The large “land grabs” in Africa and Asia are also signs of distrust in world markets.

非洲和亚洲的大量“征地”也是世界市场中的不信任信号。

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Such acquisitions also typically involve water rights, meaning that land grabs potentially affect all downstream countries as well.

与耕地同时获得的，同时还包括用水权力，这就意味着土地侵占可能也影响所有下游国家。

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Opponents call the projects "land grabs", claim the farms will be insulated from host countries and argue that poor farmers will be pushed off land they have farmed for generations.

反对人士则把这些工程称作“土地瓜分”，声称这些农场将被与所在国隔绝开来，而世代在这些土地上耕作的穷苦农民将被赶走。

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In land grabs, as in life, there is only one chance to be the first.

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"Biofuels, like palm oil, produce more carbon emissions than they save, fuel land grabs and increase global food prices, " she said.

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Mr Fasanando says that this ambiguity encourages land grabs, migration and deforestation.

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