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Farmers, CSOs Rally Behind Environmentalist Jailed for Exposing Land Grabbing in Cameroon

By Mbom Sixtus
Farmers and activists in Cameroon say a jail sentence handed down on an environmentalist who exposed land-grabbing by a multinational agro-industrial company, sends a dangerous signal to communities trying to protect their land and resources.

Opinion: A Development Fairytale or a Global Land Rush?

By Karine Jacquemart and Anuradha Mittal
In our work at Greenpeace and the Oakland Institute around access and control over natural resources, we face constant accusations of being anti-development or “Northern NGOs who care more for the trees”, despite working with communities around the world, from Cameroon, to China, to the Czech Republic.
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