International land deals in Africa

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  Land 'grabs' expand to Europe as big business blocks entry to farming

  17 Apr 2013: Land rights not just issue for developing world as report shows public subsidies help a few firms 'grab' vast tracts of EU land 29 comments

• Ireland's Michael Higgins calls for land deal rules to tackle hunger

  15 Apr 2013: In a hard-hitting speech, Ireland's president calls for international framework to regulate land acquisitions in developing countries

• Aurora, the Philippines: land deals and development at a price – video

  Video (6min 46sec), 9 Apr 2013: Aurora's governor says the development of a Pacific eco zone will bring benefits. But locals are concerned about the threat to their livelihoods

• Cambodia's women activists are redefining the housewife

  2 Apr 2013: Katherine Brickell: Cambodian 'housewives' have led a sustained campaign of nonviolent protest against forced evictions 11 comments

• World Bank told to investigate links to Ethiopia 'villagisation' project

  19 Mar 2013: Bank's accountability panel says complaints by Ethiopians of forced evictions in Gambella should be looked into

• Indian land grabs in Ethiopia show dark side of south-south co-operation

  25 Feb 2013: Anuradha Mittal: The takeover of peoples' land and water by corporations – even if they are from the global south – is a new form of colonisation 68 comments

• Land-grabbing firms beware: cost of ignoring people's rights is rising

  18 Feb 2013: Jonathan Glennie: Communities have more hope than ever of seeing off companies trying to acquire their land, with support from media and NGOs
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• Land rights activists angered as India's forest act undermined

  15 Feb 2013: The government's decision to allow major infrastructure projects to go ahead without obtaining consent for forest clearance paves the way for the violation of village land rights, say rights groups

• Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land

  7 Feb 2013: Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent

• Liberia's landless people have a lesson for visiting world leaders

  1 Feb 2013: Silas Siakor: Land 'grabs' to beautify Monrovia for VIP meeting reflect crisis across Africa, where rush for resources is threatening peace 8 comments

• Tanzania takes major step towards curbing land 'grabs'

  21 Dec 2012: Tanzania has set a ceiling for investors wanting to buy its agricultural land, a move welcomed by land rights campaigners

• EU must ensure biofuel producers in Indonesia respect land rights

  9 Nov 2012: Rahmawati Retno Winarni: Tighter EU rules on biofuel production are failing to protect the land rights of Indonesia's indigenous communities 4 comments

• Liberia's Johnson Sirleaf defiant over nepotism and corruption claims

  1 Nov 2012: President admits 'endemic' corruption in Liberia but says appointments made on merit, and promises to review land deals

• Land deals in Africa have led to a wild west – bring on the sheriff, says FAO

  29 Oct 2012: Food and Agriculture Organisation chief José Graziano da Silva demands high noon on land grabs that jeopardise food security
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• La industria palmera guatemalteca deja a lugareños contemplando un futuro incierto

  4 Oct 2012: La creciente demanda mundial de aceite de palma amenaza con cambiar decisivamente la vida de la población en el norteño estado guatemalteco de Petén

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