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Copenhagen special: Tuva and Indonesia

The chainsaw massacre

by Cedric Gouverneur
Wednesday 23 December 2009
The Indonesian conglomerates behind the rush for palm oil are well known for their collusion with the dictatorship of General Suharto (1965-98). The Raja Garuda Mas group belongs to Sukanto Tanoto, the richest man in the country.Greenpeace has accused its subsidiary Asian Agri of destroying the (...) > continue

The palm oil land grab

Cedric Gouverneur
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Climate change is only the meteorological manifestation of many misuses of the earth in pursuit of easy, or easier, lives. As the conference in Copenhagen tries to establish some global limits on pollution and exploitation, we report from those places where the damage has long been done, (...) > continue

Lessons from Cuba

Alison Blay-Palmer
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Editor’s Note: Canadian Geographer Alison Blay-Palmer looks back on a trip to Cuba to study urban agriculture. It documents how Cuba responded to a major economic and nutritional crisis by turning to urban agriculture. > continue

Argentina: Disappearing Farmers, Disappearing Food

Marie Trigona
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Editor’s Note: The National Indigenous Campesino Movement of Argentina is in a desperate fight against an impoverishing agricultural system. Monoculture production, especially of soy has had a profound effect on farmers. Land consolidation has forced thousands of farmers off the land. Violence (...) > continue

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Colombia: displacement of rural families, Bolívar region

0913ACOL
Friday 23 October 2009
On July 14, 2009, 120 families were forcibly displaced. They are from the estate of Las Pavas, located in the administrative district of Buenos Aires in the municipality of El Peñón in the southern Bolívar province. Members of the National Police and the Anti-disturbance squads entered into the (...) > continue

Europes factory farms devastating communities and environment

Wednesday 21 October 2009
New film shows massive impact of soy production www.feedingfactoryfarms.org > continue

The new farm owners

Corporate investors lead the rush for control over overseas farmland
Wednesday 21 October 2009

Land-grabbing in Africa: The why and the how

Nikolaj Nielsen
Wednesday 21 October 2009

Food imperialism: Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Investigation

Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear

by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele May 2008
Wednesday 21 October 2009

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