Gemeinsam mit Barbara Lochbihler, José Bové, Martin Häusling und Alyn Smith lädt Ska Keller am 8. März von 15:00 bis 18:00 Uhr in Europäische Parlament in Brüssel (ASP 1G3) zu einer Conference on "FAIR ACCESS TO LAND AND FOOD". Interpretationen werden auf Englisch, Deutsch und Französich bereit gestellt.
Die Hauptfrage der Veranstaltung wird sich dem Thema Land-Grabbing widmen, dass inzwischne auch nicht mehr ausschließlich Problem der Länder des Globalen Südens ist. Internationales Kapital, multinationale Konzerne ebenso wie einige Staaten, ehöhen ihre Kontrollbestrebungen von Farmland auf der ganzen Welt.
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14.30 Security checks and registration at ASP - MAIL (Place du Luxembourg)
15.00 Welcome to the conference and short introduction
Martin Häusling, MEP, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
15.10 Oliver De Schutter, UN rapporteur for the human right to food:
"Opportunities for sustainable governance of land tenure and natural resource management"
15.25 Professor Harald von Witzke, THU Berlin:
"What can the EU do to stop land grabbing and to contribute to global food security?"
15.40 Questions and answers - discussion with participants
Moderation: Ska Keller MEP, Committee on Development
16.10 Jim Harkness, Director of IATP the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy USA:
"Land grabbing - what happens in China and the United States - and what it means on a global scale."
16.25 Renée Vellvé, GRAIN: "Land grabbing: what needs to be done? Some perspectives from the ground."
16.40 Questions and answers - discussion with participants
Moderation: Alyn Smith, MEP Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
17.10 Dr. Claire Schaffnit-Chatterjee, Senior Analyst Deutsche Bank AG:
"What has increased the interest of the financial sector in land purchase?"
17.25 Shivani Chaudhry, Associate Director, Housing and Land Rights Network, India
"Land grabbing in India and movement of small peasants for food sovereignty"
17.40 Question and answers - discussion with participants
Moderation: José Bové, MEP Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
18.10 Final round of statements in the panel and closing remarks by MEPs