These clips were edited together into a music video that helped raise the profile of land grabs during the campaign targeting the world bank. Use the activities below to make up a series of challenges for your youth achievement award. Jan 28, 20 the book is not an apologia for robert mugabes government it acknowledges corruption and cronyism, but argues that the more recent land reform was driven from below, initially in the face of zanu opposition, before the government finally decided to accept a fait accomplit perhaps the only thing robert mugabe and the british. In this discussion brief oxfam calls on the world bank to freeze its investments in largescale land acquisition as a means of changing the debate on land grabs. In recent months, oxfam has been investigating how land grabs have already pushed thousands of people deeper into poverty. Coldplay in my place acoustic, for oxfam land grabs. Oxfam calls on the new forests company to investigate uganda. Across the uk last december, people highlighted the problem of land grabs where big companies buy up land in some of the worlds poorest countries for profit. Oct 10, 20 one thing ive learned from my experiences and oxfams campaign. Our collection of secondhand books is huge and growing all the time, so theres always something new to discover. Oxfam said that of the three agricultural commodities which pose the greatest risk of being linked to land grabs sugar, soy, and palm oil sugar production posed the biggest problem. One thing ive learned from my experiences and oxfam s campaign. Land grabs are land investments that have gone terribly wrong. A rise in land grabs means that poor farmers are being thrown off their land and left hungry.
Since launching two weeks ago, more than 1,000 photos have been submitted to oxfam and eyeems stand for land project, calling on pepsico and associated british foods to make sure the sugar in their products doesnt lead to land grabs. Feb 06, 20 according to oxfam, land equivalent to eight times the size of britain was sold or leased worldwide in the last 10 years. The latest big numbers on land grabs, and some powerful. Visualizing the global land rush october 16, 20 posted by victoria marzilli explaining the links that connect the sugar in your coke or pepsi to the global scandal of land grabs that kick poor farmers off their land can be a long and winding story. Oxfam is calling for remedies to the ugandan mass eviction and the other large scale land grabs included in the report. Last year coldplay invited oxfam on their world tour with the grow campaign and we were hugely motivated by the overwhelming support of fans all over the world. Big land deals are tearing whole communities apart, leaving people hungry and homeless.
One of the coauthors of the report, matt grainger, says oxfam became aware last year of concerns about the companys operations in uganda. From classic childrens stories to rare collectors books. We all rely on the landour common groundand farms to put food on the table. We want to thank everyone who lent their voice to this breakthrough campaign and all our supporters. For its part, oxfam has been running a campaign since october.
Jul 03, 20 a couple of years ago i worked on a campaign film and really enjoyed it, so last august when i started my final year of digital animation at falmouth university i wrote to oxfam to see if they had any need of an animation. They sent me the topic of land grabs which i was totally unaware of when i started. Oxfam files shareholder resolution urging pepsico to address land grabs 22 november 20 oxfam, the aflcio, trillium asset management and several other investors today filed a formal shareholder resolution urging pepsico to account for land rights violations in its supply chain. Contents prologue 8 introduction 1011 1 why land 1. Explore the issues around land grabs and be inspired to take action as active. Sep 12, 2011 oxfam is calling for remedies to the ugandan mass eviction and the other large scale land grabs included in the report. Oxfam now needs you to raise your voices in support of change. Your search for land grabs returned 1016 results page 1102 first person land grabs a growing scandal september 21, 2011. Our commitment to tackling poverty and empowering communities continues. After months of campaigning by oxfam, the bank has recently acknowledged it has a part to play in tackling land grabs. Dec 06, 2012 the editors of the book note a 2011 oxfam study that claimed nearly 230 million hectares of land have been sold or leased since 2001, mostly after 2008 thats about the size of western europe. People in over 55 countries have taken a stand for land rights join in. Big news for those who care about the rights of rural and indigenous people around the world. Nov 04, 2014 the rights and resources initiative rri and the munden project, have not been resting on their laurels since delivering an important study last year on the business costs associated with land grabs.
Too often, poor communities across the globe are being kicked off of their land. Oxfam is campaigning for the world bank to recognise the impact of land grabs and working to protect the livelihoods of these communities. The land grabs next door oxfam america first person blog. Stream coldplay in my place acoustic, for oxfam land grabs video by coldplayofficial from desktop or your mobile device. Oxfam, grow, land grabs, campaign, teaching resource, oxfam education, teach. In the past decade, more than 81 million acres of land an area the size of portugal have been sold off to foreign investors without consenting. Winnie byanyima has been the executive director of oxfam international since 20.
This book is an important attempt to question some of the assumptions behind what the media and other stakeholders have described to us as the global land grab. Rank the countries from highest to lowest number of land grabs. Next, help to write a blog about your land grab activities and send it to oxfam to go on oxfam. Oxfam report says thousands evicted in uganda land grab. While this is a positive step, it came only after years of the company. Sep 22, 2011 oxfam is calling for the new forests company, which denies that it was involved in any evictions, to investigate these claims.
Oxfam, international land coalition, rights and resources initiative. How would you feel if you were the people in the film having your land taken away. Oxfams report, banking on shaky ground, details four case studies involving each of the big four banks. No matter where we live, we can take steps to help stop land grabs. This means investing in womens lives and capacities. Feb 03, 2017 the atomium in brussels is symbolically sold as part of a global campaign by oxfam to raise awareness of land grabbing in 20. Oxfam criticises abf and illovo for refusing to sign a pledge on land ownership.
Behind the brands change the way the food companies that. After more than 272,000 people signed petitions and took action with oxfam s behind the brands campaign, pepsico, the worlds secondlargest food. Consumer action convinces one of the worlds biggest food companies to commit to zero tolerance for land grabs. Opinion the global farmland rush the new york times. Land grabbing is the contentious issue of largescale land acquisitions. At the beginning of its land and poverty conference this week, the world bank group put out a statement on land that follows many months and in some cases years of campaigning and lobby by organisations all over the world for the bank to take land grabbing more seriously. To send a global message about land grabs, thousands of oxfam supporters and coldplay fans sent photos and videos of ordinary things out of place, echoing the displacement of land grabs. Land grabs leave people hungry and homeless oxfam telegraph. The banks spring meetings are on this week, starting on 20 april.
Oxfam is a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty. While used broadly throughout history, land grabbing as used in the 21st century primarily refers to largescale land acquisitions following the 200708. Browse over 60,000 new titles, preowned novels and secondhand antique books, all available to buy online. After 18 months of detective work, oxfam can reveal how the biggest food companies do business. Shop for secondhand, new, and antique books in oxfam s online shop. Glen, gary, and ross a film about land grabs by oxfam. When oxfam speaks of largescale land acquisitions also known as land investments or land deals we mean the buying or leasing of more than 200 hectares of land. Oxfam releases the global campaign film in the same week that the world bank convenes its annual spring meetings. Wheres the evidence that land grabs are good for economic. But the world bank has the power to be a force for good. So show them youre passionate about supporting farmers and the planet, they will listen. Glen, gary, and ross a film about land grabs by oxfam oxfam. Oxfam s report, banking on shaky ground, details four case studies involving each of the big four banks. Oct 09, 2012 land grabs are tearing whole communities apart, leaving people hungry and homeless.
For its part, oxfam has been running a campaign since october last year for the bank to freeze its largescale land. More than 272,000 people joined oxfam s behind the brands campaign and called on pepsico and cocacola to help stop land grabs, signing petitions, sending messages on social media, and more. Land acquisitions become land grabs when they do one or more of the following. Promises of compensation are often broken, never made, or deeply unfair. Writers aminatta forna, kamila shamsie, paul theroux and henning mankell have given support to a new oxfam campaign to stop land grabs in developing countries. The resources on these pages will no longer be updated. An inside look at the food giants bold new commitments on land rights. This means that poor people continue to be evicted, often violently, without consultation or compensation. Email australias big brands to urge them to not abandon the millions of women who make our clothes. Made by a group of oxfam supporters, this video introduces land grabs. Since oxfams first report on this issue in 2014, more than 18,000 australians have written to their banks and 20,000 people have signed a petition to call for a zerotolerance approach towards land grabs. Oxfam, the aflcio, trillium asset management and several other investors today filed a formal shareholder resolution urging pepsico to account for land rights violations in its supply chain. Oxfam files shareholder resolution urging pepsico to. Is your bank involved in land grabbing in some of the poorest communities overseas.
Oxfam says that between 2006 and 2010, more than 22,000 people were evicted in the kiboga and mubende districts of central uganda as part of a land grab by the new forests company. Paraguay is in the grip of a soy boom, becoming the worlds fourth largest exporter. The world bank is in a unique position to act because it sets international standards for land investments, provides finance for land deals and advises developing countries. Oxfam set out to find a good example of largescale land acquisition and so we went to paraguay, one of the poorest countries in south america whose economy relies on agriculture. Land grabs a growing scandal oxfam international blogs.
After more than 2 decades oxfam s school program has closed. A recent investigation by oxfam revealed that companies supplying sugar to pepsico and its franchisees have been implicated in violent land grabs, pushing. Grow is oxfams campaign for better ways to feed the world while protecting the planets resources. Bunge did not renew its jatayvary contracts in 2015. Almost 900 million of us go to bed hungry every night, the majority women and girls. Three years ago oxfam exposed that australias big banks have invested in agricultural and timber companies accused of land grabs in developing countries these companies are forcing local people from their homes and farms without proper consent or compensation, leaving communities homeless and hungry. Authors support oxfam land grab campaign the bookseller. Oxfams supply chain study likes unilever, nestle, but is it. The increased interest by foreign investors in african land and the media in the race to it. Land grabs, agricultural investment, and the scramble for food security. How can banks be a force for good on the issue of land grabs.
Grow is oxfam s campaign for better ways to feed the world while protecting the planets resources. Oxfam warns of spiralling land grab in developing countries. We have everything from classic childrens books to fireside fiction, super scifi, travel and history books. They lose their homes, livelihoods, and their way of growing food. Sep 22, 2011 land grabs leave people hungry and homeless oxfam demand for cheap food and fuel in the rich world is driving poor people from their homes, according to oxfam, as big business, including. The global farms race and the quest for food security. It is a major nonprofit group with an extensive collection of operations. First, he did a lot of traveling in africa, asia and south america to visit some rather difficulttoreach outposts such as gambella in ethiopia.
Sep 22, 2011 oxfam adds its voice to the growing clamour about land grabs with two new reports out today. The growing scandal surrounding the new wave of investments in land pulls together some fascinating and sometimes shocking case studies from south sudan, uganda, indonesia, honduras and guatemala, and adds up some big new global. Land grabs are a bitter secret in the sugar supply chains of some of the worlds biggest food and beverage companies. The world bank influences how land is bought and sold on a global scale and oxfam is calling for the world bank to take action to prevent land grabs. Since october, oxfam has been calling on the world bank to take action on land grabs and institute a freeze on their own land investments until better policies are in place. What is the total number of land grabs that had occurred in southeast asia by the 10 april, 2014. We wanted the world bank to take some urgently needed action to help end land grabs in many developing countries, which help keep one in eight people on our planet hungry. Study the following map of southeast asia to get a sense of the scale of the issue of land grabs. We have stories from across the world, including nineteenyearold christophilda who lives in turubu bay. Oxfam and coldplay fans come together as part of global.
With your help, oxfam has been campaigning since september on land grabs, as part of our grow campaign to for food justice. Associated british foods responds to oxfam land grab criticism. Join oxfam s campaign to help stop land grabs and to fix the food. In november 20, cocacolathe worlds largest purchaser of sugar announced major commitments to respect and protect the land rights of rural and.
Often land grabs mean the people who live on the land are evicted. In northern mozambique, a brazilianjapanese venture plans to farm more. Alicia arendar on where have we got to on covid and debt relief. Investors, governments and international organizations must also put a stop to land grabbing by fixing the current policies, regulations and business practices, which frequently fail to ensure that local people are consulted. We help people build better futures for themselves, hold the powerful accountable, and save lives in disasters. Our mission is to tackle the root causes of poverty and create lasting solutions. But when families are being kicked off the land they depend on without being consulted or adequately compensated and less food is grown as a result, thats a very big problem indeed. The world bank and land grabs oxfam international blogs.
Oxfam is calling on everyone who cares about what she makes to ask brands to pay for their existing orders. Oxfam canadas green book of change campus club guide. Starting three years ago, oxfam, the hunger and poverty relief organization, began scoring the 10 big consumer brands for socially responsible management of their supply chains on seven issues. Oxfam canada is a member of the international oxfam confederation. The new fight over who owns the earthpearce has written a book on a topical and controversial themeforeign investment in farmlandthat can be commended on at least three counts. Land grabs push thousands further into poverty oxfam. Call on some of the worlds biggest food companies to make sure their sugar doesnt lead to land grabs. Monique van zijl is the campaign manager for oxfam s behind the brands campaign when one of the worlds largest food company commits to protecting land. Explore the issues around land grabs and be inspired to take action as active global citizens. Watch a short film to help oxfam s campaign about land grabs. Oxfam warns of spiralling land grab in developing countries this article is more than 8 years old many of worlds poorest being left worse off by unprecedented land deals, despite claims by. After more than 272,000 people signed petitions and took action with oxfam s behind the brands campaign, pepsico, the worlds secondlargest food and beverage company, committed to take steps to stop land grabs in its supply chain.
That size is not huge in canada, but it is larger than the average land holding in all but three countries in the world. The world bank should be in no doubt that more and more people want to see it take action in the fight against land grabs. Oxfam asks coldplay fans to be a part of a global campaign. Oxfam is a confederation of 19 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by oxfam international. Oxfam volunteers outside of pepsico headquarters in new york city in october 20. Oct 05, 2012 writers aminatta forna, kamila shamsie, paul theroux and henning mankell have given support to a new oxfam campaign to stop land grabs in developing countries. In the past decade, more than 81 million acres of land an area the size of portugal have been sold off to foreign investors without consenting farmers and local communities. The great land heist how the world is paving the way for corporate land grabs actionaid, 2014 smallholders at risk monoculture expansion, land, food and livelihoods in latin america oxfam, 2014 down on the farm wall street.