Wealthy countries and agribusiness want farmland, poorer countries need capital – but what happens to the locals? By Martin Large and Neil Ravenscroft
… A global land-grab Martin Large Neil Ravenscroft | 16th March 2009 Comment Land People Locals Agribusiness Farmland Poor International Development Politics …
'Land grab' report highlights growing interest from speculators in ‘flex’ crops like soya, palm oil and sugarcane that can be used for biofuels or food
… Biofuels not food the biggest driver of 'land grabbing' deals, says report Laurie … | 18th December 2011 News Food And Farming Land Grab Africa Deforestation Palm Oil landrights.jpg More the 50 per cent of …
A new generation of biofuels is poised to come into the market. Grown on unused, ‘marginal’ land they won’t compete for our food crops. But just where exactly is all this marginal land, and whose backyard might it be? Helena Paul reports
… Agrofuels Food And Farming Energy Crops Land Marginal Fuel biofuels_2.0.jpg A new … into the market. Grown on unused, ‘marginal’ land they won’t compete for our food crops. … But just where exactly is all this marginal land, and whose backyard might it be? Helena …
Across Africa, corporations are grabbing community land and water - and nowhere more than in Liberia, where half the country has already been lost. But one community has shown it's possible to overcome intimidation, organize and resist.
… When our land is free, we're all free Silas … Siakor Jacinta Fay | 7th May 2014 News Land Grabs Africa Farming Indigenous Peoples … Africa, corporations are grabbing community land and water - and nowhere more than in …
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland to clear the way for a rice farm owned and controlled from the US and Canada. A 45,000-strong community faces landlessness and destitution.
… farmers face destitution from 300 sq.km land grab backed by UK aid Oliver Tickell | 28th January 2015 News Land Grabs Nigeria Africa Farming Corporations Development gassol-lands.jpg Development secretary Justine …
Advocates of foreign ownership of agricultural land say it brings wealth, infrastructure and new farming techniques; opponents say that displaced and deskilled smallholders are often the result
… Foreign land grabbing leaves Filipino farmers with … Theodora Tsentas | 26th July 2010 News Land Grabbing Food And Farming Philippines Agriculture Land Ownership phillipinefarmers.jpg …
New proposals on land reform in Scotland are a mixed bag, writes Craig Bayne: some good, some bad, and some downright ugly. Leading that last category is the failure to tackle offshore land ownership in tax haven shell companies, and force disclosure of the real landowners.
… Scottish land reform - don't forget the tax havens! … Bayne | 18th September 2015 Comment UK ScotlandLand Grabs Law Politics bruce-fummey-cut.jpg …
Less than a quarter of the Earth’s land surface has escaped the impact of human activity - and by 2050 experts estimate this will fall below 10 percent. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) today warns land degradation will negatively impact two thirds of humanity and is the biggest contributor to species extinction. CATHERINE HARTE reports
… Land degradation now at a critical level warn … Catherine Harte | 26th March 2018 News IPBES Land Degradation Species Loss Climate Change … Less than a quarter of the Earth’s land surface has escaped the impact of human …
A Community Land Bank to negotiate and release areas of land to groups of local people could help solve our growing land crisis
… We need land to grow food. We need a Community Land Bank Jeremy Iles | 17th September 2009 Comment Food And Farming Land Green Living Gardening vegpatch.jpg A …
Ten villages and surrounding farmland have already been wiped from the map for a 50 sq.km airport and surrounding 'aeropolis' or airport city in West Java, Indonesia, writes Rose Bridger. And while investors are offered an 'attractive incentives plan', villagers are subject to fierce state repression and brutality. Now only a single village remains standing, but residents continue to resist eviction and demand an end to the project.
… eviction for 50 sq.km airport city on their land Rose Bridger | 5th April 2017 News Indonesia Aviation Development The Land Indigenous Peoples Transport Cities 2,000 police rushed onto farmland to enforce land measurement for kertajati …
It's not just western corporations that are moving into large-scale agribusiness in Ethiopia, writes Mohammad Amir Anwar. Indian investors have acquired rights to some 6,000 sq.km of land much of it in the ecologically sensitive Gambela region, where unconsulted Nuer and Anuak peoples are suffering from forest clearance.
… known story of India's role in Ethiopian land grabs Mohammad Amir Anwar | 15th June 2015 Comment Ethiopia India Land Grabs Forests Farming Finance Indigenous … have acquired rights to some 6,000 sq.km of land much of it in the ecologically sensitive …
On Monday the World Bank's Conference on Land and Poverty begins in the US. But farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and others denounce the whole exercise as a sham that, in tandem with other Bank initiatives, is all about accelerating corporate land grabs and robbing the poor that the Bank was founded to assist.
… World Bank's Conference on Land & Poverty is a cruel farce Oliver Tickell … | 20th March 2015 News Finance Food Farming Land Development Law land-grab-march-haiti-cut.jpg On Monday the …
A palm oil company's 'forest conservation' programme in Indonesia has ended up being a second land grab, writes Marcus Colchester - seizing resources from local communities' control.
… company plan to slow deforestation 'another land-grab' Marcus Colchester | 23rd January … in Indonesia has ended up being a second land grab, writes Marcus Colchester - seizing … damaging clearance, of both forests and peatlands, which contributes significantly to …
Report on land-grabbing reveals large-scale farmland deals amounted to 45 million hectares in 2009 alone with 6 million hectares expected to be added every year in less industrialised countries
… World bank hints Africa is ‘quick win’ for land grabbing investors The Ecologist | 14th … 2010 News Food And Farming World Bank Land Grabbing Friends Of The Earth Oxfam ploughs_into_swords_01.jpg Land grabbing is affecting smallscale farmers …
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples' land and forests for palm oil plantations. But according to the country's President, they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.
… - communities join to fight the palm oil land grab Jacinta Fay Silas Kpanan'Ayoung … Siakor | 18th July 2014 News Food Farming Land Grabs Indigenous Peoples Liberia Africa … to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples' land and forests for palm oil plantations. But …
Communities across Papua New Guinea oppose the theft of their land for logging and palm oil operations made possible by the corrupt practices of local officials and foreign companies.
FRÉDÉRIC MOUSSEAU reports
… Deforestation Logging Palm Oil Protest onourland_7.jpg Communities across Papua New Guinea oppose the theft of their land for logging and palm oil operations made … pulled from under our feet." Ana Sipona is a landowner in West Pomio, in Papua New Guinea, …
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia
… Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation … Ghana and Liberia The sudden upsurge in land deals by palm oil companies in Africa … to large-scale deforestation and loss of farmland by local communities, NGOs and …
Small farmers are losing out as the world's farmland is becoming concentrated in ever fewer hands - and food security is suffering as a consequence. If we do nothing to reverse this trend, writes Stephen Leahy, the world will lose its capacity to feed itself.
… 'Land reform in reverse' - land grabs are increasing world hunger Stephen … Leahy | 3rd June 2014 News Food Farming Land Grabs small-farmers-cut.jpg Small farmers …
Pristine beaches, clear Caribbean waters, coral reefs, fertile land ... such is the homeland of the Garifuna people, writes Jeff Abbott. It's so lovely that outsiders are desperate to seize ever more of their territory to develop for mass tourism, oil palm plantations, illicit drug production ... and the land grabs have the full support of Honduras military government, backed to the hilt by Uncle Sam.
… communities resist eviction and theft of land Jeff Abbott Waging NonViolence | 12th … August 2015 News Honduras Indigenous Peoples Land Grabs USA Tourism beach.jpg Pristine … clear Caribbean waters, coral reefs, fertile land ... such is the homeland of the Garifuna …
Livestock ranching on US public lands underlies a vast range of environmental problems - so should we welcome 'conservation buyouts' of ranches that own grazing leases? No way, writes William Williers, because the lands are already ours, and to 'buy' them is to support and perpetuate a $1 billion per year fraud against the American people.
… West Welfare - how ranching made US public lands private property William Williers | 26th … Livestock ranching on US public lands underlies a vast range of environmental … No way, writes William Williers, because the lands are already ours, and to 'buy' them is …
Communities facing around Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport are facing huge land grabs for a vast airport city that will line the pockets of powerful officials, politicians and developers, but leave them with nothing, writes Rose Bridger. Now, faced with official abuse and police brutality, they are fighting back with street protests and art projects.
… | 16th December 2014 News Taiwan China Land Grabs aerotropolis-protest.jpg … Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport are facing huge land grabs for a vast airport city that will … city of Taipei on the northern tip of the island, is not unusual in planning expansion: A …
Papua New Guinea is among the most culturally and biologically diverse nations on earth, and its laws enshrine the customary land ownership of indigenous tribes. Yet a massive land grab is under way with 12% of the country's land leased out to foreign corporations ...
… Corporate land grabs in PNG - independence betrayed? … Serah Aupong | 23rd November 2013 News PNG Land Grabs png-pm-obama.png Papua New Guinea … on earth, and its laws enshrine the customary land ownership of indigenous tribes. Yet a …
Henry VIII’s land-grab robbed ordinary people of their commons – now a new campaign offers us the chance to take back what we’re owed.
… 2009 Comment Blogs Comments Tom Hodgkinson Land Allotments Society blogs&comments.jpg Henry VIII’s land-grab robbed ordinary people of their … to take back what we’re owed. It’s all about land. Over the past 500 years the …
Rural communities all over India are battling against a land grab of epic proportions. And one of the biggest causes of land grabs is for airports to support India's domestic aviation boom. Rose Bridger reports from Kerala, where four new 'green field' airports are meeting stiff local resistance.
… India - people resist airport land grabs Rose Bridger | 21st November 2013 News India Land Grab Airports Aviation … all over India are battling against a land grab of epic proportions. And one of the …