Land grabbing abroad is an EU human rights issue
The European Parliament takes up the issue of the EU’s obligations related to land grabbing by EU actors.
Read More »Caravana Matopiba urges Brazilian authorities to take action, warns foreign investors
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.
Read More »Caravana Matopiba uncovers alarming human and environmental costs of agribusiness
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 …
Read More »International mission to measure human rights impact of land grabbing kicks off
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 …
Read More »How do we define Land Grabbing?
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.
Read More »Presenting the People’s Manual at the Nyéléni Europe Forum
One of the open spaces at the Nyéléni Europe Forum on Saturday evening was dedicated to a presentation of the People’s Manual on the Tenure Guidelines and the screening of …
Read More »People’s Manual on the Guidelines on Governance of Land, Fisheries and Forests
The International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) has published a people’s manual that aims to make it easier to understand the Tenure Guidelines and provides a practical approach to people …
Read More »Survey: Strong Support for Human Rights Based Land Policy
In February, we published a Pan-European survey on land policy on this website. The questionnaire was answered by 611 European citizens, showing strong support for a human rights based and people …
Read More »Sierra Leone: Six land rights activists released through citizen solidarity
Civil society organisations demand to stop land grabbing by the Agro-industrial Company Socfin and to protect the human rights of the communities.
On the 16th of June 2016, a group of …
Read More »ARTE tv feature on land grabbing in Europe (FR/GER)
The French-German culture channel ARTE recently broadcasted a feature on land grabbing in Eastern Europe, interviewing small-scale farmers about the problems they face with access to land.
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