ISBN: 190581173X

Raises complex and urgent issues."—Booklist, starred reviewHow Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world… Mehr…

Raises complex and urgent issues."—Booklist, starred reviewHow Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have been buying and leasing vast tracts of land around the world. The scale is astounding: parcels the size of small countries are being gobbled up across the plains of Africa, the paddy fields of Southeast Asia, the jungles of South America, and the prairies of Eastern Europe. Veteran science writer Fred Pearce spent a year circling the globe to find out who was doing the buying, whose land was being taken over, and what the effect of these massive land deals seems to be.   The Land Grabbers is a first-of-its-kind exposé that reveals the scale and the human costs of the land grab, one of the most profound ethical, environmental, and economic issues facing the globalized world in the twenty-first century. The corporations, speculators, and governments scooping up land cheap in the developing world claim that industrial-scale farming will help local economies. But Pearce’s research reveals a far more troubling reality. While some mega-farms are ethically run, all too often poor farmers and cattle herders are evicted from ancestral lands or c business,business and investing,civil rights and liberties,conservation,economics,environment,environmental economics,environmentalism,globalization,law Law, Beacon Press<

ISBN: 190581173X

Right now, an unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Every day, parcels of land - the size of Wales and larger - are being gobbled up across the plains of Africa, paddy… Mehr…

Right now, an unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Every day, parcels of land - the size of Wales and larger - are being gobbled up across the plains of Africa, paddy fields of South-east Asia, jungles of the Amazon and prairies of Eastern Europe. The raiders are the ultra-rich Gulf oil sheikhdoms, Russian oligarchs, Chinese entrepreneurs, jumpy governments worried about food security in an ever more populated world, and financial speculators looking for the next big investment opportunity. The victims are subsistence farmers around the world, whose title to the land they work is uncertain and whose power to prevent their governments selling it from beneath them very small. Following the trail from the boardrooms and ministries to the victims themselves, "The Landgrabbers" lifts the lid on the most profound ethical, environmental, economic and social issue in the world today. business,business and investing,civil rights and liberties,conservation,economics,environment,environmental economics,environmentalism,globalization,law Law, Beacon Press<

2012, ISBN: 190581173X

[SR: 738813], Hardcover, [EAN: 9781905811731], Eden Project Books, Eden Project Books, Book, [PU: Eden Project Books], 2012-05-24, Eden Project Books, Every day, parcels of land - the siz… Mehr…

[SR: 738813], Hardcover, [EAN: 9781905811731], Eden Project Books, Eden Project Books, Book, [PU: Eden Project Books], 2012-05-24, Eden Project Books, Every day, parcels of land - the size of Wales and larger - are being gobbled up across the plains of Africa, paddy fields of South-east Asia, jungles of the Amazon and prairies of Eastern Europe. This title focuses on this most profound ethical, environmental, economic and social issue in the world., 268210, Property & Real Estate, 268203, Personal Finance, 68, Business, Finance & Law, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 496624, Geopolitics, 275882, International Relations, 275870, Government & Politics, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 190581173X

[EAN: 9781905811731], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains und… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781905811731], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.<

ISBN: 9781905811731

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