Deborah Bonello reports for Vice: A right-wing power grab in Bolivia could spell the end of a system that has likely kept the drug war in check. The landlocked Andean nation of Bolivia is one of three countries in the world that produce the bulk of the world’s coca, the green leafy plant that is…
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Illegal raids in Santa Cruz overwhelm agribusiness … and ruling government’s negative “role”
El Diario reports: Recurrence invasion to productive lands Illegal raids in Santa Cruz overwhelm agribusiness • There would be more than 136 productive properties affected by the actions of the so-called “land grabbers”, whose actions, in many cases vandalism, expose legal security and affect production, as well as future investments • A television program denounced…
No fair solution to the assaults on land tenure in Santa Cruz
En Editorial from El Diario: No fair solution to the assaults on land tenure in Santa Cruz In over thirty cattle farms in Santa Cruz, they are vainly expecting the authorities to compel on the assailants, to return those properties that vandalism grabbed, without respecting other people’s property or the rights of others; people who,…
Great international news for our natural resources and sustainable development!
Countries adopt global guidelines on tenure of land, forests, fisheries Historic international agreement on how tenure and access rights to natural resources key to food production should be handled A female farmer in Uganda. Women face particular hurdles in securing land rights. 11 May 2012, Rome – In a landmark decision the Committee on World Food…
New law in Bolivia to regulate land ownership by foreigners, January 2012
Pagina Siete reports about a new law that will affect foreigners who own agricultural land: The Government confirmed the wording of a draft law that will restrict the access and sale of land to foreigners, a proposal that emerged in the Social Summit in 2011. The Deputy Minister of lands, Edgar Valeriano, reported yesterday that…
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