Brazil

The Vermont Pension Investment Committee has invested $100 million in the Nuveen Global Farmland Fund, which aims to make farmland acquisitions averaging $20m across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland, Romania and Chile.

O medo de Harvard se manifesta em 2.000 páginas de registros judiciais brasileiros, incluindo a transcrição da teleconferência

Auditors wrote down the value of Harvard's Brazil farm project by about $200 million after the endowment decided to exit the development in 2017, according to documents filed in a lawsuit.

A Brazilian agro industry delegation visited Elite Agro - a major farming company in UAE, which also operates in Serbia, Morocco, Ethiopia and Mauritania - and prompted them to invest in Brazil.

Com frequência, os incêndios são usados para afugentar moradores das áreas visadas, além de valorizar as terras – artimanha muito usada na Amazônia. Pelo choque de tantos interesses, há tensão entre povos indígenas, quilombolas e posseiros ou arrendatários. Em geral, o resultado é a destruição do que ainda resta de Cerrado no Matopiba.

Un proyecto de ley que permite la venta de tierras a inversionistas extranjeros podría amenazar la soberanía brasileña e impactar en los precios de los alimentos, alertan analistas, citados hoy por Radio Brasil de Fato.

As propostas de abertura desenfreada da venda de terras do Brasil para estrangeiros, sempre foi de interesse de determinados Parlamentares, porém nunca foi a diante, porque coloca em risco a Segurança Nacional

“Denunciamos que la extranjerización de la tierra en manos de menonitas y brasileros es la que ha traído esa lógica industrial que hoy provoca el desmonte a costa de la vida y que los intentos de culpar a las comunidades ocultan que más del 90 por ciento de las tierras en desmonte en el país terminan en manos empresariales y no de comunidades”

As the Amazon rainforest continues to burn, members of Divest Harvard — a student group demanding the University divest from fossil fuels — are renewing their calls on Harvard to withdraw its holdings in farmland across the globe, including in Brazil.

Blackstone, owned by a top US Republican party donor, has launched two funds dedicated to buying farmland in Brazil that work with Brazilian companies to get around laws restricting direct foreign ownership.

Plusieurs investisseurs internationaux présents au Brésil contribuent à une gestion des terres non durable et bafouent les droits de la personne, notamment La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ).

Fires in the Amazon are the direct result of human activity. Harvard’s stake in agribusiness contributes to this crisis, says students of Divest Harvard