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A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’…

Long-lasting, community-led wind farms that produce energy beneficial to local people and the environment? Easy, says Jane Dennett-Thorpe.…

Calling a plantation a ‘forest’ is like branding a big swimming pool a ‘lake’ says Friends of the Earth’s Isaac Rojas.…

As delegates gather at the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, two videos expose what happens when community land is taken over by private interests.…

Daniel Pye reports from Indonesia on a dogged resistance by rural communities to plantation companies’ violent land-grabbing.…

A small group of islands with a long history…

A case study for our World Development text book …

Can fuel crops ever be sustainable? Danny Chivers gives us the lowdown.…

Food shortages are expected in Sierra Leone, due to the ban on cross-border trade…

Giedre Steikunaite reflects on 6 Billion Ways – a day of discussions, music, workshops and inspiration for action on local and global justice issues.…