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09 Jan 2025
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Papua land is never empty, it is a source of livelihood for many Jakarta Post | 09 Jan 2025
The food estate in Merauke - spanning more than two million hectares - seems set to join the long list of such projects that have failed since the concept was first proposed in 2010, only to leave behind broad damage to the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment, including the loss of customary land belongs to 40,000 indigenous people.
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Philippines: Groups buck bill on 99-year land lease to foreigners Inquirer | 23 Dec 2024
Agricultural workers and a legal advocacy group have raised concerns over a “fast-tracked” bill seeking to extend land lease terms for foreign investors to nearly a century, warning of its potential negative impact on farmers, plantation workers and indigenous cultural communities.
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We’ll invest more in agriculture for food security, economic devt — Oyebanji Tribune | 22 Dec 2024
The Framework for Responsible and Inclusive Land Intensive Agriculture is a World Bank Project executed across Nigeria to ensure land acquisition and resettlement for large-scale agribusiness investments are undertaken in line with established international standards.
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Liberia: Alliance For Rural Democracy Leads Customary Land Rights Initiative for Affected Communities in SRC and LAC Front Page Africa | 19 Dec 2024
SRC and LAC operations on customary land have historically been conducted without the consent of local communities, leading to land grabs, destruction of livelihoods, and various human rights violations.
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Kenya is in talks to lease farmland to the UAE’s Al Dahra Bloomberg | 18 Dec 2024
Al Dahra will probably invest about $800 million to farm 200,000 acres [81,000 ha] of land at an irrigation development located in the coastal region, according to Kenya’s principal secretary for irrigation, Ephantus Kimotho.
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De l’huile de palme sur la sellette en Suisse et au Nigeria La Liberté | 04 jan 2025
Sous les palmiers à 6000 kilomètres de Fribourg, la colère ne faiblit pas dans une plantation d’Okomu, une filiale de Socfin, dont le commerce de matières premières passe par Fribourg.
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Kenya | Le groupe émirati Al Dahra en négociation pour la location de 81 000Ha de terres agricoles Afrimag | 03 jan 2025
Le groupe émirati Al Dahra, spécialisé dans l’agriculture à grande échelle, est en discussions avec le gouvernement kényan pour louer près de 81 000 hectares de terres agricoles situées dans une zone d’irrigation.
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El 6% de las tierras argentinas pertenece a extranjeros: en la mayoría hay agua dulce y minerales Canal 7 Salta | 07 ene 2025
Hasta 2015, más de 16 mil ha eran de extranjeros en Argentina, casi 13 mil en manos de 964 empresas. El conflicto por la propiedade de las tierras del lago Escondido en Rio Negro del empresario inglés Joe Lewis contradice la Ley de 2011 que proíbe la acquisión de las tierras que contengan arroyos, ríos, lagos, y que limita las compras al 15% del território de cada municipalidad.
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Brasil: STF destaca acordo e libera empresa para ocupar área de 12 mil hectares em MT Folhamax.com | 07 Jan 2025
Supremo Tribunal do Brasil referenda "conciliação" da Comissão fundiária no Mato Grosso e expropria 150 famílias de 12 mil hectares em favor de empresas especializadas no mercado de terras. A Trust Agro Company Holding e M2W properties holding são acusadas de falsificar os títulos de propriedade.
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Maiores transações de terras no agro em 2024 Compre Rural | 29 Dec 2024
O mercado de terras no Brasil se consolidou como um dos mais atrativos e dinâmicos do mundo, principalmente pelos ativos florestais. Suzano e BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group fizeram a maior transação ao comprar 70 mil ha para eucalipto no Mato Grosso do Sul, seguida pela empresa Klabin para florestas plantadas, SLC Agrícola, Brasil Agro e os Fiagros.
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Brasil: Assentados alegam falsificação de escrituras e despejo de vulneráveis e STF suspende reintegração em seis fazendas Olhar Jurídico | 25 Oct 2024
Suprema Corte do Brasil proíbe despejo de 48 famílias de assentamento no Mato Grosso por não haver infraestrutura básica para acolher as famílias. As empresas M2W Properties Holding Ltda. e Trust Agro Company Holding Ltda são acusados de falsificar documentos de propriedade, buscando maior margem de lucro em seus negócios de compra e venda de terras.
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