Food

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[22/05/2013] XIV Conference IASC/ Commoners and the Changing Commons: Livelihood, Environmental Security, and Shared Knowledge
“The Kita Fuji conference will be a wonderful opportunity to consider the economic and social functions of commons with very long history as they move through the processes of legal change,...
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[22/05/2013] Upheaval in Chinese Villages A Case Study of Rural Land Expropriation for “Large- Scale” Commercial Farming in Rural China
“Tens of millions of Chinese peasants are in the process of being uprooted from their agricultural land and farmhouses, leaving them in the short run with few means to sustain their families....
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[22/05/2013] Land Grabbing for Palm Oil in Uganda
“Wilmar International, one of the largest oilseeds corporations in the world is developing palm oil plantations in biodiverse islands off the coast of Lake Victoria, Uganda. The project is a...
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[21/05/2013] Herakles Farms releases public statement: Operations suspended
“Herakles Farms (also known as SG‐SOC in Cameroon) (“Company”), a United States‐based agriculture company with operations in Ghana and Cameroon, today, announced that it has suspended work...
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[21/05/2013] Wilmar International and its financiers -
“Wilmar International1 (“Wilmar”), listed on the Singapore stock exchange, is in the businesses of oil palm cultivation, processing and merchandising of various types of edible oil, and...
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[21/05/2013] La protection du droit à la terre, territoire et ressources naturelles en droit international et régional africain -
“Cette trousse d’information traite de la protection du droit à la terre, territoires et ressources naturelles en droit international et en droit régional africain. Elle vise à fournir aux ONG...
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[18/05/2013] Declaración Foro Global de la Tierra/ Déclaration Forum Foncier Mondial/Global Land Forum Declaration
“Los derechos a la tierra son fundamentales para ocuparse de los retos comunes de la humanidad, incluyendo la superación de la pobreza y el hambre, el reconocimiento de los derechos de los...
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[18/05/2013] Shifting the debate about ‘responsible soy’ production in Paraguay -
“Certification initiatives are an increasingly prominent means of quelling public concern about the wider socio‐political, economic and environmental consequences of commodity production (...
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