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How your 401(k) is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest
- Intercept
- 23 November 2021
The growing financialisation of Brazilian agribusiness is enabling foreign investment in the industry most responsible for deforestation - and land grabbing
Global commodity traders are fuelling land conflicts in Brazil’s Cerrado
- Global Witness
- 23 November 2021
ADM, Bunge and Cargill are dealing in conflict-tainted soy sourced from producers in the Cerrado, and in doing so are contributing to land conflict and alleged human rights abuses, in violation of their responsibilities under UN and OECD human rights standards.
Chinese-owned banana plantations fueling exploitation in Myanmar
- The Irrawaddy
- 23 November 2021
Landowners leasing their land to Chinese-run plantations are aware of the many drawbacks associated with banana farming, but still rent out their land, or are sometimes deceived into doing so, because of the limited market for traditional crops as well as the high rents they receive.
Les terres agricoles ne sont plus «achetables»
- Le Soleil
- 23 November 2021
Au Québec, les terres agricoles ne sont plus «achetables» car il faut payer jusqu’à 25 000 dollars l’hectare, dans certains cas extrêmes
At a ‘certified’ palm oil plantation in Nigeria, soldiers and conflict over land
- Mongabay
- 22 November 2021
Certified by the RSPO in early 2020, Okomu’s motto is “responsible tropical agriculture.” But over the past decade, the company has been embroiled in disputes over land ownership and its use of Nigerian soldiers as a de facto security force for its plantations.
Mauritanie/Accaparement des terres: Ngawlé appelle la communauté internationale à intervenir
- Senalioune
- 22 November 2021
En Mauritanie, les habitants de la localité de Ngawlé, dans le sud du pays, ont protesté contre l’expropriation de leurs terres par le gouvernement mauritanien.
Ça a chauffé hier à Ngawlé : Des arrestations et des blessés après les manifestations réprimées
- Le Quotidien
- 22 November 2021
La grande superficie est exploitée par des Maures et mise en location à des Marocains pour l’agrobusiness.
Farmers in Niari to benefit from Agri Resources cold storage facility
- AMA
- 21 November 2021
The facility in the Republic of Congo will cover the requirements for the company’s production, as well as for local farmers wishing to partake in the Agri Resources Congo outsourcing programme.
Indigenous community evicted as land clashes over agribusiness rock Paraguay
- Guardian
- 21 November 2021
Police in riot gear tore down a community’s homes and ripped up crops, highlighting the country’s highly unequal land ownership
Malas prácticas agrícolas modifican las tierras de miskitos hondureños, dice experto italiano
- EFE Verde
- 20 November 2021
La paz en la región ha ido desapareciendo por muchas presiones, entre ellas el acaparamiento de tierras para cultivos agrícolas y ganadería por parte de terceros que no son de la Mosquitia.
Foreign farmland ownership in the United States
- CRS
- 18 November 2021
New CRS Report shows that foreigners own just under 3% of US farmland, led by Canada (accounting for 30% of foreign holdings), Netherlands (14%), Italy (7%), UK (6%) and Germany (2%).
An appraisal of promises after the ruins: The global land rush in Africa
- Afronomics Law
- 18 November 2021
Cochrane’s and Andrews’ The Transnational Land Rush in Africa: A Decade After the Spike provides a timely and necessary update of the land rush “a decade after the 2007/08 commodity price spike.”