricultura industrial está detrás del uso intensivo del agua es una realidad no suficientemente conocida ni denunciada, sobretodo cuando sabemos que usa más agua de ríos, lagos y acuíferos que la que reponen las lluvias o las nieves.
China buys Japan water rights on two-decade land price slump
- Bloomberg
- 06 November 2012
A two-decade slump in Japan’s real estate prices, an incomplete land registry and lax rules on buying forest with water rights are attracting investors led by China.
El 'acaparamiento de océanos’ representa una amenaza tan seria como el ‘acaparamiento de tierras’
- Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho a la Alimentación
- 30 October 2012
El Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el derecho a la alimentación, Olivier De Schutter, advirtió hoy sobre la amenaza que el ‘acaparamiento de los océanos’ representa para la seguridad alimentaria.
Farmland and water: China invests abroad
- IISD
- 01 October 2012
The authors found reports of 86 Chinese agriculture projects covering 9 million hectares of land in developing countries. They were able to confirm the existence of 55 projects covering 4.9 million hectares.
The Netherlands and the global land and water grab
- TNI
- 25 September 2012
This Fact Sheet examines the involvement of The Netherlands in global land and water grabbing.
Africa’s land-grab disaster in waiting
- The Star
- 12 September 2012
Investments in industrial scale agriculture must balanced by equitable flow of benefits to smallholder farmers
Australia: Chinese bid for Cubbie sparks political row
- ABC
- 03 September 2012
The approved sale of sprawling Australian cotton farm Cubbie Station to Chinese interests has sparked a political row as Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce insists foreign ownership is not in the national interest.
Australia approves China farm purchase, sparks investment concern
- Reuters
- 03 September 2012
Australia approved a Chinese company's bid for giant (100,000 ha) cotton farm, including entitlements to a massive 537,000 mega litres of water, or enough to fill Sydney Harbour.
L'eau, un enjeu oublié dans l'acquisition de terres cultivables à l'étranger
- AFP
- 31 August 2012
L'eau est un enjeu souvent oublié dans le marché d'acquisition de terres cultivables à l'étranger, ont mis en garde des experts lors de la Semaine internationale de l'eau, organisée cette semaine à Stockholm.