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Romania's DN Agrar to double milk production capacity by 2030
- SeeNews
- 26 May 2025
The Dutch-owned company that already holds 16,000 cows and more than 7,000 ha of cultivated land is planning the construction of a new 5,000-head cattle facility.
Hong Kong tycoon snares carbon project in outback WA
- AFR
- 26 May 2025
One of Hong Kong’s wealthiest tycoons, Li Ka-Shing, whose interests include energy and agricultural investments in this country, has forged into the carbon market, acquiring a vast Western Australian landholding earmarked for a ‘regenerative agriculture’ project.
Kenya: Investor embroiled in legal battles over Galana Kulalu land arrested
- The Standard
- 26 May 2025
The director of Sahal Agro-Holdings Limited, who is embroiled in a fierce legal battle over a 100,000-acre parcel of land at Galana Kulalu, was arrested on Friday.
La mafia del desmonte
- El cohete a la luna
- 25 May 2025
En Argentina, denuncia a la Justicia Federal presenta probas que funciona desde hace décadas una maquinaria público-privada diseñada para desmontar, saquear y ocultar legalizando el ilegal a escalas industriales a empresas nacionales y extranjeras.
Forestales alertan que nuevo decreto abre la puerta a desmontes y apropiación de tierras
- El Deber
- 25 May 2025
Nuevo decreto en Bolivia disminuye la responsabilidad del Estado sobre tierras fiscales, facilitando la legalización de ocupaciones ilegales, permitiendo que terceros accedan a la propiedad de tierras fiscales sin un proceso transparente ni justo con el avance del desmonte.
European, African bishops demand end to land grabs and exploitation
- OSV News
- 23 May 2025
Catholic bishops from Europe and Africa have issued a strong joint statement warning that Africa is once again becoming a “battleground for external interests” — particularly over land, resources and Europe’s climate agenda.
Carbon Done Right looks elsewhere to expand African ARR project, after BP declines option
- QCI
- 22 May 2025
Carbon Done Right Developments has dropped a 10,000 ha project in Ghana, put a 32,000 ha project in Sierra Leone on hold and is looking for new investors to expand its 25,000 ha rewilding project in Sierra Leone, after BP Carbon Trading did not exercise an option to pre-purchase carbon credits.
US: Michigan hopes to limit foreign land ownership. In UP, it’s already too late
- The Bridge
- 22 May 2025
The Rohatyn Group, a private equity firm based in New York, is now the largest owner of agricultural land in the state of Michigan, making acquisitions through offshore companies registered in Singapore
Congo ex-prime minister convicted of embezzlement in huge failed farm project
- Reuters
- 21 May 2025
A Congolese former prime minister was convicted of embezzling millions from a huge failed agriculture venture, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi against the government of his predecessor.
Why Chinese investors are racing to plant durians in Southeast Asia
- Think China
- 21 May 2025
Lao Red Loong Durian is leasing 500 hectares of land in Vientiane province, Laos and has completed the development of a first-phase 60-hectare pilot zone, planting over 7,000 Black Thorn durian trees.
Egypt: El-Sisi encourages private sector investment in land cultivation during harvesting season event
- Ahram Online
- 21 May 2025
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is calling on the private sector to invest in the 336,000 hectares that the Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development Authority plans to complete to make the land suitable for agriculture.
Affaire Bukanga-Lonzo: Matata Ponyo condamné à 10 ans des travaux forcés
- Radio Okapi
- 20 May 2025
L’ancien Premier ministre de la RDC a été reconnu coupable de détournements de 156.849.413 dollars américains avec l'ancien gouverneur de la Banque centrale du Congo, des fonds destinés au développement du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga-Lonzo, dans l’est de Kinshasa