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Tanzania: The dilemmas and difficulties of land policy reform
- The Citizen
- 20 September 2016
Is there such a thing as "responsible large-scale investment in land and agriculture"? asks Prof Marjorie Mbilinyi.
Lao government promises over land are met with suspicion
- RFA
- 20 September 2016
Laos’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has estimated that government officials have given more than one million hectares of the country’s total land area of 23.7 million hectares as concessions to foreign investors
La Banque mondiale roule-t-elle pour Monsanto?
- Slate
- 19 September 2016
Depuis 2008, la Banque Mondiale a mis en place plusieurs initiatives sensées améliorer la sécurité alimentaire. Mais certaines sont directement associées aux grandes entreprises de l'agro-industrie.
Comunidades rurais reunem-se em defesa da terra e contrução de alternativas de desenvolvimento
- ADECRU
- 19 September 2016
Este encontro constitui um espaço de troca de saberes comunitários e de conhecimentos para que as comunidades se engajem e participem democraticamente na defesa dos seus direitos.
ICC move fuels debate on Cambodian case
- Phnom Penh Post
- 19 September 2016
A new paper from the International Criminal Court laying out a shift in focus to crimes linked to environmental destruction and the unlawful dispossession of land has rekindled the debate over whether the court will launch an investigation into a case highlighting land-grabbing in Cambodia.
La France doit demander l’arrêt de la NASAN
- CCFD
- 19 September 2016
ACF, CCFD et Oxfam France appellent le gouvernement français à demander l’arrêt de l’initiative afin de mener une évaluation publique de ses impacts dans les 10 pays africains visés pour réparer les dommages causés.
Tunisie : Le code de l’investissement fait peau neuve, mais pas assez !
- African Manager
- 19 September 2016
Il sera permis aux investisseurs étrangers d’investir et de posséder des biens immobiliers tout en insistant sur la non-appropriation étrangère des terres agricoles, même en cas de liquidation de société.
Chinese investors are buying up French farmland
- Marketplace
- 19 September 2016
In the Berry, the heart of French cereal farming in the center of the country, Chinese buyers have been purchasing farmland in order to assure food supplies for their growing population.
EBRD lends 5 mln euro to Bulgaria's Elana Agrocredit to back land ownership by farmers
- SeeNews
- 19 September 2016
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending five million euro to Bulgaria's Elana Agrocredit, a company offering long-term financial lease contracts to farmers seeking to acquire agricultural land.
La guerre des terres à vendre
- Ouest France
- 18 September 2016
« C'est une nouvelle forme de colonisation », résume José Bové dans sa préface à l'ouvrage de Cécile Cazenave qui fait le tour du monde de l'accaparement des terres.
Paraguay: Desalojo en Guahory habría sido "financiado" por brasiguayos
- Última Hora
- 18 September 2016
El jueves pasado, 1.200 agentes fueron desplegados para cumplir con la orden judicial de desalojo en la colonia ocupada por más de 200 familias campesinas.
ICC widens remit to include environmental destruction cases
- Guardian
- 16 September 2016
In change of focus, Hague court will prosecute government and individuals for environmental crimes such as landgrabs