While uncovering the appalling living conditions of affected communities, the delegation points to the involvement of international capital from Europe, Canada and the US in large-scale land acquisition.
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The international fact finding mission ‘Caravana MATOPIBA’ visited communities in the northeast of Brazil this week to investigate the social, environmental and human rights impacts of expanding soy monocultures. The delegation …
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An international delegation including Hands on the Land members will travel across the Brazilian region of MATOPIBA to document the social, economic, environmental and human rights impact of large-scale land …
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The path to fairer land governance in Europe reached a milestone this week, as the European Parliament approved an own initiative report that recognizes the urgent problems of land concentration, …
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On the occasion of the International Day of Peasant’s Struggle, this 17th of April, a large coalition for peasants’ rights appeals for people’s support as negotiations for the …
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Peasants and other people working in rural areas, civil society organisations and academics from all over the world gathered from 7-10 March 2017 for the Global Peasants’ Rights Congress in …
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On the 28th of March, the tenth edition of the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) will be held in Brussels. Its organisers, multinational chemicals and agrifood firm Syngenta …
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On 7 December 2016 the European Economic and Social Committee, the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and the European Coordination Via Campesina co-organised an event to discuss the problems …
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Since there is no complete definition of land grabbing that includes all necessary parts we need to develop and accept one that can be used for any geographical area.
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With the Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of the extreme right in Europe and increasing migration, there is an urgent need to intensify cooperation between countries and their populations.
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