Ongoing struggles
This page presents some of the many struggles underway around the world over land grabbing and management of the commons.
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Assassinat du leader syndical Pierre Alessandri en Corse : L’impunité doit cesser !
Secrétaire général de la Via Campagnola, syndicat agricole membre de la Confédération paysanne, Pierre Alessandri, a été assassiné. a été assassiné le 17 mars, au crépuscule, de […]
Artisanal fishing is more profitable and sustainable than industrial fishing.
A scientific study initiated by the Bloom association confirms that industrial fishing is a direct threat to our planet and our economy. The report "Changer [...]
The CGLTE OA will organize the next World Social Forum
The Convergence Globale des Luttes pour la Terre et l'Eau Ouest Africaine (CGLTE-OA), mobilized in Nepal for the World Social Forum 2024. At the [...]
CONFÉDÉRATION PAYSANNE BLOCKS LACTALIS HEADQUARTERS
Around 200 farmers invaded and blocked the Lactalis head office in Laval for several hours. This is the first time that the [...]
Message of solidarity from ROPPA to European farmers in struggle
ROPPA has published an open letter to European farmers and decision-makers. "Our support and deep solidarity with West African farmers [...]
"FOR A SERIOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN LEADERS AND THE POPULATION AT ALL LEVELS" IN MADAGASCAR
Some fifty Malagasy civil society organizations, including Collectif Tany, a member of the FLT Steering Committee, have issued a press release highlighting two [...].
Rural workers and family farmers in Maranhão mobilize against a law facilitating land grabs
The Federation of Rural Workers and Family Farmers of the State of Maranhão (FETAEMA) has taken a clear stand against Law no. 12 169 [...].
Members of the LUSUD association killed in Madagascar
The FLT has learned of the tragic deaths of three people fighting against the attacks on their land and their health in Madagascar. They [...]
An FLT delegation attended the 51st session of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome.
A delegation from the Forum des Luttes pour la Terre took part in the 51st session of the FAO's Committee on World Food Security in Geneva, [...].
Launch of "LE SAIS-TU?" digital campaign
FEDIA-TOGO, SAFE and CGLTE-OA join forces against violence against young girls through a hard-hitting digital campaign: "LE SAIS-TU?" This initiative aims to [...]
Brasilia hosts the 7th Daisy March: A historic gathering of over 100,000 women in search of justice and equality
Brasilia, August 15 and 16, 2023 - In an impressive gathering, over 100,000 women from all over Brazil and beyond converged [...].
UACDDDD continues to support village communities.
The UACDDDD has been supporting women's and youth groups in the San area in their efforts to claim the 15% of developed land [...].
On the road for the 2023 caravan - CGLTE OA
The fight against climate change will be at the heart of the 4th edition of the West African caravan "Right to land, water and [...].
Communication of decisions to create village land commissions ( COFOV ) to six villages in the rural commune of Yélékébougou
Within the framework of the land tenure program implemented by the Union des Associations et des Coordinations d'Association pour le Développement et la Défense des Droits des Démunis [...].
IN THE FIGHT FOR THEIR TERRITORY: THE QUILOMBOLA YOUTH OF BOA HORA 3| MARMORA RESIST!
The latest data from the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, produced by the Brazilian Public Security Forum, show that in 2022, Brazil recorded [...]
OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR CONCERNING THE ILLEGAL LONG LEASE ON SAKATIA ISLAND
The Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches (TANY) and the Centre de Recherches et d'Appui pour les Alternatives de Développement - Océan Indien (CRAAD-OI) are [...].
Press conference - Africa's largest civil society organizations and grassroots movements launch an appeal for agroecology
On June 17, in the run-up to the fifth AU-EU ministerial conference on agriculture to be held on June 30, 2023, the world's largest social movements and [...]...
Press release from Soulèvements de la Terre
Call to Earth Uprisings - What grows back everywhere cannot be dissolved
For science, indigenous peoples and local communities have a key role to play in ensuring a healthy, sustainable planet.
In a recent article, several scientists including: Leila V Zanjani, Hugh Govan, Holly C. Jonas, Theodore Karfakis, Daniel M. Mwamidi, Jessica Stewart, Gretchen Walters [...]
DECLARATION at the end of the 16th Regional Forum of the Coalition for the Protection of African Genetic Heritage
Delegates from national coalitions belonging to the Coalition for the Protection of African Genetic Heritage (COPAGEN), representing various national organizations from nine (9) [...].
CMAT celebrates 10 years of struggle
On June 14, 15 and 16, the Convergence Malienne contre les Accaparements des Terres (Malian Convergence against Land Grabbing) celebrates 10 years of fighting alongside rural communities and [...].
FETAEMA - MEETING OF COMMUNITIES IN AGRARIAN AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN MARANHÃO
Event of the Federation of Rural Workers and Farmers of the State of Maranhão - FETAEMA. On June 12, 13 and 14, 2023, CESIR/FETAEMA, the [...]
FLT Steering Committee Meeting - April 12 & 13, 2023
On April 12 and 13, 2023, representatives of the member organizations of the FLT steering committee met in Paris. This meeting on the future of the [...]
DO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AIM TO REDUCE POVERTY AMONG THE MALAGASY OR THE OPPOSITE?
While public opinion is concerned about the final content of the amendments to the new land law on untitled private property (1), which are expected to be adopted [...].
An example of management of the commons: public maritime space
Article published in "Campagnes Solidaires" by Jean François Périgné, mussel producer in Oléron and member of the International Commission of the Confédération paysanne n The [...]
Mourning in the struggling community of Engenho Roncadorzinho
Last October we shared a video testimony in the framework of the forum of struggles "Engenho Roncadorzinoh, 40 years of struggle! (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF6hromd-0U). A [...]
Point of departure for the West African caravan
3rd edition of the West African caravan for the right to land, water and peasant agro-ecology... The Caravan was in Senegal and in [...]
Action Confédération Paysanne - 8 Nov 2021 "La prise de la Bassine" - Les soulèvements de la Terre
THE CATCH OF THE BASIN! 💥😁 3000 anti-bassinists meet in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon and dismantle a "basin of shame" and its pump 🌊✊ Press release from [...]
Madagascar Alert
2 November 2021 The Tany la défense des Terres Malgaches collective alerts us to a revision of the land law that could lead to the eviction of [...]
Open letter - UN Food Systems Summit
The Confédération paysanne and 83 other signatories call on France to resist the pressures of multinationals and save peasant agriculture. An International Summit on the Food Chain [...]
El kabir El Miloudi: Against the expropriation of the lands of the Amazigh ethnic communities in Morocco
To bring you up to date on community or collective land, here is an overview of what is happening and how it is developing in Morocco. Despite several demonstrations [...]
Action of the CGLTE OA
In this month of August, a follow-up visit to women's groups in the informal sector of Serédou in the Republic of Guinea is underway by a women's [...].
Appeal by Ramesh Sharma (Ekta Parishad ) to organizations participating in the Forum to submit suggestions for the inclusion of UNDROP resolutions in the ICESCR
"Hello everyone, it's great to see the online forum being actively used! I wanted to draw everyone's attention to an interesting process [...]
Letter from Malagasy farmers to the President of the Republic and the members of the High Institutional Court
Following the approval by the National Assembly of the draft law on untitled private land on the night of Wednesday 30 June, the [...]
Ibrahim Coulibaly: Land grabbing is a breeding ground for terrorism
Ibrahim Coulibaly is the president of ROPPA and a farmer who is very active in movements to defend the rights of small farmers. After several struggles [...]
Madagascar Alert
The collective Tany la défense des Terres Malgaches alerts us to a revision of the land law that could lead to the eviction of thousands of farmers [...].
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