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Activists Claim Win as Herakles Halts Cameroon Operation

By Katelyn Fossett and Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, May 26 2013 (IPS)After coming under fire from environmental and social justice organisations for violations of land protection laws, Herakles Farms, a...

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Is the 2030 Goal for Hunger Eradication Realistic?

An estimated half of fresh produce in Papua New Guinea is lost between harvesting and marketing. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 2013 (IPS)With less than three years...

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U.S., U.K. Accused of Ignoring, Facilitating Abuses in Ethiopia

Ethiopia invests more of its resources in hydropower than any other country in Africa. Pictured here is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Region on the Blue...

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/UPDATE*/ Opinion Divided on Rebirth of Ethiopia’s Opposition

On Jul. 14 several hundred opposition protestors gathered in northern town of Gondar to and called on the government to stop exploiting the antiterrorism law and release those whom the law has been...

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U.N.’s Post-2015 Agenda Needs a Triple Play

Queuing for food at an NGO centre in Gaza. Credit: Erica Silverman/IPSBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Dec 5 2013 (IPS)As the international community fleshes out a new set of Sustainable Development Goals...

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Half of U.S. Farmland Being Eyed by Private Equity

Industry analysts say the institutional share of U.S. farmland ownership is rising quickly. Credit: BigstockBy Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Feb 19 2014 (IPS)An estimated 400 million acres of farmland in...

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Small Farmers’ Loss of Land Increases World Hunger

Small farmers - like Ndomi Magareth, planting beans here on her land in Cameroon - “are losing land at a tremendous rate. It’s a land reform movement in reverse,” says GRAIN’s Henk Hobbelink. Credit:...

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Picture the World as a Desert

Two billion hectares of land are badly degraded as a result of desertification. Credit: Bigstock/IPSBy Kanya D'AlmeidaUNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 2014 (IPS)Try to imagine an expanse of barren land,...

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Is Europe’s Breadbasket Up for Grabs?

Ukraine is the world’s third-largest exporter of cotton and the fifth-largest exporter of wheat. Credit: BigstockBy Kanya D'AlmeidaNEW YORK, Jul 30 2014 (IPS)Amidst an exodus of some 100,000 people...

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The ‘Global’ Land Rush

In this column, Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute, an independent policy think tank on today’s most pressing social, economic, and environmental issues, argues that the time...

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Curbing Biodiversity Loss Needs Giant Leap Forward

Coral reefs are the rainforests of the seas, providing food, resources and coastal protection to millions of people around the world. Yet they are on the frontline of destruction. At this Bonaire reef,...

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Illegal Logging Wreaking Havoc on Impoverished Rural Communities

Customary landowners in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, both rainforest nations in the Southwest Pacific Islands, are suffering the environmental and social impacts of illegal logging....

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OPINION: Addressing Climate Change Requires Real Solutions, Not Blind Faith...

“The darker side of green” – plantation at Bukaleba, Uganda. Credit: Kristen LyonsBy Kristen LyonsBRISBANE, Dec 8 2014 (IPS)Norwegians know something of life in a climate change world. Migratory birds...

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OPINION: The Corporate Takeover of Ukrainian Agriculture

In this column, Frédéric Mousseau, Policy Director at the Oakland Institute, argues that the United States and the European Union are working hand in hand in a takeover of Ukrainian agriculture which –...

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Swelling Ethiopian Migration Casts Doubt on its Economic Miracle

By Chalachew TadesseADDIS ABABA, Apr 25 2015 (IPS)The 28 Ethiopian migrants of Christian faith murdered by the Islamic State (IS) on Apr. 19 in Libya had planned to cross the Mediterranean Sea in...

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Opinion: A Development Fairytale or a Global Land Rush?

In this column, Karine Jacquemart, Forest Project Leader for Africa at Greenpeace International, and Anuradha Mittal Executive Director of the Oakland Institute, argue that the land rush unleashed...

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Scores of Sri Lankan Tamils Still Living Under the ‘Long Shadow of War’

A youth who lost his leg during the conflict stands by his vegetable stall in the town of Mullaitivu in northern Sri Lanka. He has a small family to look after and says he finds it extremely hard to...

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Agroecology in Africa: Mitigation the Old New Way

Frederic Mousseau, Policy Director of the Oakland Institute, coordinated the research for the Institute’s agroeocology project.By Frederic MousseauOAKLAND, California, Jan 11 2016 (IPS)Millions of...

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Time to Repeal Anti-Terrorism Law in Ethiopia

Anuradha Mittal is the Executive Director of the Oakland Institute. By Anuradha MittalOAKLAND, California, Jan 25 2016 (IPS)With the African Union celebrating the African Year of Human Rights at its...

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