Justiça brasileira mantém a suspensão da transferência da Eldorado Brasil Celulose da empresa brasileira J&F para a indonésia Paper Excellence, contrariando sentença arbitral, já que a operação envolve o controle de cerca de 450 mil ha por estrangeiros, o que exigiria autorizações do Congresso e do órgão de terras.
An Indonesian government plan to clear forests spanning an area twice the size of South Korea for food and biofuel crops has sparked fears of massive greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss.
"Whether it is a farmer or an investor, they are now viewing land as an asset class to get rich off of speculation, not the productive capability of that land."
- Regina Leader-Post
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30 December 2024
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture says his ministry has preliminarily identified 1.2 million hectares of land with corn-growing potential, with plans to conduct comprehensive follow-up studies and evaluations.
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.
- Mother Jones
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11 December 2024
Les contrats controversés de la compagnie agro-pastorale du Congo ont déjà été annulés, a annoncé lundi à Kisangani, Acacia Bandubola, la ministre des affaires foncières.
- Actualité.cd
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10 December 2024
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition is a Nasdaq-listed SPAQ that recently acquired 200,000 ha of farmland in Australia through a business combination with Australian Food & Agriculture Company Limited.
- MarketBeat
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30 November 2024
Al Dahra, qui exploite 27 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans les gouvernorats de la Nouvelle-Vallée et Ach-Charqiya, va booster sa production et ses exportations de produits agricoles egyptiens
After establishing the scheme in 2012 on land it bought in Uruguay, Harvard sold the land across two deals in 2017 and 2019 worth a combined $450m. But the project is still active today and has sold enough credits to have supposedly offset over 5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Oil trader Trafigura and Singapore's Temasek will produce carbon credits by planting 24 million trees in Colombia's in Orinoco River Basin on 30,000 hectares of land that has been degraded by cattle grazing.
- ESG Today
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11 November 2024
Irrigation projects include a US$172mn, 23,000ha project with US-based Valley Irrigation , a €75mn, 13,000 ha project with Spain's Grupo Charmatin, and a US$100mn, 20,000 ha project with US-based Lindsay Zimmatic.
- Sunday Mail
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10 November 2024
Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co., controlled by the country’s sovereign wealth fund, is in advanced talks on a transaction that would value Olam Agri Holdings at about $4 billion.
- Bloomberg
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31 October 2024
The new program “PSN Merauke”, being implemented at a high speed, might become the biggest deforestation project worldwide, is overlapping with customary lands and will directly affect 40,000 indigenous people.
The company intends to cultivate bamboo in phases, beginning with 8,500 hectares, and is applying for carbon credits with Gold Standard.
- The Guardian
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22 October 2024
La société d'huile de palme demande au gouvernement du Cameroun à intervenir dans le conflit foncier avec les populations du village Apouh à Ngog
- Le Messager
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25 September 2024
Emotions, tears, and testimonies exposing the dark side of industrial agriculture rocked activities to mark the International Day of Struggle against industrial plantations 2024 celebrations in Uganda.
- Witness Radio
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24 September 2024
Los grandes capitales han vuelto su mirada en las tierras de cultivo de Aragón, que, según advierte UAGA-COAG, es el nuevo banco de pruebas de la uberización del campo.
- Heraldo
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22 September 2024
Google will buy 50,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits by 2030 from Mombak, which purchases degraded land from farmers and ranchers or partners with them to replant native species in the Amazon rainforest
- Reuters
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19 September 2024
“This land belongs to the peasant farmers of Kwatan-Taru, Natirde, Dinyawo, Wurbo, Kyari and Sindride, whose forefathers have been farming for hundreds of years."
- Leadership
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16 September 2024
Offset8 and iRise’s Climate and Community Transformation Program intends to restore 6,000 hectares of degraded land in Malawi by planting 6 million trees.
- PR Newswire
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12 September 2024
This disclosure by Jeety Rubber comes weeks after its founder, business tycoon Upjit Singh Sachdeva, acquired SRC from its parent company, Socfin, a Belgian-French agricultural conglomerate.
- Liberian Observer
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10 September 2024
Des communautés ivoiriennes demandent à être indemnisées pour les préjudices causés par les activités de SIAT, une société blege spécialisée dans la production de caoutchouc et d’huile de palme.
- Le Monde
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09 September 2024
For more than a century, corporations have controlled the Hawaiian island’s water. That could be changing.
- Mother Jones
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06 September 2024
El pueblo indígena Sikuani exige la restitución de 58 mil hectáreas de su territorio en el Meta, ya reconocidos por la Agencia Nacional de Tierras (ANT), de los Menonitas que las compraran de forma irregular del paramilitarismo. El grupo religioso destina las tierras a monocultivos de soya, maíz, arroz y frijol con intenso uso de pesticidas.
- Colombia Informa
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30 August 2024
Em 2 dias Estado de São Paulo registrou 2,6 mil focos de calor: mais de 80% estavam concentrados em áreas de uso agropecuário, como plantações de cana-de-açúcar e pastagens. Inquéritos e prisões sugerem ações organizadas para promover queimadas em larga escala como estratégia para a ocupação e especulação de terras.
Hawke’s Bay apple orchards have been changing hands amid a shake-up to the industry, with the latest significant sale featuring a Dutch newcomer buying a 62-hectare Ongaonga block.
A state-owned palm oil company and an industry association have begun early work to push a vast new plantation strategy in Sulawesi, one of Indonesia’s largest islands. The proposal includes aspirations for production of a form of environmentally friendly fertilizer hope that it will enable producers to apply for climate finance incentives, despite the deforestation implied in the plan.
Derrière les violences intercommunautaires qui ont secoué Lubunga, se cache les activités d'une société libanaise, Cap Congo, qui est impliquée dans l’exploitation agricole intensive.
- Kilalo Press
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04 August 2024
President of the Philippines says CP Group committed an additional USD1.5 billion in investments to the country, starting with a 10,000-hectare modernized mega farm, during meeting at the presidential palace.
Une vingtaine d'organisations et alliés des communautés affectées par les plantations de palmiers à huile et d'hévéas du groupe Socfin expriment leur mécontentement face à la décision du Norges Bank Investment Management de ne pas se retirer de l’actionnariat de Bolloré SE et de la Compagnie de l'Odet SE