The paper builds on joint work by ActionAid and its local partners through the Women’s Land Rights (WOLAR) project, funded by the MDG3 Fund. It is informed by engagement of Southern African rural...
Agrofuels
Research papers, 04/2012,
Research papers, 05/2012,
"Earlier this month Brazilian pulp and paper giant Suzano Papel e Celulose gained approval for the world’s most advanced trial of genetically modified (GM) trees to meet the global demands of biomass...
Events, 08/05/2012 - 28/05/2012
From 08 MAY to 28 MAY 2012
"In October 2011, the CFS has recommended that appropriate parties and stakeholders “review biofuels policies - where applicable and if necessary - according to balanced...
Press, Basta!, 17 April 2012,
"L’huile de palme est massivement importée en Europe. Elle sert à la composition d’aliments comme aux agrocarburants. Avec le soutien de la région Languedoc-Roussillon, une nouvelle raffinerie...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"A new Handbook on Community Engagement, published by the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS), for the first time provides communities, companies, and government institutions involved with land deals in...
Press, El Espectador, 30 April 2012,
"En 2009, el Gobierno detectó una compra masiva de tierras en el Catatumbo por parte de una persona jurídica, Bioagroindustrial de Colombia, manejada por una persona natural, el señor Murgas. “Uno de...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"Across the world, ‘green grabbing’ – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. In recent years there has been a...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"Released on the eve of a World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, a new report reveals widespread violations of people's rights and environmental destruction from a land grab initially funded by...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"On March 27th 2012, several thousand people marched into the Guatemalan capital in solidarity with the struggles of the indigenous farmers and landless workers who had made the 214-kilometre, nine...
Research papers, 04/2012,
Since 2008, the rush for land in developing countries has rapidly intensified but the sector remains largely unregulated and land deals are frequently agreed in secret between governments and...
Events, 11/06/2012 (All day), International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague
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"By June 2012, there will two journal special issues that will be available, namely, ‘Green grabbing: a new appropriation of nature’ (Journal of Peasant...
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13/01/12 y si algo podia...
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