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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
EMERGENCY NETWORK
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
