farming

The Lake Victoria land-grab

Wed 7th Dec 11 — Chris

Man standing on felled trees

A man stands on the land taken from him to make way for a palm oil plantation. Kalangala, Uganda. Photo: Jason Taylor

The Ugandan government is promoting large-scale agrofuels plantations as a solution to the climate crisis at the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa. Yet millions of people are already facing the impacts of land grabs and evictions caused by agrofuels.

Actions update 10 September 2011

Sat 10th Sep 11 — Chris

Czech police carrying a protester in Sumava National Park

Environmental protester arrested during forest protest Photo:

Save Sumava National Park

At the beginning of August 2011 we asked you to help Friends of the Earth Czech Republic in their fight to stop the Czech Government's plans to cut down large areas of the Sumava National Park.

Cardiff Food Chain website launched

Sat 20th Feb 10 — Chris

fix the food chain logo

This action is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part.

The UK Government's current farming policy:

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