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Myanmar land activist faces prison
- Reuters
- 06 September 2015
While powerful businessmen and military officials are responsible for most of the displacement, foreign investors often benefit from the land grabs.
54 Gabonese settlers undergoing training at Felda schemes
- Bernama
- 06 September 2015
Gabon-based OLAM Palm Gabon SA has sent 54 Gabonese settlers to undergo a four-month training at Felda land schemes in Trolak, Perak and Tekam, Pahang.
Argentina, Esquel: Marcha contundente en defensa del territorio y repudiando el espionaje a vecinos
- No a la Mina
- 05 September 2015
"Acompañamos y reivindicamos el legítimo derecho del Pueblo Nación Mapuche Tehuelche a la recuperación de sus tierras ancestrales que fueron apropiadas por la compañía Tierras del Sud, propiedad de Benetton"
Zimbabwe: Mugabe's white ally in land grab row
- Mail & Guardian
- 04 September 2015
Zimbabwean peasant farmers accuse Billy Rautenbach of destroying their livelihoods.
Resistance to an erroneous 'development' model: A critique of ProSavana in Mozambique
- Pambazuka
- 03 September 2015
Resistance to the controversial agricultural development programme in the Nacala corridor in the north of Mozambique is part of the broader forms of resistance sweeping across the country.
China plows big money into Australian agriculture
- Wall Street Journal
- 03 September 2015
Chinese investors increasingly explore a new natural-resource boom in Australia: agriculture, pouring in 632 million Australian dollars ($450 million), almost twice as much as the year before.
Will Africa feed China?
- All China Review
- 02 September 2015
In this excerpt from her book, ‘Will Africa Feed China?’, Deborah Brautigam discusses China-Cameroon agricultural development and investment.
ProSavana: Terra usurpada, vida roubada
- ADECRU
- 02 September 2015
ADECRU has just launched an online version of a documentary on this massive land grab in Mozambique
Why China's Ma Xingfa bought 705,700 hectares of northern Australia
- Australian Financial Review
- 01 September 2015
Chinese billionaire is looking to expand overseas and potentially take part in the next big boom, which he says just might be Australian agriculture as Chinese people seek out higher-quality food products.
Gabon: 140 millions de dollars pour mécaniser l ‘ agriculture
- APA
- 01 September 2015
SOTRADER, fruit d’un partenariat entre l’État gabonais et son partenaire Singapourien Olam international, vient de signer un contrat de 140 millions de dollars avec le groupe Caterpillar pour l’achat de 475 bulldozers.
Connecting land grabs and land reform in Scotland and the African continent
- CommonSpace
- 01 September 2015
There are parallels between Scotland's battle for land reform and a global effort to regain land control.
Colombia: Denuncian Ecocidio en el sur del Cesar
- RPT Noticias
- 31 August 2015
"Hacemos un llamado a la solidaridad a las organizaciones sociales, de Derechos Humanos y ambientales nacionales e internacionales"