Protestors say London summit pushing global land grabs and hunger ‘Do you realise what your pension funds?’ they ask public A coalition of environmental, development and farming groups have criticised the Agricultural Investment summit in London for spearheading a global land grab. The protestors say that City investors and pension …
As the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty takes place in Washington DC this week, farmers and environmental groups have organized to push back against the Bank’s pro-corporate, pro-privatization land grab attempts and the rights and environmental violations they bring. Screen grab from film (see below) from La Via Campesina and …
“Land governance in a rapidly changing environment” is the theme of the 2012 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty being held April 23-26 in Washington DC. Corporate investors, governments and International Financial Institutions are meeting at World Bank headquarters to “discuss issues of concern to land practitioners and policymakers …