A study of 1,500 large land deals totalling 37 million hectares - across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and eastern Europe - showed that clearing the land for farming may have emitted about 2.3 gigatonnes of carbon emissions.
Researchers say the growing interest of companies in investing in agricultural land is the main cause for land inequality.
The World Bank and the European Union stand ready to provide technical support and other resources for Ukraine to successfully implement farmland reform, says World Bank economist.
A new study examines the agricultural impact of multinational land deals (aka ‘land grabbing’), which are found to be directly harmful to local food security and livelihoods
Germany’s Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald) and Washington, D.C.-based Center for International Policy (CIP) blasted a baseless defamation lawsuit brought to the Hamburg Regional Court by a supplier to the Korindo conglomerate, a notorious Korean-Indonesian palm oil, logging and wind tower manufacturing giant.
Large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors, intended to improve global food security, had little to no benefit, increasing crop production in some areas while simultaneously threatening local food security in others.
Reflorestamento e pecuária são as destinações mais comuns, segundo o Incra; PL busca flexibilizar regras para aquisição.
El fundador de Microsoft tiene un terreno de casi 28.000 hectáreas situado en el estado de Louisiana. Le siguen las propiedades de Arkansas (20.000 hectáreas) y de Nebraska (8.331 hectáreas).
Lors de son face-à-face avec la presse le 31 décembre dernier, le chef de l’Etat sénégalais avait dit demandé au «ministre des Finances d’engager des réformes afin qu’il ne soit plus possible d’octroyer des titres fonciers sur les terres arables».
The co-founder of Microsoft and his wife rank as the largest private farmland owners in the US, with over 242,000 acres across the country.
Le fondateur de Microsoft possède plus de terres agricoles aux États-Unis que n'importe quel propriétaire terrien privé américain, selon The Land Report.
A Comissão Pastoral da Terra – Regional Piauí, ao tempo em que denuncia a grilagem de terra e a violência no campo no estado do Piauí, repudia essa prática e torna público mais um caso desumano, arbitrário e de irregularidade ao direito à terra e ao território.
