Hungarian legislator Erik Bánki claims his farmland purchases in Romania were financed from loans from foreign and Hungarian companies but he does not remember the names of these companies.

In December 2012, on the sidelines of Islamic business forum in Malaysia, a man made a bold claim said his company, Menara Group held the rights to 4,000 square kilometres of rainforest for oil palm plantations in Indonesia. The basis of his claim was Tanah Merah project in Boven Digoel, Papua.

Between 2000-2011, 68% of all investigated foreign capital to 9 top companies in soy and beef sectors in the Brazilian Amazon was transferred through tax havens. Soy and beef production cause major Amazon deforestation.

The Philippines and PNG signed a five-year Memorandum of Agreement for greater cooperation on agriculture, including a tie-up on rice and grain production, as well as coconut and coffee production.

On 18 November 2008, The Financial Times exposed a massive deal being negotiated between Daewoo Logistics and the government of Madagascar. Ten years later, what are we seeing?

Depuis une dizaine d’années, l’argent des fonds de pension alimente un énorme investissement dans les terres agricoles. Le nombre de fonds de pension investissant dans les terres agricoles et les sommes d’argent déployées à cette fin sont en augmentation, mais tout se fait discrètement.

Money from pension funds has fuelled the financial sector's massive move into farmland investing over the past decade. The number of pension funds involved in farmland investment and the amount of money they are deploying into it is increasing, under the radar.

MOUs signed by UAE government include a 2,500 ha SEZ zone with Uganda for large-scale agricultural development and another with Al Dahra Holding for collaboration on the implementation of the National Strategy for Future Food Security.

The Cerrado savanna is an area in Brazil the same size as Western Europe. It's one of the most biodiverse places in world that's being destroyed for large soybean production.

A controversial new railroad, Ferrogrão (Grainrail), is poised to penetrate the Brazilian Amazon, if industrial agribusiness gets its way.

GRAIN recently learned that several cases of land grabbing have been prosecuted in the courts, or been acted upon by national authorities, and so we have compiled a short update on these developments.

An investor has paid $171 million to acquire 14,500 acres of farmland in Washington State from Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Company, who bought the parcel in 2010 for $75 million.

Ethiopian officials have revoked land leases in Addis Ababa that were held by dozens of investors, including Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi.

A UNIDROIT Working Group is currently developing, in collaboration with FAO and IFAD, an instrument on agricultural land investment contracts.

The US university, through its endowment fund, maintains a business chain with Brazilian companies and its subsidiaries to circumvent Brazilian law, according to a report.

The subsidiary of Dole Asia, which is owned by Itochu of Japan, has acquired 574 ha of land in Lugbu chiefdom and intends to increase this area to 4,335 ha over the next three years.

Uno de los mayores compradores de tierras agrícolas del mundo está en problemas debido a su implicación en conflictos por la tierra, destrucción ambiental e inversiones arriesgadas. Este nuevo informe de GRAIN y Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presenta por primera vez un análisis exhaustivo de las cuestionadas inversiones de la Universidad de Harvard en tierras agrícolas por todo el mundo.

L’un des principaux acquéreurs de terres agricoles au monde est sur la sellette en raison de conflits fonciers, de destruction de l’environnement et d’investissements à risque. Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN et de Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos présente, pour la première fois, une analyse exhaustive des investissements controversés de l’Université Harvard dans les terres agricoles au niveau mondial.

Um dos principais compradores de terras agrícolas no mundo é alvo de críticas por conflitos fundiários, devastação ambiental e investimentos arriscados. Novo relatório da GRAIN e da Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos apresenta uma análise abrangente e inédita dos investimentos polêmicos da Universidade de Harvard na compra, em escala global, de terras agrícolas.

One of the world's major buyers of farmland is under fire for their involvement in land conflicts, environmental destruction and risky investments. A new report by GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Harvard University's controversial investments in global farmland.

The process of primitive accumulation provides a lens to understand the current process of land grabbing in Myanmar's Rakhine State - how vast swathes of farmland, the coastal belts, and oil and offshore gas reserves are being captured.

Euclides de Carli, dono de 13 empresas ligadas à venda e arrendamento de terras, oculta seu posto entre os maiores grileiros do país atrás da imagem de empresário filantropo

Portrait of a Brazilian businessman accused of violent land grabbing whose clients include Cargill, Bunge and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).

Tep Vanny, an award-winning Cambodian land rights defender has been freed after spending two years in prison on charges many viewed as politically motivated.

Human Rights Watch call for Cambodian government to unconditionally release prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny who was arrested on August 15, 2016. Other affected land communities have also been heavily harassed through arbitrary arrests, detention, and criminal prosecution.

In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought land in northern Ecuador, home to Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi. Provincial court ruled in favor of the company and ordered evacuation of Wimbi community but they refused to leave. This is only one part of a long ongoing legal battle between company and community in Ecuador.

La récente confrontation entre le géant suisse de l’industrie alimentaire Nestlé et la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable (RSPO) met en lumière un fossé croissant autour de la certification.

Hundreds of clients have used the services of the German company in order to participate in projects such as cattle breeding, orange plantations or vegetable production in greenhouses in Paraguay

Tanzania has attracted huge interest as a destination for large-scale agricultural investment due to sufficient land and cheap labour. As traditional laws that once protected village land weaken, indigenous communities and farmers have repeatedly lost chunks of land facilitated by foreign investors.

An overview of land grabbing in Africa and Asia as lessons for Sri Lanka. In September 2016 the International Criminal Court called land grabs as a crime against humanity and this is an area that Sri Lanka’s lawyers are advised to further look into.