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Foreign investment in Australia’s agricultural land hits $4.6b
- Weekly Times
- 16 May 2017
Investment in Australia’s agricultural land has soared to $4.6 billion, with the bulk of that coming from the US.
Turkey new favorite for foreign agricultural investments
- Daily Sabah
- 16 May 2017
With the passing of a law in 2012 opening the door to foreign investment in farmland in Turkey, Gulf countries are increasing their investments in agriculture and livestock, as they aim to meet their homeland's food needs.
Secret China-Pakistan Economic Corridor document reveals Beijing is the new East India Company
- Outlook
- 16 May 2017
Thousands of acres of agricultural land will be leased out to Chinese enterprises to set up demonstration projects in areas ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology.
Uganda: Chinese firm accused of grabbing land in Mubende
- NTV
- 16 May 2017
The manager of a farm belonging to a Chinese Company known as Quality Parts (FOMASA) in Mubende district has been arrested on allegations of grabbing people’s land and torturing them.
U.S. farmland becoming a hot commodity as investors buy up acreage
- UCSC
- 16 May 2017
"We're in the beginning stages of what could be a significant shift in land ownership," said Madeleine Fairbairn, who is investigatiing the impacts on farmers of institutional investment in U.S. farmland.
“Green” oil palm plantations are a scam: The case of OLAM
- WRM, GRAIN
- 16 May 2017
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?
Brazil, home of Amazon, rolls back environmental protection
- Reuters
- 15 May 2017
From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of indigenous land and measures to boost large-scale property deals, Brazil has embarked on the biggest roll back of environmental protections in two decades.
TIAA tied to deforestation and displacement of farmers, environmentalists claim in new report
- FOE US
- 15 May 2017
According to a report released today by leading environmental and social justice advocates, the investment management firm TIAA is leading a trend of speculating in land markets, which drives up farmland prices and displaces family farmers.
Zambia’s peasants at risk of becoming squatters on their own land – UN expert warns
- HCDH
- 15 May 2017
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food cautions that many Zambian peasants are at risk of becoming squatters on their own land as Zambia is turned into Southern Africa’s food basket.
Megafarms linked to Russia's political elite boom, fuelling fears for smallholders
- Reuters
- 13 May 2017
Russia's five largest landowners together control an area the size of Belgium - which has been bad news for many small farmers
In Liberia, a battered palm oil industry adjusts to new rules
- Mongabay
- 12 May 2017
The industry expected to find green pastures in Liberia, but early missteps and new environmental restrictions have led to slow expansion.
Teren de Vanzare – Land for sale: Romanian peasants’ struggle against land grabbing
- Slow Food
- 12 May 2017
In Europe we tend to relegate the idea of land grabbing to the global South, yet it is happening much closer to home than we perhaps realize.