Brazil

Resolution by Cornell's University Assembly also calls on its main pension fund supplier to divest from agribusiness companies associated with deforestation, indigenous rights violations, and severe climate impacts.

Producers say their supply chains are green and sustainable, but prosecutors cite a long record of land grabbing, deforestation, pollution, and human rights violations.

Em programa Adote Um Parque, governo quer passar para mãos de empresas privadas território com presença de indígenas em isolamento voluntário, condição que exige alto conhecimento especializado e consulta a entidades indígenas.

El Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil estudia un caso de venta ilegal de tierras propiedad de pueblos indígenas, tras una investigación de la BBC

Des représentants des peuples autochtones d’Amazonie brésilienne et colombienne, ainsi que des ONG françaises et américaines, assignent en justice le groupe Casino en raison de ses ventes de produits à base de viande bovine liée à la déforestation et à l’accaparement de terres

Indigenous peoples from the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon and non-governmental organizations from France and the US today filed a lawsuit in the Saint-Etienne court against global retail giant Groupe Casino over selling beef products linked to deforestation and land grabbing.

Indígenas de Brasil y Colombia demandaron el miércoles al minorista Casino en un tribunal francés por la venta de carne relacionada con el acaparamiento de tierras y la deforestación en el Amazonas, dijeron activistas involucrados en la demanda.

Según el reporte, se descubrió que acaparadores de terrenos en la selva amazónica están vendiendo parcelas ilegales a través de Facebook.

Anyone can find the illegally invaded plots by typing the Portuguese equivalents for search terms like "forest", "native jungle" and "timber" into Facebook Marketplace's search tool.

"No Brasil sofremos a concentração de terras desde o descobrimento, mas nos últimos anos é perceptível uma acentuada concentração, com danos terríveis aos produtores familiares, concentração de renda, êxodo rural, desemprego, desmatamento e à desindustrialização do país", escreve José Rodrigues Filho.

The spread of giant soybean plantations in the Brazilian state of Bahia threatens tributaries, floodplains and sources of essential rivers such as the Corrente and the São Francisco.

Global commodities giant Cargill continues to buy soybeans from a farm in Brazil that cultivates on illegally acquired and deforested land, including lands acquired by US teachers’ pension fund TIAA.