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No rastro do fogo #2 | O fogo e a grilagem
- Le Monde diplomatique Brasil
- 27 May 2024
Hoje vamos ver como os incêndios criminosos favorecem a grilagem e as consequências do roubo de terras para as comunidades tradicionais.
World Bank pursues land grabs for “energy transition”
- Avispa Midia
- 27 May 2024
For the World Bank guaranteeing land tenure means business security for large investors, but for small scale producers, Indigenous peoples, workers, and grassroots communities it means land grabbing and displacement
Enquête sur la tension foncière entre les riverains d'Apouh et la Socapalm
- Equinox TV
- 23 May 2024
La population d'Apouh A Ngog au Cameroun s'oppose fermement aux travaux de replanting des palmiers à huile de la société Socapalm, du groupe luxembourgeoise Socfin.
Fazenda Agrinor wants to produce 500 tons/year of vegetables without using land
- Ver Angola
- 23 May 2024
Fazenda Agrinor is constructing greenhouses in the commune of Bela Vista, Angola at its 5000 ha farm concession in collaboration with the Israeli company Mitrelli
African countries turn to India for investments in agriculture
- HBL
- 23 May 2024
“Some African nations, such as Kenya and Uganda, are ready to fast-track collaboration in agriculture with India and recently offered land on lease to Indian businesses during a delegation visit," said an Indian official
Financiariser la terre agricole est « dangereux », selon le président d'un organe de régulation
- AFP
- 22 May 2024
« Créer un produit financier à partir de la terre agricole », comme le propose le gouvernement français, « c'est dangereux et ce n'est pas adapté », a déclaré mercredi le président de la Safer, un organe de régulation du foncier.
Carbon Streaming announces landmark Azuero Reforestation Carbon Removal Project in collaboration with Rubicon Carbon, Ponterra, and Microsoft
- GlobeNewswire
- 22 May 2024
The Azuero Reforestation Project is expected to plant trees on 10,000 hectares of degraded tropical forest on the Azuero Peninsula in Panama that has been converted to low-density cattle ranchland over the last century.
Regen ag investment pioneer SLM posts 40% AUM growth driven by US institutional interest, reveals first carbon assessment
- AgFunder
- 22 May 2024
“Probably the biggest growth is in working with large institutional investors at large pension funds and insurance companies, and also some quite large family offices,” which manages over 300,000 ha of farmland and timberland in the US, Europe and Australia.
GO.FARM to invest $600m in new agriculture fund
- BNA
- 20 May 2024
Australia's Costa family, which already has 88,000 hectares of farms under management, has announced plans to invest $600 million in a new agriculture fund.
Propriété foncière en Mauritanie: les communautés du Fleuve Sénégal réclament (encore une fois) justice et équité
- Le 360
- 19 May 2024
L’accaparement des terres contre la volonté des communautés d’agriculteurs constitue actuellement une véritable bombe sociale à retardement en Mauritanie
Quatre mégaprojets pour changer le visage du Sahara algérien
- TSA
- 17 May 2024
Le Sahara algérien est aussi en passe de devenir le grenier du pays grâce à l’essor de nombreuses filières agricoles -- et des investissements saoudiens, italiens, qataris et turques.
Kekerasan negara atas nama ”Food Estate”
- Kompas
- 17 May 2024
Food estate yang sudah dan akan dikerjakan di beberapa wilayah Indonesia seolah menjanjikan ketersediaan pangan berkelanjutan dan meningkatkan ketahanan pangan nasional. Namun, di balik semua janji manis, banyak sisi gelap perlu dipertimbangkan secara serius. Semua kajian memperlihatkan ”food estate” lebih banyak membawa kerugian, bahkan kekerasan, terhadap masyarakat.