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Dreyfus to take stake in palm oil group Felda
- Reuters
- 14 May 2012
Commodities group Louis Dreyfus has agreed to take a minority stake in Malaysian palm oil firm Felda.
How a U.S. company is breaking laws and grabbing land in Africa
- AlterNet
- 14 May 2012
Indigenous people in Cameroon claim a company is stealing communal land to build a palm oil plantation -- a dispute that could lead to conflict, hunger and human rights abuses.
Grim reapers: the exploitation of Brazil's savannah
- Telegraph
- 12 May 2012
In this extract from his book The Landgrabbers: The New Fight Over Who Owns the Earth, Fred Pearce witnesses the relentless plundering by intensive commercial farmers of Brazil’s rich savannah
Global U.N.-backed land use guidelines approved
- Reuters
- 12 May 2012
The world’s governments approved new guidelines for rules on land use on Friday to protect the poor and fight hunger, but aid groups said they were too weak to stop large-scale land grabs by big business in underdeveloped countries.
Farmers support foreign investment register
- Farm Weekly
- 11 May 2012
Corporate Agriculture Australia managing director Gordon Verrall believes WA farmers have nothing to worry about in regards to foreign investment.
UN approves guidelines against land grabbing
- Deutsche Welle
- 11 May 2012
After three years of discussions, the UN has agreed a document meant to protect local populations against land grabbing.
Saudi Arabia keen on African farm investments
- Arabian Business
- 11 May 2012
Saudi Arabia is encouraging companies to invest in farms in Africa as the kingdom seeks to secure supplies of food imports to replace local production, said Agriculture Minister Fahd Balghunaim.
Struggles over land rights fall under the Rio+20 radar
- IPS
- 11 May 2012
Land is the missing element at next month's big UN sustainable development summit known as Rio+20, where nations of the world will meet June 20-22 with the goal of setting a new course to ensure the survival and flourishing of humanity.
Journalists challenged to provide a voice for the voiceless in rural communities
- MVIWATA
- 11 May 2012
Investigative Journalism and critical analysis into land issues currently affecting rural communities would not only reveal malpractices in land issues but also provide a voice for the voiceless in rural communities.
Saudi firm eyes vast hectares of Manila rice field
- Saudi Gazette
- 10 May 2012
Dar Al-Maskukat Trading of Riyadh has requested a long-term land lease from the Philippines of up to 200,000 hectares of rain-fed government land and private farms to produce rice for the Saudi market.
Land grabbing: La Via Campesina urges States to act
- Via Campesina
- 10 May 2012
La Via Campesina urgently requests all governments to condemn the practise of land grabbing that is currently displacing millions of peasants and small-scale producers around the world.
Palm oil plantation in Misamis Oriental has no right to occupy indigenous lands, IFFM says
- Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
- 10 May 2012
Their land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests.