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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Biodiversity loss is the most important global threat, not climate change. At least, that is what researchers at the Stockholm Resilience Centre say. The planetary boundaries model they have developed …
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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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Across Europe large-scale farms are spreading while small farms are disappearing. The following infographics show the state of land concentration in Europe.
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The European Union’s approach to bioenergy is shaped by contradictory policies. Read more about it in the new Hands on the Land publication ‘Bioenergy in the EU’.
Read More »Impression of the Dutch delegation at the Nyéléni Europe Forum 2016 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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A new Hands on the Land publication highlights how communities of small scale food producers are increasingly confronted by the grabbing of natural resources and systematic violations of human rights.
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The fight back against industrial agriculture and for a just and sustainable future for farming and peasant farmers took a leap forward this week as the largest-ever European forum on …
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