As conflict raged across Kachin state, a group of Chinese investors recently bought up large amounts of farmland in the Hukaung Valley and other parts of the state in order to expand rubber and cassava plantations, says Kachin peace activist, Khun Jar.
The land grabs are not an Equatorian issue. It is a national problem that should not be looked at from a regional or tribal perspective.
Le collectif des 37 villages de Ndiaël est prêt à tout pour arrêter le projet Sen huile-Sen Ethanol.
Délocalisé de Fanaye pour la région de Saint-Louis, le groupe Senhuile/Senethanol a décidé de miser sur la diversité dans sa production pour atteindre l’embouchure de son projet
“Esta propuesta se ha estigmatizado por quienes tienen intereses en la extranjerización de la tierra, en su acaparamiento y en que estos territorios no queden en manos de los campesinos sino de multinacionales o dueños de los grandes feudos de este país”
Para denunciar el "acaparamiento de tierras"
Ponerle un freno a la extranjerización de la tierra, establecer un límite a los pool de siembra e instituir una nueva norma de arrendamiento es el único camino para que el uso y la tenencia de la tierra sea parte del concepto democrático.
Rural communities in Grand Cape Mount, north-western Liberia, present new report about their dispute with Malaysian oil palm giant Sime Darby.
The leading sugar miller in Mauritius, Omnicane, has a 25 per cent share in the company and recently said there were plans of raising the stake to 50 per cent when the factory is commissioned.
Investigative report reveals how foreign companies illegally gain control over Malaysian companies with land concessions in Sarawak.
Leery of product safety in China, Zhu Zhangjin is urging farmers to invest abroad like he has
Under the initiative of the Indian Ocean Commission, Madagascar is the focus of a large project to produce and export agricultural products to ensure the food security of this regional space, raising the spectre of land grabbing.