Access to land for farmers in the EU

Access to land for farmers in the EU

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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Disputed Nature – Biodiversity and its Convention

Disputed Nature – Biodiversity and its Convention

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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How do we define Land Grabbing?

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.

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Food Sovereignty more necessary than ever in wake of rising Nationalism and Xenophobia

Food Sovereignty more necessary than ever in wake of rising Nationalism and Xenophobia

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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Infographics: The state of land concentration in Europe

Infographics: The state of land concentration in Europe

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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Publication: Bioenergy in the EU

Publication: Bioenergy in the EU

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’.

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Video: Fight for Free Seeds in Paraguay

Heñoi means ‘germinate’ in the language of the indigenous Guarani people. This 9 minute clip stresses the importance of local seeds systems in Paraguay and the struggles to keep them alive.

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Video: Dutch delegation at Nyéléni Europe 2016

Impression of the Dutch delegation at the Nyéléni Europe Forum 2016 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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Voices from the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles

Voices from the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles

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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Food sovereignty takes root in Eastern Europe

Food sovereignty takes root in Eastern Europe

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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