“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

L’augmentation croissante des exportations agricoles du Brésil suscite des craintes d’une nouvelle avancée de la frontière agricole brésilienne, au détriment de la forêt amazonienne, « poumon de la planète », et d’autres écosystèmes menacés.

A record amount of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest was cut down or destroyed last month, fuelling concerns that under President Jair Bolsonaro, illegal miners and farmers are involved in a free-for-all land grab.

COFCO announced it will finance the expansion of more than 60 million acres [24 million ha] of soybean production in Brazil.

Una investigación periodistica revela que sojeros y ganaderos, en su mayoría de nacionalidad brasileña, se apropiaron irregularmente de unas 50 mil hectáreas de tierras públicas, que deberían ser parte de una franja de bosques de Hidroeléctrica Itaipú.

Agribusiness—especially soy, sugar, palm oil, and beef production—was the second deadliest sector for people standing up for the environment and their lands.

Environmental groups argue law sanctioned by Para state governor will benefit land grabbers.

By buying up US farmland and leasing it to large-scale farm machinery operators, TIAA is closing the door on policies that could revive the more diversified farming that used to underlie healthy local economies.