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New BEEF Daily Photo Contest, With Plenty Of Prizes Up For Grabs
2013-05-13 02:37:17| Beef
Win a pair or Roper boots or a Cowgirl Crush gift certificate by submitting a photo of your ranch sweetheart. BEEF Daily read more
IFC and Deutsche Bank bankrolling Vietnamese land grabs in Cambodia and Laos
2013-05-13 02:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Global Witness: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank are financing Vietnamese rubber companies driving a wave of land and forest "grabs" in Cambodia and Laos, according to a new report and film by Global Witness. The report, Rubber Barons, reveals how a pervasive culture of secrecy around plantation investments in the region has allowed two of Vietnams largest companies, Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and the state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), to acquire more than 200,000 hectares of...
Western banks financing illegal south-east Asian land grabs video
2013-05-13 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A film looking into the activities of two Vietnamese rubber firms with operations in Cambodia and Laos. A report released by corruption watchdog Global Witness alleges both companies have been involved in land grabbing and illegal logging, and that both have the backing of western banks and financial institutions. People in the two countries say their livelihoods have been stolen by the reckless activity
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Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabs
2013-05-13 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation the World Bank's private lending arm are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity, according to a report. The study, concluding a year-long investigation by the watchdog Global Witness, names two of Vietnam's biggest companies, the privately owned Huang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), as the businesses...
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Of Pipelines, Polar Bears and Power Grabs
2013-05-02 21:41:00| Beef
The Keystone XL pipeline project has become a controversial flashpoint as advocates for jobs and economic growth square off with a myriad of environmental and other groups. My View From The Country read more
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