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Colombia: Gobierno presentará proyecto de ley 'baldíos' en siguiente periodo
- CMI
- 30 November 2013
Colombia es el undécimo país con mayores índices de concentración de la tierra en el mundo y el segundo en América Latina, solo por detrás de Paraguay.
China accused of stealth land grab over Mozambique's great rice project
- The Ecologist
- 30 November 2013
China led the reclamation of the largest abandoned rice farm in Mozambique, with the blessing of the authorities. But now the company involved is accused of land grabbing and displacing thousands.
Bolivia: Prohibirán a extranjeros poseer lotes agrícolas
- La Razón
- 30 November 2013
El Gobierno anunció que la disposición será establecida en una ley
China institute seeks to boost rice production
- Business Daily
- 29 November 2013
An investor is seeking to partner with the Bunyala Irrigation Scheme to improve rice production in the area to boost food security in Kenya.
Colombia: Ese oscuro objeto del deseo
- SVCH
- 27 November 2013
Sin lugar a dudas la obsesión y el objetivo del actual gobierno en el campo es el acaparamiento de baldíos por las grandes empresas.
Argentina, Venta de tierras a extranjeros: Río Negro definió límites por zona
- Río Negro
- 27 November 2013
La provincia elevó su propuesta al Consejo de Tierras Rurales
Land grab: Foreign firms drive Cambodians from farms
- Der Spiegel
- 27 November 2013
Human rights groups claim German taxpayer money is used to fund a program that benefits land grabbers.
How much African land is the UK leasing?
- Guardian
- 27 November 2013
The UK is the fourth largest investor in the world in African land - but how much does it have and what is it using it for?
Land grabbing and forced evictions in Ethiopia
- ASO
- 26 November 2013
In Ethiopia, where pastoralists and indigenous communities are displaced and evicted from their traditional lands amidst widespread human rights abuses, history is repeating itself.
Ethiopia’s farm investment plans falter on flood plain
- Bloomberg
- 26 November 2013
Karuturi, like many other large-scale investors, underestimated the complexity of opening land for large-scale commercial agriculture.
Cameroun : près de 20 000 hectares concédés à Herakles Farms pour la création des palmeraies
- Agence Ecofin
- 26 November 2013
19 843 hectares de terrain dans la région du Sud-Ouest du Cameroun ont été provisoirement concédés à la société Sithe Global Sustainaible Oil Cameroon Ltd, la filiale de l’américaine Herakles Farms, sur une durée de trois ans, pour la création d’une palmeraie d’un montant global de près de 260 milliards de FCfa
Cameroon permits trimmed palm oil project by US firm Herakles
- Reuters
- 26 November 2013
Cameroon President Paul Biya has given final approval to New York venture capital firm Herakles Capital to start work on a 20,000 hectares palm oil plantation, despite opposition from some locals and conservation groups.