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Land-grabbing firms beware: cost of ignoring people's rights is rising
2013-02-18 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new report on land acquisition by the Munden Project/Rights and Resources Institute brings an important angle to the land "grab" debate. Rather than focusing on the ethics of land grabbing, the report makes the business case for working with local communities, arguing that failure to inform or fairly compensate affected locals heightens the risks to investors. Why? Because affected communities start to make life difficult for abusive or lazy companies, leading to massive unexpected costs or even...
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