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World Bank uses climate crisis as cover for land-grabbing, Oakland Institute says
- Mongabay
- 03 June 2025
"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"
US pension fund TIAA linked to brutal land grabs and evictions of farmers in Brazil
- Common Dreams
- 03 June 2025
The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.
Madagascar seeks UAE investment to counter US tariff risks
- The National News
- 02 June 2025
Madagascar's Minister of Foreign Affairs tells UAE business leaders that "with 36 million hectares of arable land, there is immense potential for agribusiness and agricultural transformation” in her country
Here’s how this fundie is making money from the land
- AFR
- 02 June 2025
Australian farmers aren’t the only ones cheering the rocketing price of almonds and beef from the simmering trade tensions between the US and China – a cohort of fund managers is also in the money.
Malaysian farmers consider legal action to protect 2,400 ha durian farmland from new company’s takeover
- MSN
- 02 June 2025
Durian farmers in Malaysia’s Pahang state are preparing for a legal fight to protect farmland they say is being seized by a newly-established company without proper authority.
Tensions escalate as Zimbabwean villagers resist land takeover
- Bulawayo 24
- 01 June 2025
Some villagers say they are being pressured to give up fertile land traditionally used for subsistence farming for a project called the Malipati Agrihub, with no clear benefit or consent from the broader community.
IFC plays Pontius Pilate, dodges accountability for harmful rubber project in Liberia after six years
- ACA
- 30 May 2025
The World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman found that the IFC failed to follow its own safeguards, enabling widespread harm to land rights, community health, cultural heritage and women by the Salala Rubber Corporation.
Nasarawa court orders status quo on disputed 10,000 hectares of Tiv land
- Guardian
- 30 May 2025
The Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Obi has ordered all parties in a land dispute involving 21 Tiv communities, the Nasarawa State government, and the Nigerian Army to maintain the status quo and preserve the disputed 10,000 hectares of ancestral farmlands pending the determination of the suit.
Food security explored between Oman and East Africa
- Zawya
- 29 May 2025
"Oman’s food-security programmes and water technology can link with East Africa’s arable land and examples are Kenya’s tea and coffee farms and Tanzania’s horticulture," the Chairman of East African Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture says
TotalEnergies abandons its carbon plantations in the Republic of Congo
- REDD-Monitor
- 28 May 2025
According to an article in Reporterre, TotalEnergies has quietly abandoned the project, with only 12.5% of the proposed trees planted.
Madagascar partners with Israel on $90M smart agriculture plan
- Ecofin
- 28 May 2025
The project with Israeli firm LR Group will develop a large farming hub spread over 10,000 hectares to grow rice, maize, and soybeans using advanced tools and techniques.
Land dispute escalates between palm oil company and Cameroon’s Apouh community
- Global Voices
- 27 May 2025
A long-standing land dispute has recently escalated between a subsidiary of the European holding company Socfin and the Indigenous Apouh à Ngog (Apouh) community in Cameroon’s Littoral region.