Villagers in Laos say a Chinese-owned banana plantation in has unfairly acquired the land of 46 families in the northern part of the country, many of whom were coerced by authorities into selling for a […]
Schlagwörter: China, Land Grabbing, Laos
Weiterlesen »Mit dutzenden Wasserkraftwerken im Mekong und seinen Zuflüssen schädigt das bitterarme Laos nicht nur die Umwelt, es gefährdet auch das Überleben von Millionen Menschen. [Der Standard]
Schlagwörter: Laos, Mekong, Wasserkraft
Weiterlesen »Banana plantations are raising local salaries but the chemicals used are poisoning rivers and land. [farmlandgrab.org]
Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, China, Land Grabbing, Laos
Weiterlesen »For many rural communities in the Mekong sub-region as in elsewhere, land is life. Direct access to and effective control over land and all resources tied to land is indispensable in ensuring the people’s rights […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Landrechte, Laos, Südostasien
Weiterlesen »Nine Lao villagers held for over two years for protesting the loss of land awarded by the government to a Vietnamese rubber company have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to six years, […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Landkonflikte, Laos, Projektländer
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