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Se celebró con éxito el primer día del Taller Internacional “Estrategia de Colaboración para una Gobernanza Responsable de la Tierra”
NOTA DE PRENSA
Lima, 19 de junio de 2012
SE CELEBRÓ CON ÉXITO EL PRIMER DÍA DEL TALLER INTERNACIONAL “ESTRATEGIA DE COLABORACIÓN PARA UNA GOBERNANZA RESPONSABLE DE LA TIERRA”
Court Frees 13 Cambodian Land Eviction Protesters
[from Associated Press] A Cambodian appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of 13 women who had been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for protesting their eviction from their homes without adequate compensation, in a case that was widely seen as an example of injustice.
Caro land grabber
Mentre a Londra apre l'Agricultural Investment Summit, oltre 60 organizzazioni della società civile diffondono una dichiarazione congiunta per chiedere ai Governi e agli organismi finanziari di mettere fine alle speculazioni sulla terra
Paraguay's Federation for the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples (FAPI) releases statement on the current political and social situation in Paraguay
FAPI Statement on the current political and social situation in Paraguay
Following the dismissal of President Fernando Lugo through an abrupt and traumatic process for all of us, and given the present political situation in Paraguay, FAPI, a body that unites several indigenous peoples’ organisations of the western and eastern regions of the country, wishes to inform the national and international communities that:
Politics of investment in large scale agricultural ventures
Tanzania has always been a country on the spotlight over cases of land grabbing for various uses. Over the recent past there has been a lot of information in both print and electronic media of land being taken for various investment purposes.
Little is known to the public of the deals the government is entering with these foreign investment companies that are eyeing Tanzania as a destination in agricultural investment.
South Africa: Damaging myths on the land issue undermine and politicise reform debate
In an article published in Business Day newspaper, Leon Louw of the Free Market Foundation argues that the issue in land reform in SA should not be about the quantity of landownership in black hands but the quality and value of the land and secure property rights.
L’accaparement des terres ou comment la loi expulse les gens de leurs terres
L’Etat, en tant qu’instrument des intérêts du capital, fournit de la main d’œuvre corvéable à merci, des terres et des privilèges fiscaux à ceux qui se saisissent des terres. Mais la quête du développement n’est pas une finalité qui justifie les abus et les violations. Elle est plutôt un processus qui doit être considéré comme un droit, une dialectique entre l’Etat et la population où tous les droits, c'est-à-dire sociaux et culturels ainsi que civils et politiques, sont réalisés ensemble.
A global Land Observatory
August 1, 2012
In recent months, 192 people in five countries have participated in workshops sponsored by Land Observatory, project of the International Land Coalition and the University of Bern's Center for Development and Environment. In late June, the Land Observatory completed its fifth and final inception workshop in Peru.