Cambodia: Moratorium on Mekong Dams!
Few development schemes pose more serious risks to food security, fisheries, and aquatic ecosystems than the construction of proposed hydropower dams on the main channel of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. Three years ago, in
Published : 07 November 2013
Zim Farmers Flourish after 2001 Land Grab
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Bonus Matashu points to a three-ton truck he bought for $15,000 in cash and says President Robert Mugabe`s often violent program of seizing white-owned farms and giving them to black Zimbabweans turned
Published : 04 November 2013
Palestinians Threaten Suit over Colonies
JERUSALEM: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki on Thursday denounced Israeli plans to build hundreds of new settler homes in east Jerusalem, threatening to pursue international legal action in response. Israel announced on Wednesday it would build
Published : 02 November 2013
PA to Plant 750,000 Olive Trees
RAMALLAH—Caretaker Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority will compensate Palestinians whose olive trees have been damaged by Israeli settler attacks by planting 750,000 olive trees across the West Bank. Hamdallah stressed
Published : 26 October 2013
Diyarbakir Mayor to Armenians: "My City Is Your City"
DIYARBAKIR—Speaking at a reception held on the occasion of the closing of the dome of the Sourp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, the mayor of the greater Diyarbakir municipality Osman Baydemir told the Armenians gathered
Published : 24 October 2013
Haiti`s Post-earthquake Forced Evictions
It has been almost four years since Haiti was hit by the 7.0 earthquake which left over 100,000 dead and an estimated 1.5 million people homeless. The 278,000 internally displaced people who currently remain in
Published : 23 October 2013
Indian Firms Acquire 1.3mn Hectares Abroad
As cultivable land at home is lost to urbanization, industry and infrastructure projects, Indian companies are acquiring land in Asia and Africa for farming. So far, Indian companies have acquired nearly 1.3 million hectares of land
Published : 23 October 2013
Palestinian CSOs Say "Kill Red-Dead Project"
The undersigned Palestinian NGOs call on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to halt all forms of cooperation with the World Bank-sponsored Red Sea - Dead Sea Conveyance Project (RSDSCP)
Published : 21 October 2013
Food, Fuel, and the Global Land Grab
Growing demand for food and fuel has put pressure on the world’s agricultural lands to produce more. Now, a trend in “land grabbing” has emerged, as wealthy countries lease or buy farms and agribusiness in
Published : 20 October 2013
