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Land concession cancelled by PM
- Phnom Penh Post
- 23 July 2012
The Cambodian government has cancelled a 14,981-hectare concession in the Cardamom mountains granted to an Australian firm for a banana plantation.
Is the European Commission sweet on land grabbing? Trade benefits, sugarcane concessions and dispossession in Cambodia
- Terra Nullius
- 23 July 2012
In the last five years, land concessions totaling tens of thousands of hectares have been granted to private companies for industrial sugarcane production in Cambodia.
Drought devastation has sunny side for farmland, timber investors
- PIP
- 23 July 2012
Drought conditions in much of the US this year could turn into a boon, rather than a bust, for institutional investors in farmland, timber and agricultural stocks.
Organisations in Asia strategise in opposing land grabbing
- PANAP
- 20 July 2012
Participants from various communities shared documented cases, stories and photos of how large-scale investments of local and foreign owned companies are displacing communities and how people oppose such type of investments.
Iowa regent admits PR mistakes in Africa land deal
- AP
- 19 July 2012
Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter has defended working with Iowa State Univ. to pursue a large-scale land development in Africa and blamed growing criticism over his involvement on misinformation and public relations mistakes.
Olam gets $228 mn loan for Gabon palm oil operation
- AFP
- 19 July 2012
Olam said it would borrow the money from the Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC) and a consortium of other lenders
MIFEE: The stealthy face of conflict in West Papua
- Asian Human Rights Commission
- 19 July 2012
Resource conflicts are building in the southernmost part of West Papua, as agribusiness companies stealthily invade the forests, leaving its people dispossessed.
National nonprofit Food & Water Watch joins complaint against Rastetter, exposes another AgriSol executive as complicit in Tanzania land grab
- FWW
- 19 July 2012
Food & Water Watch has joined Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement’s ethics complaint against Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter for egregious conflict of interest involving a Tanzania land deal he brokered in partnership with Iowa State University.
Food report says foreign investment here to stay
- The Age
- 18 July 2012
Controversial foreign investment in Australian farming land is here to stay and is vitally important to the future of food security, the federal government says.
Africa palm-oil plan pits activists vs NY investors
- Reuters
- 18 July 2012
Herakles says it will provide locals with steady work, roads and health care. But critics call the planned plantation, which would cover Fabe and at least 30 other forest villages in Cameroon, a land grab. Special report from Reuters.
Kenya: Blind development
- Slow Food
- 18 July 2012
Indigenous communities are under threat from a recent spurt of investors and multinational companies interested in putting their money into Kenyan oil, mining, wind farms and agribusiness projects.
Energy, food and climate crises: are they driving an Indonesian ‘land grab’?
- East Asia Forum
- 17 July 2012
The situation in Indonesia, where only a fraction of development projects associated with these transactions are ever implemented, is significant for wider discussions about ‘land grabbing’ around the world.