Enacted on March 29, 2021, Federal Law 14.130 creates a new type of agribusiness investment fund in Brazil, allowing foreign individuals and entities to get access to farmland
- Gateway to South America
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20 August 2021
Según ha informado este viernes Greenpeace, el pasado martes la Cámara de Diputados de Brasil aprobó el proyecto de ley PL2633, "una legislación que quiere legitimar el acaparamiento de tierras públicas" y que para la ONG "está directamente relacionada con la deforestación de un tercio de toda la superficie que pierde la Amazonia brasileña".
- América Economía
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06 August 2021
Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country's powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Reporting by Agência Pública has revealed how investors including U.S. pension funds and an Argentine agribusiness giant may be linked to illegal land deals and deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region.
One view in the market is that the new Law permits (by not prohibiting) non-Brazilian individuals and entities to invest – indirectly – in rural property, by acquiring shares in Fiagros that hold the title to rural property.
C’est en documentant la déforestation en Amazonie, mais aussi l’esclavage moderne et l’expulsion de peuples autochtones que les enquêteurs sont remontés jusqu’au groupe Casino.
«Les communautés autochtones au Brésil, chassées de leurs terres, n’ont jamais été consultées au cours des négociations» de l'accord de libre-échange AELE-Mercosur
De um lado, setores do agronegócio querem liberar a venda de imóveis rurais no mercado internacional; de outro, ruralistas rechaçam PL que facilita compra de terras por estrangeiros.
On May 3rd, 2021, we gathered with frontline land defenders, researchers, students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members from around the world to learn about Harvard’s farmland investments and build power.
- Harvard Stop Land Grabs
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10 June 2021
The victory is a result of the organization of the Collective of Communities Impacted by Agribusiness, created by rural communities in the Cerrado region of Piauí to resist land grabbing and the advance of agribusiness monocultures.
En Colombia "Claramente los grandes acaparadadores y compradores hacen su negocios para agricultura mecanizada. Hay una búsqueda de tierras para comodities emergentes como la soya, la carne, la palma y el mercado de maderas, así como para negocios alrededor de los bonos de carbono".
Land conflicts in Brazil broke a record in 2020 for the second year running, reaching 1,576 cases — the highest since 1985, according to the Pastoral Land Commission.
