Across Africa, laws are being rewritten to open farming up to an agribusiness invasion - displacing the millions of small cultivators that now feed the continent, and replacing them with a new model of profit-oriented agriculture using patented seeds and varieties. The agencies effecting the transformation are legion - but they are all marching to a single drum.
… Land and seed laws under attack as Africa is groomed for … Un Development sorghum-cut.jpg Across Africa, laws are being rewritten to open farming up to … the ground - they are also changing African laws to accommodate the agribusiness agenda. …
The anti-poaching conference in London today was disrupted by protests at the Botswana delegation - who call the indigenous Bushmen of the Kalahari 'poachers' and are forcing them into death camps.
… for hunting. Botswana's Bushman-only 'Pass Laws' The majority of Bushmen are forced to … which has been likened to the hated Pass Laws under apartheid South Africa. A high …
The US Congress has outlawed the use of aid to Ethiopia to evict tribal peoples in the SW of the country - where violent expulsions are under way to clear land for cash-crop farming.
… Grabs USA omo-2.png The US Congress has outlawed the use of aid to Ethiopia to evict … Defence of human rights in Ethiopia is now US Law Among the provisions of the Omnibus …
A new report reveals huge declines in the UK's migratory birds that winter deep in Africa's rainforests. Shorter distance migrants are performing much better, with some recording big population increases.
… as the relevant data do not exist." But Alan Law, Director of Biodiversity Delivery at …
The rainforest habitat of chimpanzees and other great apes is being destroyed by the expansion of palm oil projects in central Africa, according to new evidence from Greenpeace.
… demand for resources, corruption and poor law enforcement. EuroParl palm oil vote today …
Two new international agreements will help to save migratory birds from hunting, trapping and poisoning, and to protect their long-distance flyways. A key objective is to phase out lead shot within three years, and eliminate the toxic drug diclofenac.
… species that are protected by international law. RSPB: 'It's a good day for conservation' …
A massive oil spill in the oil-rich Niger Delta in 2008 has caused years of environmental and economic devastation. But only after legal action in London has Shell been forced to reveal the truth, admit liability, pay compensation, and begin the clean-up.
… by the oil spill. "I'd like to thank the lawyers for compelling Shell to make this … 2011, the people of Bodo, represented by UK law firm Leigh Day, began court proceedings in …