Two flags – one national, and one Amerindian –  flying together as indigenous people and their supporters fight to save an ancient burial ground from property developers.Vanessa Baird

A clash of dreams

Indigenous Argentineans, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world.

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NI 463 - Argentina's challenge - June, 2013
The eye of the farmer fattens the beast Joseph Hanlon

The eye of the farmer fattens the beast

Can smallholders be more productive than agribusiness? It looks that way in Zimbabwe, which has broken up its big farms, and where growers have nearly matched production of their white predecessors, in fewer than ten years. Joseph Hanlon reports.

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013
Land Grabs - Hotspots

Land Grabs - Hotspots

Some of the world’s biggest and most controversial land deals.

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013
‘Don’t mess’: the proud owner of a certificate that recognizes the land rights of the Chicoco community in Cuamba, Niassa.Gun Lindberg, Swedish Co-operative Centre (SCC)

Securing the global commons

The land rush started back in 2008. It has not gone unnoticed – or unchallenged.

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013

Land Grabs - The Facts

Big land deals are forcing people from their homes and damaging livelihoods.

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013
‘They'll have to kill us first’. The land of villagers in Kitica, Cabo Delgado province, is under threat from a local landgrabber. They pose with machete, hoe and a coil of homegrown tobacco, the trappings of home – and self defence. Photo: Hazel Healy

The smallholders’ last stand

A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full swing.

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013
A devastated landscape: Suncor
Canada’s oilsands upgrader facility on
the banks of the Athabasca River.Larry MacDougal/CP Photo

Putting the 'I' in ecocide

22 April is Earth Day. Should punishment be made to those personally responsible for destroying our planet?

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NI 451 - Adapt or die - April, 2012

Ready or not: can Bangladesh cope with climate change?

New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy travelled there to find out how people are adapting to a warming world.

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NI 451 - Adapt or die - April, 2012
Tee time in Bali: a
tourist plays golf from a
tee surrounded by paddy
fields. Farmland is being
sacrificed to make way for
development – leading to
soaring food prices.Murdani Usman / Reuters

Boom Times in Bali

Life has changed on the 'island paradise'- but foreign investment is not all it's cracked up to be. Jamie James looks beyond the tourist brochures.

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012
A community under
siege: Bedouin face
threats of evacuation,
house demolition, travel
restrictions and harassment
on a daily basis.Ammar Awad/Reuters

Israel evicts Bedouin villagers

More than 30,000 Bedouin, which the Israeli government call 'squatters', face eviction to make way for settlements, reports Libby Powell.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012

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Argentina's challenge June, 2013
Land grabs May, 2013
Land grabs May, 2013
Land grabs May, 2013
Land grabs May, 2013
Land grabs May, 2013
Adapt or die April, 2012
Adapt or die April, 2012
Time for a fair economy March, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
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