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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...
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"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...
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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!, 17/04/2012,
"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...
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"GRAIN is happy to announce its new book "The great food robbery: how corporations control food, grab land and destroy the climate", just published with Fahamu Books and Pambazuka Press.
The global...
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"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...
Multimedia, FERN, 01/05/2012,
The Story of REDD: a real solution to deforestation?
"REDD, or reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, is one of the most controversial issues in the climate change debate. The...
Press, El Espectador, 30/04/2012,
"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...
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"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...
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"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...
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