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Land-grabbing

1st July 2015

Discovering the secrets of Benin’s forests to improve nutrition

Originally posted in the Guardian, 1st July 2015 Benin’s wet tropical forests are full of riches. Ebony, shea and mahogany trees tower over verdant foliage, home to mongoose, warthogs, chameleons. The… Read More

26th June 2012

Protest at London land-grab investors summit

JOINT NEWS RELEASE from Friends of the Earth, ActionAid, War on Want, The Gaia Foundation, Global Witness, The Land is Ours, Biofuelwatch, Re:Common, Reclaim the Fields UK EMBARGO: 00.01 hrs BST,… Read More

11th December 2011

Call for end to land grabbing

GRAIN receives the 2011 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, “for its worldwide work to protect the livelihoods and rights of farming communities and to expose the massive purchases of farmland in developing… Read More