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Tag Archives: land
Trade across the Pond
The World Development Movement (WDM) wants poverty to end. ‘WDM campaigns against the root causes of poverty and inequality. We are a democratically-governed movement made up of local campaign groups based in towns and cities around the UK. Our staff … Continue reading
Posted in food, human health, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged Africa, America, Asia, Cable_Vince, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, education, energy, Europe, food, housing, human, internet, knowledge, land, law, politics, poverty, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, transport, water
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From sea to shining sea
The United States is discussing trade with neighbours to its east and to its west. No doubt to its south and north too, but just now I’m thinking about its trading partners across the Atlantic and across the Pacific. What … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, fish, food, money and trade
Tagged farm, fishery, food, garden, human, land, politics, sea, trade, Trans Pacific Partnership, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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A decade of extremes
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) tells us that the first decade of the 21st century was the warmest for both hemispheres and for both land and ocean temperatures since measurements began in 1850. As you know, I think the evidence … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, money and trade, weather and climate
Tagged Africa, America, ancient tree, Asia, climate, data, Europe, farmer, glacier, grass, harvest, hay, ice, land, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, rock, sea, summer, sunlight, temperature, tree, weather
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The African People’s Land Grab Declaration
If you’re concerned about land grabs in Africa, wherever you live and wherever your ancestors lived, you might choose to sign the African People’s Land Grab Declaration.
African Agricultural Growth Corridors and the New Alliance: who benefits, who loses?
Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher at EcoNexus tell us about African Agricultural Growth Corridors and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. You can see their report here. The idea is to end poverty and hunger by promoting commercial, … Continue reading
Posted in food, money and trade
Tagged Africa, development, dryland, farmer, Group of Eight, history, intensive, land, land use, New Alliance, pastoral, politics, poverty, smallholder, trade, transport, United Nations
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The G8′s great land-grab
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged access to land, development, education, farmer, land, land grab, land use, pastoral, politics, poverty
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U.S., Malaysia Lead Worldwide ‘Land Grabs’
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
By Stephen Leahy Uxbridge — Africa is the main target for “land grabs” by foreign investors, according to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world released Monday. “Africa is the place for cheap…
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged access to land, development, education, farmer, land, land grab, land use, pastoral, politics, poverty
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Fact check: has global warming paused?
By Andrew Glikson, Australian National University “The UN’s climate change chief, Rajendra Pachauri, has acknowledged a 17-year pause in global temperature rises, confirmed recently by Britain’s Met Office, but said it would need to last ‘30 to 40 years at…
Posted in weather and climate
Tagged air, climate, data, history, land, research, sea, temperature
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