Sentence examples for land in developing countries from inspiring English sources

The trend of speculators, pension funds and global agri-businesses acquiring land in developing countries is far greater than previously thought.

Biofuels are increasing hunger by forcing up food prices as there is less food to eat, and forcing people off their land in developing countries to make way for crops to use as biofuels.

The database, launched on Thursday, lifts the lid on a decade of secretive deals struck by governments, investors and speculators seeking large tracts of fertile land in developing countries around the world.

The global rush for land in developing countries around the world could trigger a new wave of civil unrest if governments fail to recognise the rights of those using land without formal legal titles, according to new studies.

The diversion of food and land to energy has meant that 37 million hectares of land in developing countries has already been lost to biofuels; food prices have risen sharply, pushing millions of people into poverty.

The Oxfam report said that foreign investors have invested heavily in recent years to acquire agricultural land in developing countries with serious hunger problems, but that most of the investors plan to use the land to grow exclusively for export, not for domestic sale.

Agricultural lands in developing countries especially in sub-Saharan Africa are less productive as a result of recurrent droughts (Cofie et al. 2010).

This study offers the first complete and consistent analysis of gross emissions from activities associated with the degradation of forest lands in developing countries in the tropical and subtropical latitudes.

Despite the fact that international agreements and incentives have tried to encourage the reforestation of degraded lands in developing countries, in Panama, the actual area reforested has been limited.

However, research has shown that the current EU biofuels target is driving land-grabbing in developing countries in a context where one in eight people go to bed hungry every night.

The EU biofuels policy is leading to less secure, more expensive food and climate change: Oxfam is campaigning to change the EU's biofuels policy because it is driving land-grabs in developing countries, leading to dispossession and food insecurity.