Land & Environment

RELEASE

Montréal, 18th octobre 2011

Corporations are scrambling to take advantage of increasing economic instability and an ever-deepening global water crisis to promote the commodification of water through the so-called green economy, austerity measures, land grabs, water markets and the privatisation of water services.

Rome, Italy, 17 October 2011 - As the 37th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) begins at FAO, civil society organizations (CSO) welcome Saturday's results of the second round of negotiations on the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and F