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The impact of MIFEE presence at Bian River and Maro River, West Papua
- Tabloidjubi.com
- 21 December 2012
Report from Indigenous Peoples Organization of Bian Enim
Fighting to save Africa's richest rainforest
- IPS
- 20 December 2012
Nasako Besingi, director of environmental NGO Struggle to Economize the Future, says protests against a controversial palm oil plantation in the Korup National Park, southwest Cameroon will continue despite arrests and intimidation.
Rogue palm oil firm ordered to stop clearing in Muara Tae
- EIA
- 20 December 2012
he Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has upheld a complaint lodged by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) against a rogue palm oil company and has ordered it to immediately stop clearing customary forests in Indonesian Borneo.
Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development at the European Union
- This is Africa
- 20 December 2012
"Large scale agriculture investment requires a lot of transparency and legal certainty, and that is what is lacking most of the time," he says. "We have seen that large-scale investment coming - I'm not saying that it is wrong, but it should be very clearly covered by countries' legislation.
Curbing Tanzania's 'Land Grabbing Race'
- Tanzania Daily News
- 20 December 2012
From next month (January 2013), Tanzania will start restricting the size of land that single large-scale foreign and local investors can "lease" for agricultural use.
Demand for Sask. farm land raises concerns about foreign investors
- Star Phoenix
- 20 December 2012
The Farm Land Security Board of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has now hired an investigator with some "special skills" and experience to look into illegal farm sales to foreign investors.
Manulife AM steps up sales effort in Japan
- Asian Investor
- 20 December 2012
The fund house aims to capitalise on Japanese pension plans' growing interest in new investment types, including Asian fixed income and certain alternatives like farmland
Land grab by MNCs in Africa cause for concern: Experts
- The Hindu
- 19 December 2012
The controversy regarding India’s permission to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail and growing “land grab” in Africa by multinational corporations are being closely watched globally by agriculture experts, researchers and donors.
Canadian pension fund likes NZ forest growing conditions, access to Asian markets
- Business Desk
- 19 December 2012
Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board is looking to capitalise on favourable growing conditions and access to Asian markets having taken a 30 percent stake in the central North Island's Kaingaroa forestry estate.
Moving beyond misconceptions: A critical review of Korean investment in Cambodia 2012
- Heinrich Böll Foundation
- 19 December 2012
“Moving beyond misconceptions: Korean investment in Cambodia” is a series of three reports. It comprises a critical review of Korean investment in Cambodia as well as two extensive investment case studies, one in mining (Kenertec) and the other in agri-business (MH Ethanol).
Commission will report over 300 land grabs to Myanmar MPs
- Myanmar Times
- 17 December 2012
A government commission formed to identify farmland ownership disputes will bring over 300 cases of land grabs to the attention of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw before the next session begins.
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.