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File Africa: up for grabs
Friends of the Earth Europe and Africa, August 2010: The African continent is increasingly being seen as a source of agricultural land and natural resources for the rest of the world. National governments and private companies are obtaining access to land across the continent to grow crops for food and fuel to meet growing demand from mainly overseas countries. This report discusses the scale and impact of land grabbing for agrofuels.
Located in Resources / … / Publications by year / 2010
File contamination genetique afrique
Les Amis de la Terre International, 2002: Ce fascicule aborde quelques-unes des grandes questions posées par les organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) dans le monde. Il décrit plusieurs cas de contamination de champs et de la chaîne alimentaire de l'homme par une variété d'OGM interdits dont l'utilisation n'est pas réglementée par les structures juridiques de différents pays à travers le monde. Il résume enfin quelques méthodes d'expérimentation visant à détecter la présence d'OGM.
Located in Resources / … / food sovereignty / fs-2000-2007
File Playing with Hunger: The reality behind the shipment of GMOs as food aid
Friends of the Earth International, July 2003: A controversy over genetically modified (GM) food aid arose in 2000 and grew increasingly in 2002, when several Southern African countries refused GM food aid during a food crisis. African countries were presented with a false choice of either accepting Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or watch- ing people starve. This situation, where GM food aid was presented often as the only solution to hunger was advanced primarily by the US which is also aggressively marketing Genetically Modified (GM) crops in developing countries.
Located in Resources / … / food sovereignty / fs-2000-2007
File Nyeleni Forum for Food Sovereignty 2007
The report of the Forum for Food Sovereignty held in February 2007 in Nyeleni, Mali: The Forum For Food Sovereignty, was an opportunity for people who har- vest and produce food from the forests, waters, and lands around the world to share in- formation and develop strategies to protect their livelihoods and the health of the Earth from the forces that seek to control, contaminate, and destroy them.
Located in Resources / … / food sovereignty / fs-2000-2007
The people of Nigeria versus Shell
Four victims of Shell's oil leaks in Nigeria are taking the company to court in the Netherlands - where the firm is headquatered. The plaintifs are farmers and fishers, who lost their livelihoods when oil leaked from Shell pipelines onto their fields and into their ponds. They are claiming compensation and also want Shell to clean up the oil which remains in the ground, so that they can fish and farm once again.
Located in Resources / videos and animations / member group videos
African members speak about their work
At a recent Africa regional meeting Friends of the Earth Togo's Ekue Assem interviewed some of the campaigners in attendance.
Located in Resources / videos and animations / member group videos
File Summary of OED Draft Review of the World Bank Group’s Activities in the Extractive Industries: Factoring in Governance
Friends of the Earth International, January 2003: This report offers a devastating critique of the Bank’s basic strategy in the extractive industries in most of the countries in which it operates. If implemented, OED’s recommendations would require a radical transformation of the Bank’s current operations in the extractive industries.
Located in Resources / … / economic justice - resisting neoliberalism / ejrn-2000-2007
Land grabs and human rights violations exposed in Liberia ahead of global development summit
MONROVIA, LIBERIA, February 1st, 2013 – Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities, warn Liberian NGOs including Friends of the Earth Liberia (SDI - Sustainable Development Institute), Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) and Social Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development (SESDev).
Located in Media / Archive / 2013