As seen on the Economist THE Airbus A320 was ordered by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, but somehow ended up as the prized possession of Lao Airlines. From a window seat flying above Laos a visitor gets a sense of the state’s weaknesses.…
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Excerpts from IIED's September 2013 Brief Large-scale land acquisitions are increasing in pace and scale, in particular across parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Weak governance and poor land use planning mean that commercial ‘land grabs’ often damage biodiversity as well as…
As seen on the Guardian Mobilisation by women, online activism, media coverage, use of land laws and elected officials all helped bring Loliondo success Struggles over land rights have emerged as one of the foremost social and environmental challenges across much…
As seen on the University of Liege Depuis près de 15 ans, le Laboratoire de foresterie tropicale et subtropicale de Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, dirigé par le Pr Jean-Louis Doucet, est impliqué dans la promotion de la gestion participative des massifs forestiers…
As seen on Agroforestry World Our suffering planet looks set on a path of destruction, according to many. But leading thinkers gathered at the World Agroforestry Centre’s annual Science Week see the possibility of a bright, and sustainable, future Earth…
Our international conference on Scaling-up Strategies to Secure Community Land and Resources Rights brought together a wide diversity of stakeholders – about 180 representatives from, local communities, Indigenous Peoples organizations, governments, private investors, food and resource companies, and development and…
As global demand for sugar increases, so does the rush for land to grow it. Around the world poor farmers are being kicked off their land to grow sugar, leaving them hungry and homeless. In 2013, Oxfam, one of the…
As seen on the Wall Street Journal BOGOTÁ, Colombia—U.S. food giant Cargill Inc. acquired 30 times more Colombian land than legal restrictions allow, claimed Oxfam International, the latest allegation amid legislators' questioning of land purchases by large corporations operating in…
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