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Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in 'financial damage' and human rights violations

2013-02-07 19:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Investing in companies that flout local community rights in developing countries often leads to severe economic losses, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). A rising trend in "land grabbing" from Africa to South America by corporations and even foreign governments results in social instability, which can lead to large-scale protests, violence, and even murder, delaying and sometimes derailing projects. Such instability poses massive risk to any investor, not to...

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