Demarcação de terras indígenas na Amazônia e Cerrado protegem mais de 100 milhões de hectares contra a grilagem e desmatamento da agroindústria. No Cerrado, áreas fora de TIs perderam mais de 54% da vegetação, enquanto apenas 5% foi desmatado dentro delas. Amazônia, as áreas fora de TIs estão cerca de 16 vezes mais desmatadas que dentro delas, afirma relatório do ISA.
- Instituto Socioambiental
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21 January 2025
The Jah Agric Farm in Bayaba, Gambia, initiated by Jah Oil Company, is to farm rice, potato, and onion imports on 1,200 hectares, with plans to expand to 15,000 hectares nationwide.
- The Standard
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21 January 2025
Le gouvernement indonésien envisage d'utiliser 20 millions d'hectares de zones forestières pour produire du riz, des palmiers et de la canne à sucre, a récemment déclaré le ministre des Forêts Raja Juli Antoni.
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.
La question de la propriété des terres agricoles par des étrangers suscite des préoccupations en Saskatchewan, à cause de la hausse des prix. Mais les données montrent que la majorité des fermes restent entre les mains de familles canadiennes.
- Radio Canada
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19 January 2025
As millions in public money flows towards the planting of trees, some are also raising concerns about the environmental credentials of many schemes.
- The i Paper
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19 January 2025
A especulação desenfreada de terras é desafio para o próprio mercado de terras que desacelerou em 2024. Mato Grosso, maior exportador de soja de mundo, conta com as terras mais caras do país, chegando a R$ 167 mil por hectare em fazenda de 90 mil ha em Sinop.
- SouAgro.net
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19 January 2025
Le gouvernement algérien va mettre 122 000 hectares de terres à disposition des investisseurs dès 2025 afin d'accroître la production nationale ainsi que les exportations, notamment des céréales
- Nouvelle Tribune
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14 January 2025
The world's leading private equity fund has just invested in Hasfarm Holdings, a flower export giant in Da Lat, Vietnam, marking a new step in the investment trend in the agricultural and food technology sector in Vietnam.
- VietnamBiz
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14 January 2025
La combinación de concesión de tierras públicas gratuitas, un sistema de explotación laboral y generosos créditos fiscales había creado una economía rural extraordinariamente favorable para las grandes empresas nacionales y transnacionles, que llevan a la expansón de megagranjas, Palma y soya, cómo Agropalma, BBF, el grupo Cosan, Amaggi hasta las grandes traders.
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.
Sous les palmiers à 6000 kilomètres de Fribourg, la colère ne faiblit pas dans une plantation d’Okomu, une filiale de Socfin, dont le commerce de matières premières passe par Fribourg.
- La Liberté
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04 January 2025
"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.
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.
- Mekong Eye
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16 December 2024
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.
- The Diplomat
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16 December 2024
Par un nouveau projet de loi, le gouvernement du Québec vise à protéger les terres agricoles face aux pressions découlant de l’urbanisation du territoire et la spéculation foncière domestique.
- McCarthy Tetrault
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12 December 2024
L’Afrique est-elle à la veille d’un nouveau cycle d’accaparement des terres, non pas pour sécuriser les approvisionnements alimentaires de pays tiers, comme à la fin des années 2000, mais pour produire les crédits-carbone destinés à compenser les émissions des gros pays pollueurs ou celles des entreprises ayant pris pour engagement d’atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici à 2050 ?
- Le Monde
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11 December 2024
Dall'Emilia-Romagna fino in Madagascar per i crediti di carbonio. Storia del progetto da 6.700 ettari di Tozzi Green, accusata dalla comunità di aver rubato la terra e distrutto l'economia locale
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
What can possibly be wrong about planting trees? This investigation digs deeper into a conflict unfolding in southern Madagascar, between the local community and an Italian multinational. As similar green projects multiply, this case highlights a critical challenge.
- LeDéfi.Mg
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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
Agricultura e pastagem expandiram 417% na Amazônia brasileira nos últimos 39 anos, ocupando 66 milhões de hectares em 2023. No Cerrado, a expansão foi de mais 68%, atualmente 90 milhões de ha. Pecuária (164 milhões de ha), soja (40 milhões ha) e cana (cerca de 9 milhões ha), ocupam 77% do total da área agropecuária.
- O Presente Rural
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09 December 2024
Actividades ilegales como el narcotráfico, la minería ilegal y el acaparamiento de tierras son detonantes de la problemática.
- El Nuevo Siglo
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03 December 2024
Japan's Sojitz is collaborating with Vinamilk and Vilico to invest in a 10,000 cattle farm and beef processing and distribution facilities.
- Viet Nam News
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03 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
After years investing in farms overseas, the Saudi government is now stepping up efforts to attract foreign investors to its domestic agriculture sector
COAG expone en un informe que el proceso por el que los agricultores pasan de trabajar sus tierras a ser empleados de grandes empresas contribuye a un descenso en el 59% de las explotaciones.
Findings from the Federal Government’s latest annual Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Register released last week show the total area of ag land with a level of offshore ownership has fallen just 0.3 percent from 47.7 million hectares to 47.56m ha last year.
- Sheep Central
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25 November 2024