Brazil

O avanço da soja no cerrado brasileiro, mapeado pela Nasa
- Super Interessante
- 21 September 2018
Imagens feitas pela agência espacial americana acompanham como o cultivo do grão se intensificou – e transformou o oeste da Bahia num tapete.
JICA signs $50-million loan agreement with Amaggi Exportação e Importação Ltda for the Agriculture Supply Chain Enhancement Project in Brazil
- JICA
- 20 September 2018
The Japan International Cooperation Agency says the project will advance sustainable agricultural development in the northeastern region of Mato Grosso State and bring benefits to Japanese and global food security
Brasil: Corrida por terras ameaça comunidades tradicionais e áreas indígenas, diz professor da UnB
- Sul 21
- 17 September 2018
“Os fundos de pensão estão menos preocupados com a produção e muito mais preocupados com o tema dos juros e da valorização da terra, ou seja, da especulação".
Harvard farmland acquisitions criticized as unethical
- Chief Investment Officer
- 14 September 2018
A new report accuses Harvard University’s endowment of contributing to “environmental destruction,” and the displacement and harassment of communities in its pursuit to acquire $1 billion worth of farmland worldwide over the past decade.
'I ran away but she sat there... Then they smiled and shot her'
- The Journal
- 14 September 2018
Front Line Defenders identifies the root causes of violence in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Philippines, where more than 80% of the human rights defenders killed globally over the last four years were murdered.
Harvard purchases 741,000 acres and creates conflict with local communities
- Brasil de Fato
- 13 September 2018
The US university, through its endowment fund, maintains a business chain with Brazilian companies and its subsidiaries to circumvent Brazilian law, according to a report.
Harvard’s farmland holdings come under fire in new report
- Harvard Crimson
- 10 September 2018
A new report details the web of companies with which Harvard Management Company, the university’s investment arm, directly invests in farmland around the world, risking conflict with communities from California to Brazil.
Harvard’s foreign farmland investment mess
- Bloomberg
- 07 September 2018
The university’s holdings in developing markets have proved to be more trouble than they’re worth.
Is Guyana ready for mega-farms and genetically modified seeds?
- Stabroek
- 03 September 2018
In June 2018, Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture unveiled an agreement with the Brazilian Agricultural Machinery and Research Institute that gives a green light to Brazilian investors lobbying for large tracts of lands in the Rupununi savannahs.
Brasil: O empresário filantropo acusado de roubo de terras no Nordeste
- El País Brasil
- 02 September 2018
Euclides de Carli, dono de 13 empresas ligadas à venda e arrendamento de terras, oculta seu posto entre os maiores grileiros do país atrás da imagem de empresário filantropo
Businessman turned philanthropist accused of murders and land theft in Brazil's Northeast
- Brasil Reporter
- 02 September 2018
Portrait of a Brazilian businessman accused of violent land grabbing whose clients include Cargill, Bunge and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).
Rise of agri-cartel: Control of land drives human rights violations, environmental destruction
- Globe Post
- 24 August 2018
Control of land for crops that sustain the world’s largest food businesses, such as Ferrero and Nestle, is the driving force behind the destruction of land affecting both environment and people worldwide.