A report by ALDAW (Ancesteral Land/Domain Watch)on the impact of oil palm plantations on non-timber forest products (NTFPs), indigenous people’s livelihood and community conserved areas (CCAs)in Palawan, Philippines.
CSOs submit letter to ICC supporting case filed against Cambodia ruling elite that have waged widespread and systematic land grabbing, asking ICC to open a preliminary investigation.
- Global Witness
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12 December 2014
The Nationals, and some regional Liberals, claim that without the register, Australia's food security and sovereignty could be jeopardised.
More than 300,000 people were asked to clear an area the size of Belgium to pave the way for a program with the prime purpose of leasing or selling lands to foreign investors.
Today, on the heels of Ukraine’s new cabinet appointments, the Oakland Institute is releasing a new brief detailing western agribusiness investments in the country.
- Oakland Institue
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11 December 2014
A tunnel through the Andes will carry water to irrigate the dry Olmos region. But large land plots are being auctioned, favouring big firms over local farmers.
- SciDevNet
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11 December 2014
Organizations representing local farmers, Indigenous communities, and environmentalists gathered in Corrientes to demand an end to the land-grabbing by foreign investors in the province.
- Cultural Survival
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11 December 2014
For Africa’s agriculture to realize its full potential the continent’s governments need to rethink their approach to encouraging investment, Morocco’s Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch says.
Algeria started its first commercial maize production this year and will soon approve applications from foreign investors to boost output and reduce reliance on imports, the head of the country's farmers' union said.
Booming industry faces allegations of human rights abuses such as land grabs, forced displacement and child labour.
- Guardian
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10 December 2014
According to the Association of Researchers in Middle East and Africa(ORDAF), political events and terror news are deliberately kept in the headlines to hide African land grabs by Western countries.
- World Bulletin
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10 December 2014
Groups from Asia and Africa issue statement to mark International Human Rights Day.