Bank of Japan Study blames speculation for food price rise
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View ArticleEuropean pensions drive land grabs in global south
Friends of the Earth Europe, 26 June 2012. More than 60 environmental, development and farming groups are calling on governments and financial institutions to put a stop to land grabbing financed by...
View ArticleBank of Japan Study blames speculation for food price rise
“Moreover, we find quantitative evidence that an increase in cross-market linkage between commodity and stock markets was caused by the markets' increased comovements due to large fluctuations in the...
View ArticleGuardian: The Rio+20 Earth summit must back peasant farmers on land rights
The Rio+20 Earth summit must back peasant farmers on land rights Governments in the global south are claiming farmland is 'empty' and 'unused' – and flogging it off to foreigners who promise...
View ArticleMemo to Rio+20: 'green economy' doesn't mean monetising nature
The Guardian, Hannah Griffiths, 29 May. The 1992 Rio Earth summit established "sustainable development" firmly in the global political lexicon – even though the term meant, and continues to mean,...
View ArticleSend a letter to reclaim the UN from corporate capture
Friends of the Earth International, June 2012. We are very concerned about the growing influence of big corporations and business lobby groups within the UN, through government delegations, and in...
View ArticleBrilliant new animated film: Stop the takeover of nature by financial markets
This brilliant new short animated film is about the takeover of nature by financial markets and the real alternatives coming up from the civil society. The film is an initiative of SOMO, European...
View ArticleEuropean pensions drive land grabs in global south
Friends of the Earth Europe, 26 June 2012. More than 60 environmental, development and farming groups are calling on governments and financial institutions to put a stop to land grabbing financed by...
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