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Argentina: Decreto Reglamentario de la Ley de Tierras
- Trivia
- 02 Mar 2012
Tierras rurales. Régimen de protección al dominio nacional sobre la propiedad, posesión o tenencia de las tierras rurales. Ley 26.737. Su reglamentación.
Stop Land Grabbing – land to the tillers!
- Via Campesina
- 02 Mar 2012
La Via Campesina calls on all of its members and allies to organize actions around the world on April 17 to display massive popular resistance to land grabbing and highlight the struggle against corporate control over land and natural resources.
Global land rush
- IMF
- 02 Mar 2012
IMF/World Bank paper looks at how foreign investors are buying up farmland in developing countries.
Denmark's PKA rejects claims over 'land grabbing' in Africa
- IPE
- 02 Mar 2012
PKA has defended its investments in African agricultural land, denying they are ethically dubious or constitute "land grabbing".
L'accaparement des terres : manifestation du colonialisme néoliberal
- FASTI
- 02 Mar 2012
Nouveau dossier publié par la FASTI
Concern over rising number of land disputes in Tanzania
- Daily Monitor
- 02 Mar 2012
Land conflicts pitting poor villagers against powerful investors now number more than 1,000 a year, according to research findings by Land Resources and Research Institute (HakiArdhi).
La prison pour avoir refusé de céder ses terres aux Chinois
- Quotidien Mutations
- 01 Mar 2012
Un agriculteur de l'est du Cameroun a contesté une décision gouvernementale l'obligeant à céder ses terres aux agriculteurs chinois.
Trigon begins dairy splurge with Estonia purchase
- Agrimoney
- 01 Mar 2012
The Black Sea farm operator, which on Tuesday said it was poised "to announce a number of new acquisitions by the end of May" in dairy, on Thursday unveiled the first, of the 4,160-hectare Vaatsa Agro business.
Cameroon: Jail time for not ceding land to the Chinese
- RNW
- 01 Mar 2012
A farmer in eastern Cameroon has challenged a government ruling forcing him to cede his land to Chinese rice farmers.
Speech to the Middle East Business Council
- NZ Government
- 01 Mar 2012
IP-rich New Zealand is a logical partner for resource-rich Gulf states as a producer of food in places like Africa, says New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Dwindling resources trigger global land rush
- IPS
- 01 Mar 2012
A global scramble for land and mineral resources fuelled by billions of investment dollars is threatening the last remaining wilderness and critical ecosystems, destroying communities and contaminating huge volumes of fresh water.
PNG landowners get negligible rent for SABL land leases: expert
- Radio Australia
- 01 Mar 2012
Papua New Guinea landowners are getting very little in the way of rent for vast tracts of land that have been leased out under controversial leases. Interview with Colin Filer.