Land Grabbers The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth

Name: Land Grabbers The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth
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ISBN: 9780807003244

ISBN-10: 0807003247

ISBN-13: 9780807003244

Edition: 2012

Authors: Fred Pearce

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The Land Grabbersis a first-of-its-kind exposé that reveals the unprecedented land grab taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages and the over-financialization of the stock market, the world's richest countries, corporations, hedge funds, and individuals have spent the last few years buying and leasing vast swaths of foreign soil—including parcels as large as the state of Massachusetts. From the plains of Africa to the jungles and prairies of South America, author Fred Pearce has traveled the globe to investigate the full scale and effects of the land grab, resulting in a larger-than-life cast of characters that includes Wall Street speculators, Gulf oil sheiks, Chinese…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 5/29/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.28" wide x 9.28" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Fred Pearce was born and educated in the UK. He studied Geography at Cambridge University and has since reported on environment, science and development issues from 54 countries. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and TV, with interview credits from Today to Richard and Judy to the Open University. Fred is married with two children and lives in London.



Introduction



Land Wars



Gambella, Ethiopia: Tragedy in the Commons



Chicago, U.S.A.: The Price of Food



Saudi Arabia: Plowing in the Petrodollars



South Sudan: Up the Nile with the Capitalists of Chaos



White Men in Africa



Yala Swamp, Kenya: One Man's Dominion



Liberia: The Resource Curse



Palm Bay, Liberia: Return of the Oil Palm



London, England: Pinstripes and Pitchforks



Across the Globe



Ukraine: Lebensraum



Western Bahia, Brazil: Soylandia



Chaco, Paraguay: Chaco Apocalyptico



Latin America: The New Conquistadors



Patagonia: The Last Place on Earth



Australia: Under the Shade of a Coolibah Tree



China's Backyard



Sumatra, Indonesia: Pulping the Jungle



Papua New Guinea: "A Truly Wild Island"



Cambodia: Sweet and Sour



Southeast Asia: Rubber Hits the Road to China



African Dreams



Maasailand, Tanzania: The White People's Place



South Africa: Green Grab



Africa: The Second Great Trek



Mozambique: The Biofuels Bubble



Zimbabwe: On the Fast Track



The Last Enclosure



Central Africa: Laws of the Jungle



Inner Niger Delta, Mali: West African Water Grab



Badia, Jordan: On the Commons



London, England: Feeding the World


Notes on sources


Index