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State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study

The Guardian

June 13, 2019

A giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations are "wreaking havoc" in southern Ethiopia and threaten to wipe out tens of thousands of indigenous peoples, a US-based thinktank has claimed.

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

Mongabay

June 11, 2019

A dam in southern Ethiopia built to supply electricity to cities and control the flow of water for irrigating industrial agriculture has led to the displacement and loss of livelihoods of indigenous groups, the Oakland Institute has found.

The World Bank is driving a failed strategy in the DRC

The Africa Report

April 23, 2019

In the DRC, the Bukanga Lonzo Debacle shows that agro-industrial parks are a false solution to the challenges faced by the DRC and Africa when it comes to food, agriculture, and poverty alleviation.

Think Tank Report Highlights Tax Puzzle in PNG Logging Sector

ABC Radio

September 6, 2018

Two years ago the Oakland Institute published a report on illegal logging in Papua New Guinea, and warned that millions of dollars in taxes were being lost because of financial misreporting. The PNG government responded by introducing a progressive rate of taxation, that was designed to reduce the amount of tax evasion.

How Africa’s Gibe III Dam is Ravaging Ethiopia’s Indigenous Population

NS Energy

Despite boosting the country's energy output by 85%, Ethiopia's Gibe III dam has left an indelibly negative mark on the thousands of indigenous people living along the Omo River

Set against the monolithic backdrop of Africa’s largest dam, Gibe III, the myriad indigenous populations of Ethiopia have been saddled with an austere ultimatum...
State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study

The Guardian

A giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations are "wreaking havoc" in southern Ethiopia and threaten to wipe out tens of thousands of indigenous peoples, a US-based thinktank has claimed.
Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

Mongabay

A dam in southern Ethiopia built to supply electricity to cities and control the flow of water for irrigating industrial agriculture has led to the displacement and loss of livelihoods of indigenous groups, the Oakland Institute has found.
NGOs accuse PNG government of land grab plan

Radio New Zealand

The Papua New Guinea government is planning to acquire more custom land and allow foreign companies to exploit it, two international NGOs say. Large swathes of land are already alleged to be illegally under the control of foreign loggers and miners.
Synthetic Biology Is Changing What We Eat. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Civil Eats

Impossible’s "bleeding" veggie burger, shrimp made of algae, and vegan cheeses that melt are all making their way into restaurants and on to supermarket shelves, offering consumers a new generation of plant-based proteins that look, act, and taste far more like the real thing than ever before. What consumers may not realize, however, is that many...
Next U.N. food chief must tackle hunger 'emergency'

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ROME, April 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As candidates jostle to head the United Nations’ multibillion dollar food agency, experts called on Thursday for a strong leader to tackling rising hunger and climate change threats. Levels of hunger have grown for the past three years, with one in nine people - or 821 million - worldwide without enough...