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Extranjerización del territorio paraguayo
- El rincón de Anahí
- 27 July 2012
Por lo menos 7.889.128 hectáreas de nuestro país están en manos extranjeras. Es el 19.4% del territorio nacional y nadie parece sorprenderse ni preocuparse.
Mali: Le combat n’est pas fini même si des batailles sont gagnées
- CMCAT
- 27 July 2012
Deux investisseurs visés dans des procédures juridiques, la société SOSUMAR et le négociant en céréales des sociétés 3M, Modibo Keita, ont révisé leur position.
Uruguay: Es ahora
- La Diaria
- 26 July 2012
FA analiza dos proyectos para frenar extranjerización de la tierra; Comisión Nacional de Fomento Rural considera que “llegó el momento” de hacerlo.
Interview with Ahmad bin Awang Ali of the Borneo Indigenous Peasant Movement
- GRAIN
- 26 July 2012
Indigenous peoples in Sarawak, Malaysia are facing an escalation of land grabbing in their territories by national palm oil companies, backed by foreign corporations.
'Land grabs' – the new scramble for Africa
- CNN
- 26 July 2012
Villagers in Mozambique are caught between their government's need to promote agricultural development through foreign investment and to protect the rights of the citizens who depend on that land.
Declaración de Bukit Tinggi sobre la Reforma Agraria en el siglo XXI
- Vía Campesina
- 25 July 2012
Como ya expresamos en el Llamamiento de Dakar y en la Declaración de Nyeleni en contra del Acaparamiento de Tierras, éste es un fenómeno global promovido por las élites y los inversores locales, nacionales y transnacionales, y los gobiernos con el objetivo de controlar los recursos más preciados del planeta.
China firm eyes controversial 58-sq-mile Australia farm project
- Reuters
- 25 July 2012
A Chinese property conglomerate is bidding for a 15,000 hectare farming project in the Australian outback as Canberra looks to open the remote north for farming to tap booming demand for food from Asia, especially China.
Foreign investment in US land on the rise
- USA Today
- 25 July 2012
Investors from Canada and the Netherlands have almost half of all foreign forest and farmland holdings in the USA. The Canadian holdings reflect investment by timber companies, while the Dutch holdings reflect pension fund investments.
Un prochain audit sur la propriété des terres en Bolivie
- El Correo
- 24 July 2012
Evo Morales, président de la Bolivie a déclaré être d’accord avec la proposition de la Fédération des Paysans de Santa Cruz de réaliser un audit national sur la propriété des terres dans le pays, afin de connaître par qui et comment elles sont administrées.
Cambodia’s deadly land grab battle
- chinadialogue
- 24 July 2012
Cambodia is a microcosm of a violent struggle playing out across the globe for control of a shrinking – and therefore increasingly valuable – pool of natural resources.
Casos emblemáticos confirman grave crisis de la tierra en Paraguay
- Prensa Latina
- 24 July 2012
Un informe estatal reveló casos emblemáticos de operaciones irregulares para acaparamiento de tierras por políticos y latifundistas, mientras se agrava la crisis de miles de familias campesinas paraguayas que reclaman parcelas para trabajar y vivir.
Harvard bullish on natural resources
- Foundation & Endowment Intelligence
- 24 July 2012
The chief of Harvard University’s $32 billion endowment said the fund has been eyeing timberland, farmland, infrastructure, energy and water-related investments in anticipation of growing global demand.
World in Serious Trouble on Food Front
- 24 July 2012
Not only is the current food situation deteriorating, but so is the global food system itself. The progress in reducing hunger in recent decades has been reversed. Unless we move quickly to adopt new population, energy, and water policies, the goal of eradicating hunger will remain just that. Time is running out. The world may be much closer to an unmanageable food shortage than most people realize.
US firm plans $60m investment in agric. sector
- Vanguard
- 24 July 2012
Dominion Farms will start planting rice in December 2012 on its 30,000 ha rice farm in Taraba and has trained 50 commercial farmers in Kenya who will soon start their own commercial rice operations in Nigeria.
Thai firms earmark billions for Myanmar
- The Nation
- 24 July 2012
Charoen Pokphand Group plans to invest $550 million within the next three years to develop maize and rice farms, rice mills and livestock processing plants.