In recent years, the Ethiopian government has been enthusiastically renting large swathes of its territory to both local and foreign investors, regardless of who is already living there.
Murder attempts, death threats, harassment, deforestation, and land grabbing attempts: that is what the beginning of 2023 was like in the territories of rural communities in the Cerrado of the state of Piauí.
Además, hay un creciente fenómeno de extranjerización de la propiedad de la tierra que trae un fenómeno de desplazamiento social, entre otros problemas.
Em Ituna-Itatá, no Pará, 42% das fazendas que aparecem sobre a terra indígena foram cadastradas por uma única pessoa, Jorge Luiz Barbosa Corrêa
Cruzamento de bases de dados geoespaciais realizado pelo Estadão mostra, dia a dia, o avanço de fazendas sobre áreas que deveriam ser apenas dos povos da floresta. Reportagem identificou que há locais onde 90% do território indígena foi grilado
Palmer was central to the debate on “land grabbing” that followed the financial, food and energy crises of 2007-08. He passed away on February 19, 2023.
The Beligian retail company Colruyt Group has recently started buying its own farmland to produce foods for its supermarkets.
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has acquired a majority stake in Mitolo Family Farms-- Australia’s largest potato producer and owner of one of the country's largest horticultural land aggregations.
Palm oil from Brazil's Agropalma is certified as organic, fair and sustainable, and the oil is sold to food giants like Ferrero, Kellogg’s and Nestlé. But much of the plantation land of this purported model company was likely grabbed illegally.
Forests in Cambodia have seen large-scale deforestation with rubber and cassava plantations, illegal logging and other economic interests, but despite the criminalisation, communities are fighting back
The tentacles of India-based Mozambique Holdings Ltd reached the locality of Mabu in 2013, when it acquired a 10,000-hectare land concession from the old tea company Madal SARL.
The Global Peoples’ Caravan for Food, Land, and Climate Justice is an awareness-raising and mobilization campaign to demand governments address the interconnected issues of hunger, land and resource grabs, and the climate crisis.
