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Palm before the storm
- New Scientist
- 20 January 2014
Oil palm cultivation has wrecked habitats in South-East Asia. We must avoid a rerun if the crop takes off in its native Africa
Golden Agri, APRIL under fresh scrutiny for unsustainable practices
- Eco-Business
- 20 January 2014
Communities face a “double whammy” in which High Carbon Stock areas restrict locals from cultivating the land while companies establish plantations outside of the zone where people are already farming.
Land grabbing: the real cost of buying cheap
- Deutsche Welle
- 20 January 2014
Millions of hectares of land in Africa, Asia and Latin America find their way into the hands of large-scale foreign investors each year. The victims of "land grabbing" are local villagers and farmers.
Bangladeshi investors given 250 hectares in Mwansabombwe
- Times of Zambia
- 19 January 2014
Zambia has granted 250 hectares of land to Bangladeshi investors who will invest more than US$1 million in the development of agriculture in Mwansabombwe District in Luapula Province.
Farmers’ economic potential blocked by land grabbing in Asean
- Business Mirror
- 19 January 2014
Countries able to hurdle social and political tensions from land issues progress faster than those hobbled by inequitable land distribution, say activists..
Post-Fukushima anatomy of studies on ProSAVANA: Focusing on Natalia Fingermann’s "Myths behind ProSAVANA"
- Observador Rural
- 18 January 2014
Through detailed analysis of ProSavana documents and field research, Sayaka Funada-Classen deals with the evolution of the philosophy and speeches about the programme; the positions of the three governments involved; the possible incoherence and incompatibilities of implementing ProSavana.
SA not sweet on Zim plan to nab sugar firm's land
- Mail & Guardian
- 17 January 2014
Zimbabwe government officials are allegedly debating whether to expropriate Tongaat Hulett's farmlands.
Wasting arable land in Africa: The case of Gambella, Ethiopia
- NAI
- 17 January 2014
In Gambella, enormous areas of fertile land are lying fallow at an unfinished huge agricultural project site, and agricultural machines stand idle in rows, sinking into the ground.
Law limiting foreign ownership of state land under fire again
- State Journal
- 17 January 2014
A new review sought by Assembly Republicans of a law that limits foreign ownership of state land was criticized Thursday by an Assembly Democrat who called it an “end-around” attempt to change it.
Land governance programme map
- Donor Platform
- 16 January 2014
On January 22 a comprehensive database on land and resource governance programmes funded by members of the Global Donor Working Group on Land will be presented during the AGA in Paris.
German holding company farming in Zambia
- Deutsche Welle
- 16 January 2014
Amatheon, a company part owned by the German holding company Sapinda, grows wheat and soya beans on 30,000 ha that it has leased in Zambia.
CSO response to the CAO investigation into IFC investment in Corporación Dinant, Honduras
- 16 January 2014
International and Honduran CSOs condemn the response of the International Finance Corporation to the highly critical findings of the Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman regarding the IFC’s investment in Corporación Dinant in Honduras