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[16/05/2013] Exclusive-Brazil's Rousseff sides with farmers in Indian land fight
“BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has ordered her government to stop confiscating farmland to create new Indian reservations, government officials say, a policy...
[16/05/2013] Argentina: La soja transgénica es la forma en que se expresó el Neoliberalismo en el campo
“La revista de las ideas entrevistó en Buenos Aires a Tamara Perelmuter militante de Marea Popular y docente de la facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), quien...
[15/05/2013] Slow Food and FAO join forces
FAO and the international Slow Food organization agreed today to develop joint actions to improve the livelihoods of smallholders and others working in rural areas.  Under a three-year...
[15/05/2013] Investigarán venta irregular de tierras para cultivos de palma
“Desde hace algunos años se había ido gestando un conflicto en la provincia loretana de Alto Amazonas, en la alejada y calurosa frontera con San Martín.  El desencuentro estalló el pasado...
[14/05/2013] Land Grabs - The Facts
Big land deals are forcing people from their homes and damaging livelihoods. The New Internationalist magazine is proposing an infographic guide Here.
[14/05/2013] In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
“On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country’s arcane Cardamom Mountains. A year on, his family is no closer...
[13/05/2013] Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling land grabs
A year-long investigation by the watchdog Global Witness concluded that two Vietnamese firms - bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation - are leading a wave of land...
[10/05/2013] “There is no safe REDD” -
“The Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change against REDD+ and for Life has written a statement opposing REDD in California’s cap-and-trade scheme. This is...
[10/05/2013] Global Land Forum Outcome Statement and Declaration
On April 23-27, 2013, members of the International land Coalition (ILC) have met for the Global Land Forum 2013 and ILC Assembly of Members. The Forum involved 273 members and guests from...
[10/05/2013] The Global Land Grab: The New Enclosures
“Clearly possession is no more sufficient today than it was for the English villagers of the 17th and 18th centuries of enclosure. Only legal recognition of commons as the communal property of...
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