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Land Rush: Neo-Colonialism in Africa
In Sub Saharan Africa, the locals have lost their usable land due to land rush practices instituted by their government.
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Land Grabbing in Africa, the new colonialism
The silent recolonisation of Africa is happening on a mass scale. To address this issue, the first Africa Conference on Land Grabs is set to take place in South Africa on 27–30 Oct. 2014. Land is the source of life and death, but it might not always be with us.
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Land grab protest in Senegal, 2012
Des populations de l’Est Cameroun dénoncent l’accaparement de leurs terres par des exploitants miniers
L’Etat loue ses terres aux petits agriculteurs - Maroc
Cientos de indios protestan en Brasil por atrasos en demarcación de reservas
Accaparement des terres: en France aussi?
Les Safer s'inquiètent de la financiarisation des terres agricoles
Empresa dice que indígenas volvieron a ocupar tierra tras desalojo - Paraguay
Un comunicado, firmado por David Morandini Benítez, administrador de la empresa, acusa a un grupo de indígenas de "asaltar" los terrenos el pasado 24 de mayo con rifles y escopetas "disparando contra el personal de la firma y los guardias apostados en el lugar, quienes tuvieron que huir para no ser alcanzados por las balas".Laguna S.A.
Europe will need land three times size of UK to meet bioenergy demand
The burning of wood for power plants is driving up demand
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Europe could require an area of land three times the size of the UK to meet its ever-increasing bioenergy demands, new research published by Friends of the Earth Europe today has revealed.
The report, by the Vienna University of Economics and Business for Friends of the Earth Europe, investigates how Europe’s consumption of crops and wood for transport fuel, heating and electricity, is set to double by 2030, exerting unparalleled and unsustainable new pressures on the world’s land and forests.