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 …
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 …
Improving smallholder rights to the land they depend on is becoming more of a necessity as farmland speculation and competition between food and energy crops threatens their tenure
… 'Stop robbing land from the poorest' urges UN food expert … Jemima Roberts | 25th October 2010 News Land Grabbing Food And Farming Agroecology … world hunger by robbing the poorest from the land on which they depend, argues UN food …
In the second in our series examining REDD we report how ambiguous forest definitions are putting the future success of forest protection schemes in doubt and allowing logging companies to destroy biodiverse habitats
… working definition of what degraded forest or land is ‘plays into the hands’ of logging … to responsibly develop ‘only on degraded land’, but in reality this can actually mean they are clearing forests and peatlands . Most of Southeast Asia’s remaining …
Everyone has an opinion on how best to use land in the UK, but bridges need to be built between those who want to see every inch producing food and fuel, and those who believe that land means more than farming
… are challenging an obsession with land productivity Matt Lobley Michael Winter | 11th February 2010 Comment Food And Farming Land Natural World biofood.jpg Everyone has an opinion on how best to use land in the UK, but bridges need to be built …
Economists have all but forgotten about the source of real wealth - the land under our feet. They do so at their peril
… Economics without land is a disaster Molly Scott Cato | 13th … January 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Land Money Green Economics molly.jpg … about the source of real wealth - the land under our feet. They do so at their peril …
A written charter for land use must be adopted to best manage England’s land resources as part of the 'Big Society', according to academics from the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme
… Written charter for land use vital for 'Big Society' management of … Kara Moses | 23rd November 2010 News Land News Conservation Politics And Economics … Resources farm.jpg A written charter for land use must be adopted to best manage …
Brazil is hailed as a biofuels success story - producing and using ethanol from high yielding crops within the country. But those indigenous families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently
… the last remaining strip of their ancestral lands, upon which they may legally live as … million, are turning this fertile rolling landscape into a monoculture as demand for … and progress) are indigenous groups whose land has been taken from them for lack of …
The Tory government in the UK is failing on its promise to protect 30% of land and seas.
… is failing on its promise to protect 30% of land and seas. Just 3.2% of UK land and 8% of its seas are meaningfully … committed to protect at least 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030 – the …
UN Report: 34 percent of agricultural land is degraded, water is overdrawn.
… UN Report: 34 percent of agricultural land is degraded, water is overdrawn. The land and water resources farmers rely on are … agricultural productivity by irrigating more land and applying heavier doses of fertilizer …
The need for more affordable housing is often cited as a reason for building on often-environmentally important garden plots. But does such a policy result in more cheap homes? Apparently not, argues Simon Leadbeater
… of gardens may be worth sacrificing because land is needed for affordable homes. Gardens … PPS3 the definition of previously developed land includes land ‘within the curtilage of developed …
What the Philippines’ biggest land investor doesn’t want you to know.
… Defenders Indigenous Peoples Ayalaland Logistics Holdings Corp Mining Editor’s … family.jpg What the Philippines’ biggest land investor doesn’t want you to know. … for protecting farmers’ rights against Ayalaland’s land-grabbing for eight years. …
'We had hit the buffers with farming, and we wanted to work with the land rather than battling against it. Nature just did its thing on our land.'
… Connecting our landscapes Coreen Grant | 21st January 2022 | … with farming, and we wanted to work with the land rather than battling against it. Nature just did its thing on our land.' When Isabella Tree and her husband …
'Man of the hole’ protected the Amazon for 26 years: his legacy lives on in a court ruling to protect his ancestral territory.
… the sole survivor, defying the ranchers and land grabbers who waited for his death to … people bear witness to the fact his ancestral land is home to native peoples who choose not … the river that flows through his ancestral land. By living on this land, as a survivor of …
Following the landmark decision by the Indian government to prevent Vedanta from mining on tribal land, the Ecologist reports on the other tribes - including the Penan in Sarawak and the Guarani in Brazil - facing similar threats but being ignored by the media
… by the mining giant Vedanta Following the landmark decision by the Indian government to prevent Vedanta from mining on tribal land, the Ecologist reports on the other … ban Vedanta Resources from mining on sacred land belonging to an indigenous community came …
Lord Benyon's estate, it's subsidies, biodiversity and the right to roam. An English fairytale.
… Baron land Brendan Montague | 8th August 2022 | News … Europe and is further suffering in England's deepening drought. Thus it seems that … of the commoners who held rights to farm the land; and looking at archaeological LIDAR data …
Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp company started clearing land for palm oil plantations before it had received permits or made conservation assessments. Tom Levitt reports
… Sinar Mas admits breaking law by clearing peatland Tom Levitt | 11th August 2010 News Palm … Orang-utan Biodiversity Climate Change peatlandrainforest.jpg Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp company started clearing land for palm oil plantations before it had …
Satish Kumar in conversation with Sadhguru about the importance of soil to our economies and our cultures.
… do the farming or gardening or work on the land are considered undeveloped, uneducated, … and respect to manual work, to working on land and working with soil? In our … food should be an act of love, love of land, love of nature, love of soil and love …
A victory for Teesside residents could have legal implications that help others fighting to preserve green spaces in their communities
… Landmark court ruling sees off Redcar property … more than 300 homes on an area of open green land known as Coatham Common. The Common, … activities for years. However Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council with Persimmon Homes (the …
With a new coalition government the opportunities for fresh thinking about managing the UK countryside are vast, reports Dan Box. And the Stiperstones nature reserve is providing plenty of inspiration...
… 'Futurescapes': how a Shropshire land manager rewrote the conservation rulebook … retiring only a few months ago as Natural England’s senior manager of the nature reserve … internationally as a model for a pioneering, landscape-scale kind of nature conservation. A …
Transform UK farmland to boost food resilience and tackle nature crisis, says WWF.
… Transform UK farmland to boost food resilience and tackle … reveals. The report shows the extent of farmland used to grow crops that are being used to … and nature of using more of the UK’s arable land to grow crops for human consumption …
Artisanal fishers are pushing back against a growing wave of land reclamation projects across the Peninsular Malaysia.
… are pushing back against a growing wave of land reclamation projects across the … local economy, dominating communities and the landscape alike. This article has been … for thousands of fishers here as massive land reclamation schemes such as Seri Tanjung …
Ensuring women have equal rights to inheritance and property ownership is key to tackling climate breakdown.
… climate change. Preventing women from owning land and other assets leaves them more … denied equal ownership, use, and control over land. Assets Globally, more than 400 million … women own less than 20 percent of the world's land, and female farmers lack equal rights to …
It's helping attract youthful talent into sustainable agriculture across the US, but can the Greenhorns movement survive in the land of Big Ag, or cross the Atlantic to the UK?
… can the Greenhorns movement survive in the land of Big Ag, or cross the Atlantic to the … system' found everywhere she worked on the land. Hence these 'young farmers' are united … we don't have any money and we don't have any land and we really didn't know what we were …