See videos, photos, blogs and more from the second international conference on ‘Global Land Grabbing’. The STEPS Centre also has a range of useful resources on land, green and water grabs. Organised…
GLOBAL LAND GRABBING II
The slippery nature of ‘water grabbing’
Large-scale land acquisitions for agricultural investment, popularly known as ‘land grabbing’, have recently attracted headline attention. But the implications of these land grabs for water resources have stayed out of…
Press release: Green grabs: the dark side of the green economy
Green’ market initiatives are increasing poverty. Local ecosystem stewardship must be nurtured instead. ‘Green grabbing’ – the rapidly-growing appropriation of land and resources in the name of ‘green ’ biofuels,…
VIDEO: WATER, OIL AND POLITICS IN EGYPT AND SUDAN
In a time of intense and dramatic change in North Africa, Sudan splits into two. One of the most crucial negotiations to take place is over water: who gets how…