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Articles from other organizations on the issues AEFJN works at.

1610 The True Cost of Consumption: the EU's Land Footprint

tl_files/aefjn-images/im_epas/im_csr/1610 the-true-cost-consumption.jpgFriends of the Earth has recently published a report on Global Land Footprint and especially in the European Union (EU). 40% of the land used by the EU to satisfy its own consumption is outside Europe. This report shows why the EU has a responsibility to make an effort to reduce its Global Land Footprint and suggests how this could be supported by policy tools and other initiatives.   

 

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1609 The Global Farmland Grab in 2016: how big, how bad?

MEPs call G7 New Alliance Food Security and Nutrition a mistake

1605 Indigenous and Forest Community Leaders Tour the EU to Call for Conflict-Free Palm Oil

1604 EU investment regime hampering progressive land policy in Congo?

How Philanthropic is Global Philanthropy?

1505 Allat calls for a moratorium on land grabbing in Sierra Leone

1503-1502 Land and Seed Laws Under Attack

1412-1411 Planet Palm Oil

1409 Land Grab and the False Promise of Food Security

1408-1407 The UN Human Rights Council’s Resolution for an International Legally Binding Instrument on Transnational Corporations

1406 Significance of Land in African Economics, Politics and Culture

1405 Food and Farmers: When Public-Private Partnerships Become Corporate Takeovers

1403 G8’s Alliance on Food Security and the commitments made by African countries

1401 Senhuile-Senéthanol: Farmers determined to oppose it

1312 - 1311 African peasants reject the assault on peasant seeds

1308 - 1307 The Role of European Development Finance Institutions in Land Grabs

1304 - 1303 Organic Agriculture: Uganda’s Food Security Lifeline

1302 More than ever, let’s watch out for land-grabbing in Madagascar!