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The Grate Rush/ European Union Responsibility in Natural Resources Grabbing
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The Grate Rush/ European Union Responsibility in Natural Resources Grabbing
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 98 pages, pdf
Description
Land, forests, water and raw materials are valuable resources that increasingly interest the major players of the economy of our planet. Private investors, but also national governments, are competing to be the first ones to get their hands on natural resources. It is a mad rush, driven by a development model which has already given ample signs of malfunction, but which is showing no signs of slowing down. For a few years now, land grabbing has been in the headlines as one of the most pressing and controversial issues of our time. But grabbing is in some ways “generalized”. In fact, all natural resources are being swallowed up, accumulated and stocked. Each case has its peculiarities, but the general phenomenon is the same and the causes, as well as the effects on people and the actors involved, present similarities.