McDonald's french fries, carrots, onions: all of the foods that come from Bill Gates farmland
    Gates does not appear to count his farming investments as the largest farmland owner in the US as part of his broader strategy to save the climate.
    • NBC
    • 08 June 2021
    Mundubat y COAG denuncian que Marruecos explota ilegalmente terreno fértil del Sahara
    Con emporios empresariales participados por Mohamed VI y el propio ministro de Agricultura de Marruecos
    • El Faradio
    • 08 June 2021
    Under the spotlight: Chinese banks' risky agribusiness portfolio
    China is one of the world's largest consumers of agricultural commodities such as soy and palm oil that drive deforestation globally. But it isn’t just Chinese consumption of these commodities that is helping fuel forest destruction. Global Witness new analysis sheds a spotlight on the often-overlooked role of Chinese banks as some of the biggest global financiers of deforestation.
    • Global Witness
    • 07 June 2021
    El acaparamiento global de tierras se pinta de verde
    Quienes actualmente controlan los flujos financieros del mundo no son capaces de apoyar a los productores de alimentos y a los sistemas alimentarios —que pueden combatir la crisis climática o las muchas otras crisis que afectan a la alimentación y a la agricultura. Nuestro desafío es lograr que tanto las tierras agrícolas como el dinero no sigan en sus manos, tan pronto como podamos.
    • GRAIN
    • 07 June 2021
    Estudio revela que palma aceitera y soya se cultivan en bosques talados de manera ilegal
    En Colombia "Claramente los grandes acaparadadores y compradores hacen su negocios para agricultura mecanizada. Hay una búsqueda de tierras para comodities emergentes como la soya, la carne, la palma y el mercado de maderas, así como para negocios alrededor de los bonos de carbono".
    • Mongabay
    • 04 June 2021
    Land conflicts in Brazil break record under Bolsonaro
    Land conflicts in Brazil broke a record in 2020 for the second year running, reaching 1,576 cases — the highest since 1985, according to the Pastoral Land Commission.
    • Mongabay
    • 04 June 2021
    Saudi-backed group exporting grain
    SALIC owns a whopping aggregation in Western Australia, Merredin Farms, which produces grain and livestock over 211,000 hectares and grows around 120,000 tonnes of grain alone each year.
    • The Land
    • 04 June 2021
    Mauritanie : la campagne d’accaparement des terres de la Vallée est lancée
    Dans une interview accordée à un hebdomadaire étranger, le ministre des Affaires économiques affirme être «en train de travailler avec la Banque mondiale afin d’attirer le privé international pour investir dans l’agriculture» mauritanienne.
    • Senalioune.com
    • 03 June 2021
    Indonesia: Expanding palm oil operations bring harm
    The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of communities living on or near peatland converted to commercial agriculture. It is also permitting the widescale destruction of one of the world’s most important carbon sinks, Human Rights Watch said.
    • Human Rights Watch
    • 03 June 2021
    West Papua revokes quarter of a million hectares of land from palm oil
    Local government in Indonesia’s West Papua province has revoked permits for 12 oil palm concessions that cover an area twice the size of Los Angeles after a recent audit of palm oil concession holders found widespread administrative and legal violations. Activists have called on the government to follow up on the revocation by granting Indigenous peoples access to the rescinded concessions instead of granting new licenses to other investors.
    • Mongabay
    • 03 June 2021
    University of Iowa faculty demand TIAA accountability
    Retirement system is largest manager of farmland in the world - that contributes to land-grabbing, deforestation and human rights violations
    • The Gazette
    • 03 June 2021
    Moïse Katumbi retourne à la terre
    Prospère homme d’affaires dans le domaine minier, le trading, la pêche..., Moise Katumbi Chapwe veut faire de la République démocratique du Congo le grenier de l’Afrique
    • Financial Afrik
    • 03 June 2021
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