U.N. special rapporteurs have raised concerns that Indonesia’s food estate project in Merauke district is displacing Indigenous communities, clearing forests without consent, and using military forces to suppress dissent, threatening more than 50,000 Indigenous people.

The Cerrado, a wooded savannah in Brazil, remains a hotspot for deforestation as companies make the most of laws allowing more deforestation than in the Amazon

The "Green Pakistan Initiative" is fast tracking Gulf agribusiness deals. Saudi & UAE firms are investing billions in Pakistani farmland, while local communities warn of land grabs & water shortages.

L'accumulation d'énormes quantités de terres par un petit groupe de propriétaires fonciers alimente les inégalités et la crise climatique, selon un nouveau rapport qui appelle à une redistribution des terres et à des réformes fiscales mondiales pour inverser la tendance

The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.

The World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman found that the IFC failed to follow its own safeguards, enabling widespread harm to land rights, community health, cultural heritage and women by the Salala Rubber Corporation.

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.

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.

Protest by community members opposed to a soil carbon project on Indigenous-owned grazing land prevented the signing of a 40-year lease on some 68,000 hectares of land as part of the much larger Kajiado Rangeland Carbon Project.

Major Spanish bank Santander has helped fund one of South America’s worst deforesters by co-arranging $1.3 billion of financing for agribusiness giant Cresud since 2011, Global Witness can reveal.

Corporate-backed farming groups from North America and the UK have emerged as key players in the nation’s farmland market in the past year.

The tech behemoth is betting that planting millions of eucalyptus trees in Brazil will be the path to a greener future. Some ecologists and local residents are far less sure.

Under the guise of ‘conflict mediation’ and community empowerment, the work of certain corporate NGOs results in communities continuing without access to and control over their lands, and in strengthening destructive production models.

Plantations et Huileries du Congo, the DRC’s leading palm oil producer, plans to exponentially increase its palm oil production, but this strategy could exacerbate land conflicts.

Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations accused of land appropriation and labor abuses. Their company says it has taken steps to improve matters, but a trip to West Africa shows sexual coercion claims remain widespread.

Global demand for arable land is rising, making Africa a key target for large-scale acquisitions to tackle food and energy challenges.

Cameroonian villagers protesting on March 25 against plantation company Socapalm's replanting of oil palm trees on disputed land were dispersed with tear gas by local law enforcement.

On April 3, 89 civil society organizations signed a joint statement calling on the IFC and the EBRD to ensure remedy and accountability, for the severe and systemic violations at Indorama Agro cotton project, Uzbekistan. In 2019, a presidential decree allocating 50,000 hectares of land to Indorama Agro resulted in the arbitrary termination of thousands of farmers’ land leases without free, prior and informed consent.

The conflict between the European agro-industrial giant SOCAPALM and the community of Apouh à Ngog, in Cameroon, has taken a dark turn as 30 armed security forces fire tear gas against villagers determined to protect their land. Report from News Upfront.

L'organisation faîtière des agences catholiques de développement en Europe et en Amérique du Nord appelle à un arrêt immédiat des projets de crédits carbone sur les sols mis en œuvre parmi les Maasaï du nord de la Tanzanie, après des processus jugés « douteux ».

The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-industrialisation says an Executive Order ensures that land acquisition and resettlement for large-scale agribusiness investments guarantees shared benefits between private investors and host communities.

Since 2021, Socapalm – majority-owned by Socfinaf, a Luxembourg holding itself part owned by the Bolloré Group – has been replanting palms to rejuvenate its plantation at Edéa, in Cameroon, creating tremendous difficulty for neighbouring villagers.

Depuis 2021, la Socapalm – qui est détenue majoritairement par la Socfinaf, une holding luxembourgeoise détenue en partie par le groupe Bolloré – replante des palmiers pour rajeunir sa plantation à Edéa, au Cameroun, créant d'énormes difficultés pour les communautés riveraines.

How thousands of Indonesian soldiers are forcing through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests

In April 2024, ENI said to Quang Tri authorities that it sought suitable areas in the province to plant trees, in order to generate feedstock for its bio refinery factory in Italy.

The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to deforestation.

A new report on land grabbing exposes the vulnerability of farmers and citizens to arbitrary abuse of the law when developers and the state lay claim to their farms and homes for commercial gain.

A US subsidiary of Saudi dairy giant Almarai Co. is “taking advantage of Arizona’s failure to protect its precious groundwater resource,” the lawsuit says.

Japan's Sojitz is collaborating with Vinamilk and Vilico to invest in a 10,000 cattle farm and beef processing and distribution facilities.

Nigeria's Niger State has promised to make available 1.2 million hectares of land for use as the Federal Government secures a $2.5B livestock investment with Brazil's JBS, one of the world’s largest meat processing enterprises.