In the context of the international campaign against land grabbing, Real World Radio offers this special section including testimonies of the resistance and the effects of this global process that goes against the rights of communities and the sovereignty of the countries.
This section will have the support of Grain through www.farmlandgrab.org, which includes interviews and reports about the global push for buying or renting crop lands in foreign countries as a strategy to ensure the supply of basic food or just as a way to make money.
9 May 2013 | News | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
The chair of Friends of the Earth International, Jagoda Munic, from Croatia, members of the International Secretariat of the environmental federation, as well as delegates from groups of Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and Latin America are in Colombia to participate in different activities. Read more
22 April 2013 | Interviews | All for the release of the political prisoners of Santa Cruz Barillas | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
Natalia Atz, coordinator of CEIBA-Friends of the Earth Guatemala, has been on a European tour for several days in order to expose the role of European corporations in human rights violations in Guatemala. Read more
11 April 2013 | Interviews | 5ta. Fiesta de la Semilla Criolla - Uruguay | Land grabbing
The “5th National Native Seed and Family Farming Festival: Building Food Sovereignty” will be held from next Friday through Sunday in Valle Eden, Tacuarembó, Uruguay. Nearly 200 family farmers from different parts of the country are expected to participate, plus around 1,000 people. Read more
10 April 2013 | Videos | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) project called "Kalimantan Forest Carbon Partnership" (KFCP), which is being developed in Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, has been described as a failure by recent studies. Watch video
21 March 2013 | Interviews | Land grabbing
On March 21st, while the UN General Assembly celebrates the International Day of the Forests, the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) and more than 300 social movements and organizations warn that addressing the underlying drivers of deforestation is urgently needed. Read more
18 March 2013 | Interviews | Land grabbing | Hugo Chávez
The International Day of People Affected by Dams and in Defense of Rivers is celebrated on March 14th with strong mobilizations in all continents. Read more
12 March 2013 | Interviews | No to the coup d’état in Paraguay | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
On Sunday night Paraguayan peasants Cipriano Flores and Asuncion Acuña were shot by gun men. Both of them live in the landless settlement India Juliana, in Ararupi, Caazapa department. Read more
4 March 2013 | Interviews | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
A long media campaign to discredit the La Via Campesina in Guatemala by associating it with “destabilizing groups” had been identified and reported by its Committee of Peasant Unity (CUC-CLOC-Via Campesina). The campaign ended with the aggression of its main leader in San Juan Sacatepequez municipality, Guatemala. Read more
28 February 2013 | Interviews | Land grabbing
In Panama City, members of women, young-people, indigenous, environmentalists, fisherfolk and peasant movements will meet this weekend to discuss about the guidelines of the Continental Food Sovereignty Alliance. Read more
25 February 2013 | Interviews | No to the coup d’état in Paraguay | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
Another peasant leader was killed on Wednesday 20 February, exactly two months before the country’s elections after a coup d’état that ousted President Fernando Lugo. Read more
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