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Women struggle to secure land rights
- Africa Renewal
- 06 September 2012
Activists are fighting to introduce or strengthen laws intended to give women more secure access to land and are combating social norms and practices that stand in their way.
Développer la production agricole au Gabon n’est plus urgent, mais vital !
- Gabon Review
- 06 September 2012
Si l’agriculture industrielle, destinée à l’exportation, voit le jour au Gabon avec l’implantation d’Olam, il semble bien que ce soit au détriment de la production vivrière, celle qui permettrait de nourrir les populations à un coût raisonnable
Mali: Des paysans expropriés veulent récupérer leurs terres vendues
- IPS
- 05 September 2012
De petits paysans maliens tentent de récupérer, par la voie judiciaire, les terres qu’ils ont perdues au profit de gros investisseurs privés.
APEC Secretary General: Russia's Far East can prevent food crisis in Asia
- RUVR
- 05 September 2012
Analysts are warning of a looming food crisis, while on the other hand, pointing to plenty of land, uncultivated but fit for farming, in the Russian Far East.
Cameroun : comment Herakles Farm veut nous faire croire que le développement passe par la destruction de la forêt
- Greenpeace
- 05 September 2012
Les recherches menées par L’Oakland Institute et Greenpeace montrent l’étendu de ces investissements et les dangers que représentent la culture intensive d’huile de palme pour le climat, si le secteur reste libre d’agir, sans régulation.
L'huile de palme, nouvel eldorado pour l'Afrique ?
- Le Monde
- 05 September 2012
Greenpeace et Oakland Institute publient deux rapports dénonçant les conditions dans lesquelles se font des investissements dans la production d'huile de palme en Afrique, critiquant en particulier le projet de la société américaine Herakles.
Oakland Institute, Greenpeace expose new US corporation’s land grab in Africa
- OI/Greenpeace
- 04 September 2012
An American owned company with a track record of illegality and links to private equity giant Blackstone Group is threatening to destroy rainforests and dislocate local communities in Cameroon, Africa.
Herakles ends bid to join green palm oil body over Cameroon plan
- Reuters
- 04 September 2012
New York venture-finance firm Herakles Capital has withdrawn its application for membership of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil after complaints by environmental groups about its $350 million project in Cameroon.
PrimeAg may be ripe for foreign picking
- The Land
- 04 September 2012
It is understood the agricultural division of the $163 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has been sniffing around Australian agricultural land recently and has had discussions in Australia with landholders such as PrimeAg.
La spoliation des terres du Sud, par Alfredo Bini
- Mediapart
- 04 September 2012
Les 20 photos d'Alfredo Bini proposées dans ce portfolio de Mediapart viennent témoigner de la destruction radicale des pratiques agricoles, entrainant pauvreté, famine et épuisement des sols.
Luttes foncières : les nouveaux adversaires des sans-terre
- Alternatives Internationales
- 03 September 2012
Dossier paru dans « Alternatives Internationales » de septembre 2012
Sierra Leone : Bolloré étend son empire agricole
- Survie
- 03 September 2012
Le groupe Bolloré ne cesse d’étendre son influence en Afrique et se tourne désormais vers les terres arables de la Sierra Leone.
Australia: Chinese bid for Cubbie sparks political row
- ABC
- 03 September 2012
The approved sale of sprawling Australian cotton farm Cubbie Station to Chinese interests has sparked a political row as Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce insists foreign ownership is not in the national interest.
Australia approves China farm purchase, sparks investment concern
- Reuters
- 03 September 2012
Australia approved a Chinese company's bid for giant (100,000 ha) cotton farm, including entitlements to a massive 537,000 mega litres of water, or enough to fill Sydney Harbour.
Foreign purchases of New Zealand land drop significantly
- Wall Street Journal
- 03 September 2012
Foreign purchases of land in New Zealand have dropped off significantly over the last seven months, after Chinese investors became embroiled in a long-running land dispute and declining carbon-credit prices made forestry assets less attractive.