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Campagne contre les accaparements de terresCampaign
Land Deals
Soaring demand for food, fuel and other commodities is cranking up pressure on land, but the sector remains largely unregulated internationally.
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Campagne contre les accaparements de terres, ForetsReport
Rubber Barons
Vietnam’s two biggest rubber companies are moving into Cambodia and Laos, seizing farmland, flouting land and forest protection laws and wrecking local livelihoods.
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Campagne contre les accaparements de terresBlog post
Corruption is allowing loggers and land grabbers to run amok in Laos
Revelations of a US$ 150 million hole in state coffers – the cost of corruption since 2012.
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Campagne contre les accaparements de terresPress Release
European leaders hosted on land grab site in Laos for key summit
Read about this story in the Daily Telegraph European and Asian leaders attending the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9) in Vientiane, Laos next week will stay in luxury villas built on land taken from local communities.
Laos
The Lao People's Democratic Republic has seen rising commercial interest in the past decade, with agribusiness companies from China and Vietnam flooding in to cash in on arable land and cheap labour. Read more