Over 100,000 people, including thousands of TIAA holders, have taken action demanding that TIAA respect small farmers as part of a Campaign to Get TIAA Out of Forests and Farmland.
A coalition of environmental, human rights and family farm organizations delivered a letter with over 100,000 signatures to pension fund management company TIAA, expressing concerns over the company’s investments in farmland and palm oil.
Protesters paid a visit to TIAA’s New York headquarters Thursday, urging the firm to stop investing in farmland and companies with ties to palm oil.
- Institutional Investor
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21 April 2017
Large-scale land thieves are seizing, deforesting then selling public lands. At the same time, Brasilia is defunding enforcement, with rainforests and landless peasants the losers.
A pretensão oficial, no caso, é abrir integralmente ao capital estrangeiro (pessoas jurídicas de maioria de capital estrangeiro) a compra e o arrendamento de terras no Brasil, originalmente sem limitações (no Projeto) quantitativas e/ou de localização.
- Correio da Cidadania
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12 April 2017
While Canadian agriculture shows some promise, institutional investors have been active on the global front, particularly when it comes to farmland.
- Benefits Canada
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11 April 2017
A venda de terras brasileiras a investidores estrangeiros não terá limite de tamanho, no que depender do deputado Newton Cardoso Júnior (PMDB-MG), relator do projeto na Câmara.
- Isto e Dinheiro
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04 April 2017
Estudo mostra que pressão ao agronegócio sobre Matopiba, zona de expansão da agricultura, já compensa parte das emissões de carbono reduzidas pela queda na taxa de devastação amazônica.
Report gives an overview of the availability of information for land concessions in Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Congo, and Russia.
Elaborado com a participação do Planalto e representantes da bancada ruralista, o projeto que prevê a autorização de venda de terras do país a estrangeiros deve ser apresentado ao Congresso até quinta-feira.
Adecoagro revealed that executives had been "travelling all around" southern Brazil investigating potential sugar acquisitions, and was mulling growth in the likes of rice, dairy and beef, after slashing its debts in a "milestone" year.
2017年2月17日に、JICAの北岡伸一氏に提出されたモザンビーク8団体による「公開書簡:プロサバンナにおけるJICAの活動に関する抗議文」の回答が、要請期限から大幅に遅れて送られています。
その後、3月6日付けで、モザンビーク8団体からJICAへの返事が送られています。