In 2014, over 700 Cambodian villagers filed a complaint with the Thai Human Rights Commission against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol, accused of forced displacement, property destruction and land grabbing.The trial on the substance of the case is expected to start in April 2023, with a verdict at the end of next year.

Addressing the growing challenges that the agribusiness sector faces in the EBRD regions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched its new strategy for the sector for the period 2019 to 2023.

Tanzania’s experience in the global land grab post-2008 led to shattered hopes, land conflicts & misery for small farmers. Yet, the current govt risks repeating history. A new report looks at this critical moment for Tanzania's small farmers & pastoralists.

Eni is pursuing agricultural production for biofuels in six African countries, including the Republic of the Congo where collaboration with ‘Big Agri’ companies risks land dispossession and environmental degradation.

Financial players are moving aggressively to snatch up lands around the world with access to water for irrigation. Their strategy is to pump as much water as they can and as fast as they can into the production of crops that reap high prices in export markets.

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.

En Sierra de la Macarena hubo un incremento del 80% de bovinos con respecto a 2016, lo que llevó a construcción de más de 11 km de vías ilegales. Quienes tumban el bosque, se apropian de los terrenos y luego especulan con el precio de la propiedad.

In Kenya’s lush Thika region, stealing pineapples is a de facto capital crime. At least nine men have allegedly been killed by security guards employed by Del Monte, the world’s largest producer of pineapples.

For villagers whose ancestral lands have been lost to the expansive reach of Socapalm’s plantations, the passage of time has failed to bring about the restitution they so desperately seek.

A new rush for “carbon removals” and “offsets” from land, forests and oceans is ramping up repression under the guise of providing “nature based solutions” to the ecological crises.

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.

L’agriculture familiale disparaît au profit d’une agriculture de firme, en France, entraînant une désertification des campagnes. Le gouvernement, lui, est dans le déni. Reportage de Splann! publié par Mediapart

Profiteering companies are lining up to buy water rights in the western US as the water supply dwindles.

In Congo-Brazzaville, tree planting projects intended for carbon markets have proliferated over the past four years, with large-scale monocultures initiated by oil companies under the seductive term of carbon neutrality and promises of job creation for communities.

Pakistan General Headquarters of Lands Directorate has asked the Board of Revenue, Punjab to handover state lands of 45,267 acres to the Pakistan Army for corporate agriculture farming.

There is an increasing demand for nature-based solutions and real assets are of particular interest to institutional asset owners. But just because something is a natural investment does not always mean it is good for the environment. Or that it is a good investment.

Un nouveau business, porté notamment par des multinationales françaises, est en train de voir le jour dans le bassin du Congo, et en particulier au Congo-Brazzaville : de gigantesques plantations forestières sont créées pour générer des crédits-carbone valorisables sur le marché volontaire du carbone ou destinés à compenser des émissions de CO2

Y preguntan: ¿Por qué el Gobernador sospecha de ciertos mapuche, pero no del multimillonario británico Joe Lewis acusado de apropiarse de 12.000 hectáreas en la Patagonia, y que por "coincidencia" ganó la adjucación de un proyecto hidroeléctrico en la área, facilitado por el DNU de Milei.

A l’occasion de l’Assemblée Générale des actionnaires du Groupe SOCFIN, la société civile dénonce ses pratiques d’auto-régulation qui ne permettent pas la résolution des conflits fonciers, sociaux et environnementaux.

Las organizaciones firmantes rechazan un tuit de la embajadora de los Estados Unidos en el Perú, mediante el cual hace propaganda a favor del polémico Grupo Palmicultor Ocho Sur

Recent farmland purchases by Chinese, Middle Eastern, and other foreign government investors have raised concerns about food exports being prioritized over domestic consumption.

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.

Amacro, es el nuevo acrónimo para designar la nueva expansión de la frontera agrícola que viene promoviendo el acaparamiento de cerca de 6,5 millones de hectáreas de tierras públicas en la región, concentrando 10% de los conflictos por tierras y el 26% de todos los asesinatos de campesinos en el país.

En abril del año 1994, las tierras asignadas para la cooperativa El Chile fueron despojadas mediante una venta ilegal. Esta transacción fue realizada por personas sin representación legítima de los campesinos, para traspasar el territorio a manos de la Empresa Agropecuaria Camaro, quien a su vez cedió los títulos a Exportadora del Atlántico, perteneciente a la hondureña Corporación Dinant.

Reportagem do site Salve a Floresta afirma que a chamada sustentabilidade zero, propalada pela Agropalma, não passa de um “embuste por trás da certificação do óleo de palma” da empresa sediada em terras do Pará entre os municípios do Acará e Tailândia numa área de 106 mil – maior do que o tamanho da cidade do Rio de Janeiro e onde estão localizadas terras particulares da família Tabaranã, áreas públicas, quilombolas e indígena.

Earthworm Foundation visited the plantations run by Socfin’s subsidiaries, one in Liberia and the other in Cameroon, where communities and local and international organizations had raised serious allegations of sexual harassment, land grabs, pollution and unfair labor practices.

Le projet de loi sur les investissements à Madagascar soulève des inquiétudes et angoisses car il envisage de permettre aux investisseurs étrangers de louer des terres pour 99 ans dans le cadre d’un bail emphytéotique

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.

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.

Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development, affiliated with the Egyptian Air Force, was entrusted with reclaiming 1.5 million acres of land across the country, despite the Air Force’s lack of any role in agricultural activities.