Mozambique

Seeds of discontent

October 2013

Watch this trailer for a powerful new documentary about how supposedly well-meaning Dutch and Swedish investments can result in land grabbing and human rights abuses in one small community in Mozambique.

 

Seeds of discontent documentary unveils how foreign investors fuel land grabs

October 2013

A powerful new documentary film “Seeds of discontent” was launched today that draws attention to the role of a Swedish investment firm, Dutch pension fund and Norwegian church endowment firm in land grabbing in Mozambique.

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Human Rights in Niassa Province

September 2012

How do the treeplantations in Niassa province impair the rights of peasant communities? And what are the recommendations to the different actors involved?

Assumptions in the European Union biofuels policy: frictions with experiences in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique

July 2010
Les Levidow, Mireille Hönicke, Maria Luisa Mendonça

EU biofuels policy is based on the assumption that it will lead to greenhouse gas savings, energy security and rural development, however in-depth research in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique reveals fundamental contradictions between EU policy assumptions and practices in the real world.