By IBON Features MANILA– There is a rising trend in the number of what are called foreign land deals in many countries across the globe, covering up to million hectares of land. The scale and rate at which these deals have taken place, plus the institutions involved in the transactions have made these deals controversial.…
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Peasant Group Calls for Review of Biofuels Law; Fears Possible Land Grabbing, Displacement
The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Philippine Peasant Movement) called for the review of the Biofuels Law fearing that jathropa planting would intensify land grabbing and peasant displacement. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Philippine Peasant…