Le groupe financier américain a accumulé de nouvelles terres agricoles sur de vastes espaces, malgré la tentative du gouvernement brésilien en 2010 d’interdire réellement ce genre de transactions à grande échelle aux investisseurs étrangers.
- New York Times
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17 November 2015
Les travailleurs québécois et québécoises seront peut-être surpris d'apprendre que leurs fonds de pension fructifient en encourageant l'éviction violente de paysans de leurs terres au Brésil.
- Union Paysanne
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17 November 2015
The American financial group and its partners amassed vast new holdings of farmland despite a move by Brazil’s government in 2010 to effectively ban such large-scale deals by foreigners.
- NY Times
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17 November 2015
Une société new-yorkaise chargée de la gestion de l'épargne-retraite des travailleurs en Suède, aux États-Unis et au Canada se soustrait aux lois brésiliennes sur les investissements étrangers pour acquérir des terres agricoles
A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities.
La REDD+ et sa finance carbone ne résoudront pas la crise climatique
- La Flamme
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13 November 2015
The REDD+ and its carbon trade will not resolve the climate crisis
- La Flamme
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13 November 2015
Dans son dernier ouvrage Lettre à un paysan sur le vaste merdier qu’est devenue l’agriculture, le journaliste Fabrice Nicolino dénonce l’industrialisation de l’agriculture et le Land grabbing.
- Good Planet
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11 November 2015
Groups urge World Bank President to act swiftly to ensure the release and safety of Ethiopian land and environmental activist who worked for the Bank as a transaltor for its Inspection Panel in Ethiopia
China ha aceptado firmar tratados comerciales que la obligan a importar alimentos, y ha implementado políticas que favorecen el desarrollo de fincas de mayor tamaño y de inmensas corporaciones del agronegocio y la alimentación
La Chine a accepté des accords commerciaux qui obligent le pays à importer des denrées alimentaires et mis en place des mesures favorisant le développement des grandes exploitations et d’énormes entreprises alimentaires et agroindustrielles.
Over the past couple of decades, China has embraced trade agreements that oblige it to import foods and implemented policies that favour the development of larger farms and massive agribusiness and food corporations.
Global agricultural investor the Westchester Group, owned by pension fund manager TIAA-CREF, is on the hunt to buy farms in New Zealand, after focusing its investment attention for the past 25 years on agriculture in the US, Australia and Brazil.
- The Australian
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02 November 2015
The level of Chinese investment in the Australian beef supply chain appears certain to increase as China hunts for new food sources to feed its one and half billion citizens. Nine Chinese companies have outlaid almost $430 million on Australian beef cattle holdings and downstream red meat supply chain.
- Beef Central
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28 October 2015
Bamboo Finance and Louis Dreyfus Holding are partnering to launch an impact investment fund focusing on the agribusiness sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A new video by LifeMosaic, part of the series “Territories of Life“, looks at the impacts of the enormous land grab affecting indigenous peoples around the world.
- REDD Monitor
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22 October 2015
400 landless families occupied the Sol Agricola Farm, owned by Chongqing Grain Group and located in the municipality of São Lourenço do Sul, in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul state.
"A primera vista puede parecer buena idea. ¿Quién podría oponerse a un código de ética que orientase las inversiones del agronegocio? Pero políticamente y en la práctica, la inversión ‘responsable’ rara vez funciona en favor de las comunidades locales”
The three activists, who face terrorism charges for attempting to attend a workshop on food security, face a court hearing in Addis Ababa on October 22.
Are foreign investors really snatching up as much of Africa as they can? It’s not that simple, Foreign Policy reports.
- Foreign Policy
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20 October 2015
L’Afrique est-elle vraiment en train de passer aux mains des investisseurs étrangers ? Les choses ne sont pas si simples, relate Foreign Policy.
- Foreign Policy
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20 October 2015
Ce bulletin de WRM vise à dénoncer l’expansion des plantations de palmiers à huile et à divulguer certains effets négatifs qu’elle a sur les peuples des forêts et sur leurs territoires.
Entretien avec Jean-François Mombia du RIAO sur les plantations de palmiers à huile de la société canadienne Feronia.
WRM's September bulletin focuses on denouncing oil palm plantations’ expansion and some of its consequences for forest dependent peoples and their territories.
One of America’s largest farm management and real estate brokerages has expanded into the Canadian Prairies — starting with Alberta.
- Alberta Farmer
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15 October 2015
Interview with Jean-François Mombia on the impacts of the oil palm plantations of the Canadian company, Feronia.
En todas partes, de los salones de los directorios de las corporaciones a las salas de reunión de Naciones Unidas, están surgiendo reglas acerca de cómo invertir “responsablemente” en tierras agrícolas.
Does it make sense to fight land grabbing by adopting rules on how to do it more responsibly?
Quel est l’intérêt de se battre contre l’accaparement des terres en adoptant des règles qui permettent de le faire de façon plus responsable ?
Right now, Senhuile Inc is caught in a web of lawsuits.