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.
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.
O Incra e o Tribunal de Justiça da Bahia (TJ-BA) reconheceram que dois dos maiores compradores estrangeiros de terras agrícolas no Brasil -os fundos de pensão da TIAA-CREF e o fundo de investimentos da Universidade de Harvard-adquiriram ilegalmente centenas de milhares de hectares de terras agrícolas no Cerrado brasileiro.
"Necesitamos cuestionar esta idea de que la transformación de un ecosistema rico y diverso en monocultivos de exportación trae desarrollo", señala Gabriela Russo Lopes, investigadora de DW Brasil, de la Universidad de Ámsterdam.
Mudanças nas legislações estaduais em favor dos latifúndios favorecem apropriação de terras públicas.
Article examines the processes and actors involved and the connections that global financial capital makes in order to access lands and agricultural production in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard joins international civil society groups to shed light on HMC’s morally repugnant land investments
In the Brazilian Cerrado, on the nation’s agricultural frontier, rapid deforestation by expanding agribusiness, depletion of water resources, and an unsympathetic government are further complicating the resolution of the long-time struggle over land rights.
The student group Divest Harvard hosted a day of events calling attention to Harvard’s ownership of Brazilian land and reigniting its calls for the school to sell those holdings in the name of environmentalism.
Satellite maps show the connection between Harvard and TIAA's farmland acquisitions in Brazil's Cerrado and the massive number of fires that have been burning in the region since July of this year.
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.
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.
