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Bill Gates attempts to explain why he bought more farmland than anyone else in America
- Futurism
- 22 Mar 2021
Gates was asked why he is buying so much farmland. His answer: “My investment group chose to do this ... It is not connected to climate.”
University assembly resolution to encourage TIAA divestment from fossil fuels
- Cornell Daily Sun
- 21 Mar 2021
Resolution by Cornell's University Assembly also calls on its main pension fund supplier to divest from agribusiness companies associated with deforestation, indigenous rights violations, and severe climate impacts.
Uganda: Dozens of armed police and armed company workers invade a village in Kiryandongo, abducted 4 village members
- Witness Radio
- 19 Mar 2021
Great Seasons SMC limited, owned by a Sudan investor based in Dubai, is one of three multinational companies evicting communities off their land for agribusiness investments without any legal process.
Senator Sherman questions Mano Palm legality to operate
- Daily Observer
- 19 Mar 2021
Grand Cape Mount County Senator Varney Sherman says Mano Palm is reneging on the US$12M transferred for Sime Darby’s social obligations to Grand Cape Mount
In King Leopold’s steps: The investors bankrolling the PHC oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Oakland Institute
- 18 Mar 2021
As community efforts to reclaim 100,000 hectares of their ancestral land are met with violent repression, unlawful arrests, and murder, a report unveils the names of the new investors financing the plantations in the DRC.
Uganda: Land rights defender charged with setting fire to crops, released on bond
- Witness Radio
- 17 Mar 2021
Atyaluk David Richard is among dozens of community land and environment defenders in Kiryandongo who are under trial because of their resistance to illegal evictions by multinational companies.
Villagers in Zimbabwe face loss of land, livelihoods
- Anadolu Agency
- 17 Mar 2021
Villagers in Chilonga in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province are being kicked off their land, paving way for growing lucerne grass
Cambodia: International Criminal Court Prosecutor urged to prosecute land grabbing crimes
- FIDH
- 16 Mar 2021
A decision by the International Criminal Court Prosecutor concerning allegations of crimes against humanity stemming from the land grabbing frenzy is expected by June this year.
Africa’s land rush – what do we really know?
- Oxfam
- 15 Mar 2021
As the recently published book The Transnational Land Rush in Africa – A Decade After the Spike reveals, vulnerable people were very much the losers.
Farmland investing platform AcreTrader raises $12 Million
- Pulse 2.0
- 13 Mar 2021
AcreTrader is providing easy access for individuals and institutions to invest in farmland, allowing individuals to purchase shares of farmland in a matter of minutes online.
Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon
- Mongabay
- 13 Mar 2021
Producers say their supply chains are green and sustainable, but prosecutors cite a long record of land grabbing, deforestation, pollution, and human rights violations.
Maximizing the capture of returns, carbon, and duration in Canadian row crop land investments
- GAI
- 12 Mar 2021
Investors trying to decide what world farmland market in which to allocate capital may want to consider an advantage the Canadian market can offer – the ability to participate via an open-ended structure.