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Foreign land grab fears
- Fraser Coast Chronicle
- 08 October 2012
Former World Bank rural advisor Derek Byerlee to tell conference that fears of a foreign farm land grab in Australia are unfounded.
When forest guardians fight back
- PAN AP
- 08 October 2012
This article is part of a series of feature stories on land grabbing in selected countries in Asia, as part of an awareness-raising campaign on how land grabs worsen hunger, in commemoration of 'World Foodless Day' on October 16 by PAN AP and its partner organisations. (http://www.panap.net/wfd)
RSPO fails to act as Muara Tae is destroyed
- EIA
- 07 October 2012
The credibility of the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has been called into question over its failure to act against a company bulldozing ancestral forests and perpetrating human rights abuses in Indonesia.
Can ASEAN help regulate Southeast Asia’s land grab problem?
- TrustLaw
- 05 October 2012
Land rights advocates are hoping ASEAN will come up with a regulatory framework to check private sector investment in land, particularly for agriculture, as land grabs and land-related conflicts soar in the region.
International writers and artists warn global land rush is hurting the poorest
- Oxfam
- 05 October 2012
Kristin Davis, Gael Garcia Bernal and Angelique Kidjo join call on World Bank to freeze land deals
World Bank Group statement on Oxfam report, “Our land, our lives”
- World Bank
- 04 October 2012
We share the concerns Oxfam raised, however we disagree with their call for a moratorium on World Bank Group investments in land intensive large-scale agricultural enterprises, especially during a time of rapidly rising global food prices.
Cambodia: Rural poor lose out in land deals
- IRIN
- 04 October 2012
Since 2000, 27 million hectares of land were bought by foreign and domestic companies throughout Asia, making it the second most targeted region for land deals after Africa.
Land acquired over past decade could have produced food for a billion people
- Guardian
- 04 October 2012
Oxfam report says international land investors and biofuel producers have taken over land around the world that could feed nearly 1 billion people.
World Bank rejects Oxfam call to freeze land investment
- Bloomberg
- 04 October 2012
The World Bank rejected a call by aid group Oxfam International to freeze the lender’s investment in land-intensive agricultural projects, saying such a move would not help prevent abusive practices in the purchase of acreage
Land acquisitions in the developing world – the new resource imperialism?
- ISN Security Watch
- 04 October 2012
The Kiel Institute suggests that if such investments are governed more effectively, land acquisitions can provide the developing world with positive opportunities.
Troubled waters of Sri Lanka
- PAN AP
- 04 October 2012
In 2008, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority launched the Kalpitiya Dutch Bay Resort Development Project, displacing many traditional fishing and farming communities.
Another tribe leader slain in Misamis Oriental
- Bulatlat
- 04 October 2012
Earlier, Gilbert Paborada was warned by a representative of a palm oil plantation “to stop opposing or he would regret what might happen to his life.”