The sugar rush in southern Africa
    The land rush in southern Africa is often a sugar rush, with the ‘white gold’ promising riches to governments, local elites and large corporates alike.
    • Zimbabweland
    • 03 October 2016
    Moçambique: Declaração do II Encontro Unitário das Comunidades Rurais
    "Nós, as comunidades camponesas e rurais do Corredor de Nacala e da Beira, questionamos o modelo de desenvolvimento que nos é imposto baseado no agronegócio".
    • ADECRU
    • 30 September 2016
    Civil Society Report on the use and implementation of the Tenure Guidelines
    Report summarizes the results of a consultation among small-scale food producers and CSOs on the use and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests.
    • CSM
    • 30 September 2016
    TIAA increases stake in joint venture with Cosan
    TIAA pays R$1.1 billion to increase its stake in Radar Propriedades Agrícolas S.A, a joint-venture established in partnership with Cosan in 2008 which owns and manages rural properties in Brazil.
    • TIAA
    • 30 September 2016
    L'Union européenne suspecte Bayer d'accaparement de terres
    Une délégation de cinq eurodéputés s’est rendue en Tanzanie du 19 au 22 septembre pour vérifier si les accusations d’accaparement de terre portées par l’ONG Concern contre le Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT) sont fondées.
    • Africa Intelligence
    • 30 September 2016
    L’irrigation des cultures commerciales augmente les tensions
    Selon une étude universitaire suédoise, l’achat de terres agricoles en Afrique par des sociétés étrangères, augmente les risques de conflits et de tensions sur les ressources en eau.
    • La France Agricole
    • 29 September 2016
    Officials inspect banana plantation after workers fall ill
    Vientiane officials went to observe operations at a 40,000-hectare Chinese-owned banana plantation in Pakngum district yesterday after five workers fell ill from pesticide exposure.
    • Vietiane Times
    • 29 September 2016
    Comment: Why voluntary policies will not stop deforestation
    “On their own these commitments are never going to stop deforestation. And there is a danger that zero deforestation policies are distracting attention and diverting resources away from the law enforcement and governance reforms that are needed.”
    • IDM
    • 29 September 2016
    Take your hands off the earth!
    Activists from six countries as well as the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples joined a recent Terra Madre Forum on land grabbing, “Take Your Hands Off The Earth”.
    • Slow Food
    • 28 September 2016
    Palm oil profits trump self-sufficiency in Sierra Leone
    Socfin's most recent project is in Sierra Leone. The country possesses massive amounts of land where oil palm production could thrive and a government that is willing to hand over this land to investors for not that much money.
    • Deutsche Welle
    • 28 September 2016
    Paz territorial y acaparamiento en Colombia
    Es importante analizar qué implicaciones reales puede tener en el ámbito territorial el fin del histórico conflicto armado, y, sobre todo, qué concepciones distintas de paz se juegan en la actualidad.
    • TNI
    • 28 September 2016
    Argentina: Vía libre para la extranjerización de la tierra, bosques y acuíferos
    Mediante un decreto, el gobierno argentino de Mauricio Macri modificó la ley que fijaba límites al traspaso de propiedad del suelo argentino.
    • ALAI
    • 28 September 2016
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