Land grabbing and Human Rights

Newsletter 25 October 2012

26 October 2012

The TNI newsletter of 25 October 2012

With our Global Land Grab Primer, a piece on land grabbing in Dawei, on global tree plantations, the imposing of privatisation of water by the EU and much more.

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Land grabbing and Human Rights

The Global Land Grab, a primer
TNI
A concise and indispensable critical guide to the global phenomemon of land grabbing. Find out how the global land grab is justified, what is driving it, why transparency and guidelines won't stop it, and learn about alternatives that could enable people and communities to regain control of their land and territories.

Land Grabbing in Dawei: a (Inter) National Human Rights Concern
Elizabeth Loewen
The Dawei region is a highly populated and prosperous region, significant because of its ecologically-diversity and strategic position along the Andaman coast. Thai interest in the region poses an environmental threat and risks massive expulsion of people.

Global Tree Plantation Expansion
Markus Kröger The expansion of tree plantations and non-food crops is frequently left out of analysis on land grabbing, but is a crucial part of the picture. This paper provides an up-to-date review of tree plantations worldwide and summarises the latest research and data on their impact.

The other Burma: Conflict, counter-insurgency and human rights in Northeast India
Ben Hayes
Northeast India's strategic location between India, China and southeast Asia has led to a recent boom in resource extraction and investment by multinational corporations, but the world continues to remain largely silent on the human rights abuses that continue to be perpetrated by the Indian military.

Monet and Schuman might have deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, the European Union does not
Ben Hayes
Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU is like crediting Alexander Graham Bell for the i-phone. Since its formation in 1993, the EU has increasingly shunned peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights.

EC, stop imposing privatisation of water!
TNI and other civil society organisations, in an open letter, have denounced the European Comission's admission that it imposes water privatization conditionalities as part of its 'rescue' package to crisis countries.

Final Declaration 9th Asia- Europe People’s Forum
“People’s Solidarity against Poverty and for Sustainable Development: Challenging Unjust and Unequal Development, Building States of Citizens for Citizens” was the title of the 9th AEPF in Laos. Read the final declaration.

En español

Liberar la creatividad de la fuerza de trabajo
Hilary Wainwright
Hay políticas que pueden fomentar la creatividad económica de los obreros más allá del trabajo asalariado.

Susan George: "Hay que unirse y no dejarse perder"
Con las políticas de austeridad aprobadas por Europa, ¿se está gobernando para la gente o para los mercados financieros?

El resultado de las elecciones holandesas y los coffee shops
Tom Blickman
Las elecciones holandesas fueron calificadas de decisivas para el futuro de los coffees shops, pero los resultados aún no son concluyentes.

Ficha informativa: la hoja de coca y las convenciones de la ONU
Diez puntos básicos sobre la hoja de coca y las convenciones de drogas de la ONU.

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