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An overview of industrial tree plantations in the global South: Conflicts, trends and resistance struggles
- EJOLT
- 03 June 2012
Over the past two decades, industrial tree plantations increased their area in the global South about fourfold.
La “Economía Verde” aumentará el robo masivo de tierras en el mundo
- Alianza Economía Verde Futuro Negro
- 02 June 2012
Muchas comunidades afectadas, movimientos campesinos, organizaciones sociales están movilizádose y desarrollan una gran resistencia para detener el robo de tierras y luchar, en cambio, por la soberanía alimentaria como una solución real a la crisis de alimentaria.
Indian farmer’s African safari
- Business World
- 02 June 2012
Karuturi, which has 300,000 ha in Ethiopia, is now targeting the DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
SLC Agrícola e Valiance se unem para investir em terras
- Globo
- 01 June 2012
A SLC Agrícola informou na manhã desta quinta-feira que foi firmado contrato de subscrição de ações e outros acordos com o fundo de investimento Valiance Asset Management Limited.
Conflict of interest claims in China farmland deal
- ABC
- 01 June 2012
There are unconfirmed reports that former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke is representing a Shanghai-based company wanting to farm all 15,000 hectares of the land being developed as part of the Ord irrigation project in Western Australia.
Los Grobo says Brazil expansion to spur revenue
- Reuters
- 01 June 2012
Los Grobo plans to expand its cultivation in Brazil to 90,000 hectares in the 2012/13 crop year from 60,000 hectares today.
Qatar’s farm fund to target grain, wool exports from Australia
- Bloomberg
- 01 June 2012
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, with an estimated $100 billion in assets, expects to start exports of grains and wool from Australia as it nears completion of a $486 million farm investment plan
New Mexico council eyes infrastructure, other suballocations to real assets
- Pensions & Investments
- 01 June 2012
New Mexico State Investment Council will consider approving investment policies for a farmland suballocation, potentially in emerging markets, in its 10% long-term real asset portfolio.
SLC wins $239m for Brazil land purchase spree
- Agrimoney
- 31 May 2012
SLC Agricola, the Brazil farm operator with large ambitions in farmland acquisition, sealed a $239m cash injection from UK fund manager Valiance Asset Management for a business aimed at turning scrub into "high-quality" farms.
China eyes wide open spaces
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 31 May 2012
China would invest billions of dollars to transform vast tracts of undeveloped land in northern Australia for farming, under a plan confirmed yesterday by the federal government.
La llegada de los chinos
- BAE
- 31 May 2012
La provincia de Fujian es responsable de la avanzada asiática en los campos bonaerenses. A cambio de tener prioridad de compra sobre la cosecha instalarán un sistema de irrigación en Carmen de Patagones y Villarino. La República Popular China también se dispone a invertir en puertos y plantas de procesamiento de pescado
Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa
- AfDB
- 31 May 2012
The distinctive feature of these land deals that has attracted attention is the speed of the acquisitions, the transparency (lack thereof) of the terms and the scale of the acquisitions and implied investment.