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Why the land grab in Ethiopia doesn't benefit the indigenous people? PART 1
- ESAT
- 26 Mar 2015
ESAT's WWH Show interviews Obang Metho on land grabs by Karuturi and other companies in Ethiopia.
NGOs criticise World Bank involvement in agricultural land grabbing
- Brussels Times
- 26 Mar 2015
Belgian NGOs organised a protest on the occasion of the World Bank’s annual conference on land and poverty which is taking place in Washington, DC this week.
Alternative investment strategies: Investing in farmland
- Rabo Farm
- 26 Mar 2015
Presentation in Amsterdam
Cambodian land grabs threaten traditional communities
- VOA
- 26 Mar 2015
Seoung Sarat says he lost his right leg in 2009 because of a conflict with a company that was granted his land by the government to use for large-scale farming.
Sierra Leone : Judicial harassment of land rights defenders
- FIDH
- 26 Mar 2015
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders calls upon the authorities of Sierra Leone to put an end to all acts of harassment against several members of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association.
FSM Tunis 2015: Chantal Jacovetti
- WSF TV
- 25 Mar 2015
Interview avec Chantal Jacovetti de La Via Campesina sur la lutte pour la terre et l'eau
Responsible investment in agriculture, in practice
- EBG
- 25 Mar 2015
EBG Capital surveyed 8 investment funds about their "responsible investment" practices in farmland deals.
Des ONG dénoncent le rôle de la Banque mondiale dans l'accaparement des terres paysannes
- Belga
- 25 Mar 2015
Des ONG belges ont mené une action de protestation devant la tour des finances de Bruxelles dans le cadre de la campagne internationale "Our land our business".
Coca-Cola ne convainc pas sur l'expropriation des terres-experts
- Reuters
- 25 Mar 2015
Coca-Cola devra travailler davantage pour prouver que ses embouteilleurs et ses fournisseurs de sucre ne violent pas les droits fonciers.
Coke's zero tolerance for land grabs proves difficult to fulfill
- Reuters
- 25 Mar 2015
The Coca-Cola Co has made a good start in axing land grabs from its supply chain, but it must work harder in proving that its bottlers and sugar suppliers do not violate land rights, development experts told the company.
Sénégal : L'affaire Senhuile ne montre aucun signe d'appaisement
- Q Code Magazine
- 25 Mar 2015
Senhuile SA, le très contesté consortium agroalimentaire italo-sénégalais, propriété du groupe financier Tampieri, de Faenza, fait à nouveau parler de lui. Et ce c'est pas pour une bonne nouvelle.
Stop land grabbing defend human rights!
- PAN AP
- 25 Mar 2015
Land is life. But for millions of small-scale farmers and food producers, including indigenous communities, access to land and resources is undermined by monopoly control of landlords and big corporations. Support "No Land, No Life" campaign.