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The case against a carbon credit farm in Madagascar
- New Lines Magazine
- 24 Mar 2025
The Italian multinational Tozzi Green has begun planting trees on land that local residents claim was stolen from them
A USD$25 billion public-private Ghana climate futures and socio-economic initiative is agreed
- CarbonPura
- 24 Mar 2025
The Ghana Green Guard USD$25 billion climate futures initiative is a public-private collaborative partnership that will generate over 305 million carbon credits across 12 million hectares with projects based on reforestation, regenerative agriculture and other activities.
Litige foncier à Edéa : Apouh et la Socapalm au cœur d’un contentieux foncier colonial
- La voix du Koat
- 21 Mar 2025
Alors qu’une nouvelle campagne de replantating des palmiers à huile est annoncée, la Socapalm craint la paralysie de ses activités par une nouvelle incursion des riverains dans ses plantations. Le Préfet de la Sanaga-Maritime est appelé à la rescousse.
State to lease large irrigation schemes to boost food production
- KBC
- 21 Mar 2025
The Kenyan government is planning on leasing at least 350,000 acres of land under its control to private companies as part of plans to increase food production over the next decade.
IFC Board approves response to CAO investigation related to IFC’s investment in Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia
- IFC
- 20 Mar 2025
The World Bank unit's "action plan" is an attempt to respond to its own compliance advisor's recommendations on issues ranging from land grabs to sexual exploitation on the plantation.
Riopaila Castilla incursiona en el mercado de bonos de carbono
- Estamos en linea
- 20 Mar 2025
El grupo agroindustrial, ya acusado de acaparamiento de tierras baldías, ha logrado certificar más de 11 mil créditos de carbono en hectáreas dedicadas a la conservación de la biodiversidad en el Vichada, Colombia
Better Cotton still in denial one year after Fashion Crimes report
- Earthsight
- 20 Mar 2025
Better Cotton has released an update to the ‘action plan’ it put in place to curb unsustainable and illegal practices in Brazil’s cotton sector but it fails to even acknowledge the reality of land grabbing that has underpinned the sector’s expansion in recent decades at the expense of native ecosystems and the livelihoods of traditional communities.
Uzbekistan denies claims of land sales to China
- Times of Central Asia
- 18 Mar 2025
Despite persistent rumors, only 4% of Chinese investment in Uzbekistan goes into agriculture. Foreign investors cannot purchase land, it can only be leased for a maximum of 25 years through open auctions.
Just Climate secures $175m to invest in agricultural decarbonization
- Valor
- 18 Mar 2025
Al Gore-backed private equity firm Just Climate has secured its first round of funding from two major global investors to begin investing in solutions aimed at reducing agricultural emissions.
Acaparamiento de tierras: lacra neoliberal
- La Jornada Veracruz
- 17 Mar 2025
Una investigación del Registro Agrario Nacional en México reveló que 36 personas poseen alrededor de 63 mil ejidos que abarcan más de 39 mil hectáreas, divididas en 21 mil 695 parcelas útiles para las actividades agropecuarias o forestales y 41 mil 385 predios destinados a la urbanización y construcción de vivienda.
Mormon Church buys three-farm North Star Aggregation
- Grain Central
- 17 Mar 2025
The Utah-based Mormon Church has added a large-scale dryland cropping operation in the renowned Golden Triangle region of northern New South Wales to its growing Australian agricultural portfolio.
Village Mbonjo : Sous la menace d’une crise alimentaire
- Pages Jaunes
- 17 Mar 2025
Le village Mbonjo situé dans l’arrondissement de Fiko, département du Moungo est envahi par les plantations de la Socapalm. On retrouve le palmier à huile jusque derrière les maisons d’habitation.