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México: Intentan extranjeros comprar terrenos en comunidades mayas en Solidaridad
- SIPSE
- 12 October 2012
Las poblaciones donde más han llegado a ofrecer dinero a cambio de extensiones de tierra son Dzulá y Xpujil.
Laguna Lake fishers at the mercy of 'development'
- PAN AP
- 12 October 2012
Today, Laguna Lake is considered by many fisherfolks as a dying lake. Its ecosystem has been destroyed by the government's forced prevention of the entry of seawater, pollution from factories and cities surrounding the lake, and continuing reclamation and development projects under the government's Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programme.
The reality about the land grab issue and the World Bank Group
- World Bank
- 11 October 2012
Of the $4.2 billion that the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, invested in agribusiness and forestry in the same period, just three investments – or 2 percent – had any component related to land acquisition.
World land grab 'well-advanced as supply runs short'
- The Australian
- 11 October 2012
Derek Byerlee, co-author of a recent World Bank report The Rising Global Interest in Farmland, says world is running out of productive land and foreign investor and corporate land sales are on the rise across the globe.
Chinese near Moraitis deal
- AFR
- 11 October 2012
Hong Kong-listed Chevalier Group is set to emerge as a major supplier of fresh produce to Woolworths and Coles by acquiring a significant share of a leading Australian fruit and vegetable wholesaler and grower.
BrasilAgro sells second farm for hefty profit
- Agrimoney
- 11 October 2012
BrasilAgro highlighted the gains to be made from Brazilian farmland by selling a second farm from its 170,000-hectare portfolio for a large gain.
Africa: Hunger in times of land, water, and energy pressures
- IFPRI
- 11 October 2012
Growing scarcity and degradation of farmland, rapidly rising incomes, and changing consumption patterns have all contributed to an increasing number of international land investments or land deals.
The global land grab: a primer
- TNI
- 11 October 2012
It is important to unpack what land grabbing really involves if we are to understand what is really happening.
CALL FOR PAPERS - 2013 Law and Development Conference “Legal and Development Implications of International Land Acquisitions”
- ILC
- 11 October 2012
While much debate and analysis have focused on the social and environmental impacts of the ‘land grabbing’ phenomenon, the legal and development implications still remain understudied.
La Birmanie invite les investisseurs étrangers dans l'agriculture
- Les Echos
- 11 October 2012
Le gouvernement réformateur en Birmanie a invité jeudi les investisseurs étrangers à s'intéresser au secteur agricole alors que les efforts se multiplient pour relancer une machine économique exsangue après 50 ans de gestion militaire.
Des hommes d’affaires chinois ambitionnent d’investir 200 milliards de FCFA pour l’exploiataion de 40.000 hectares d’hevea et de palmiers a huile
- Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire
- 11 October 2012
Le groupe Sinochem s'est vu attribué 40.000 ha en Côte d'Ivoire pour la production de l'huile de palme et de l'hévéa. Le groupe vise à devenir le 1er fournisseur d'engrais en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Accaparement des terres agricoles : la véritable position du Groupe de la Banque mondiale
- Banque Mondiale
- 11 October 2012
Sur les 4,2 milliards de dollars que la Société financière internationale (IFC), le guichet du Groupe de la Banque mondiale pour le secteur privé, a injectés dans l’agroalimentaire et la foresterie au cours de la même période, seulement trois opérations (2 % du total) avaient une composante liée à l’acquisition de terres.