Parallel to the climate conference in Paris, social movements and allies within the ‘Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles’ discuss climate justice and real solutions to the climate crisis.
L'agro-colonialisme et impacts sociaux et environnementaux : alimentation et climat, avec comme invités Ange David Baimey de l’ONG GRAIN et Mamy Rakotondrainibe du Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches-TANY
« On ne prend pas la terre des villageois. On nous la propose ou on la demande », s’est défendu la société Socfin lors du colloque de Farm et Pluriagri à Paris le 14.12.2015.
- La France Agriculture
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14 December 2015
Alberto Castilla, senador del Polo Democrático Alternativo, denuncia grave caso de acumulación irregular de baldíos en Puerto Gaitán, Meta por parte de la petrolera Pacific Rubiales.
- Contagio Radio
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14 December 2015
Laos says it will expand agricultural plantation areas and set up plantation regions to boost exports to China.
This is the question addressed by researchers and activists at a recent IDRC Workshop on Large-scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) and Accountability in Africa, in Dakar, Senegal on 24-25 November 2015.
The Egyptian-Sudanese Integration Company is implementing the Blue Nile State's Ad-Damazin project on an area of about 100,000 acres and a meat project in White Nile State.
- Egypt Independent
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11 December 2015
US real estate company Property Connections of Bay City says it has sold over $100 million worth of farmland in Texas in the last two years to Chinese buyers.
- China Daily
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10 December 2015
The Namibian government has received proposals from multinational agribusiness to develop large-scale agricultural irrigation projects but only a few of have materialised or have been operationalised.
Esta iniciativa busca entregar bienes baldíos a grandes empresarios y permitir acumulaciones por encima de la Unidad Agrícola Familiar (UAF) en las denominadas Zonas de Interés de Desarrollo Rural y Económico (ZIDRE)
Two Singaporean agriculture and property group, HLH and Select Group has acquired a 30 per cent interest in two plots of lands in Cambodia through its subsidiary.
- Deal Street Asia
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10 December 2015
To mark the International Human Rights Day today, peasant and indigenous groups are filing cases to seek justice for victims of human rights violations related to land conflicts.
