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- CETRI
- 12 June 2025
La lutte contre le changement climatique et les politiques de transition énergétique génèrent, paradoxalement, de nouvelles formes d’accaparement de terres.
La lutte contre le changement climatique et les politiques de transition énergétique génèrent, paradoxalement, de nouvelles formes d’accaparement de terres.
A new report shows that sales of beef and sheep farms, particularly for carbon farming, are continuing “at an alarming rate”.
Le gouvernement congolais a annoncé la fin du contrat emphytéotique de cession des terres agricoles au Rwanda qui a fait couler beaucoup d'encre. "L’accord ne concernait pas une société rwandaise, mais une société de droit congolais dont les actionnaires sont basés au Rwanda", un représentant du gouvernment a précisé
The Cerrado, a wooded savannah in Brazil, remains a hotspot for deforestation as companies make the most of laws allowing more deforestation than in the Amazon
Más violencia por la empresa SOCAPALM y la fuerza policial contra el pueblo indígena Apouh à Ngog (Apouh) que intenta recuperar parte de sus tierras. Desde 2010 la filial del grupo europeo Socfin se ha adueñado de más del 90% de la tierra de la comunidad, 3700 hectáreas, transformadas en plantaciones de palma.
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.
New report points to a surge in demand for land in the Global South, where large tracts of land are suitable for carbon projects, but land tenure systems are often insecure or informal.
L'accumulation d'énormes quantités de terres par un petit groupe de propriétaires fonciers alimente les inégalités et la crise climatique, selon un nouveau rapport qui appelle à une redistribution des terres et à des réformes fiscales mondiales pour inverser la tendance
"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"
The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.
Australian farmers aren’t the only ones cheering the rocketing price of almonds and beef from the simmering trade tensions between the US and China – a cohort of fund managers is also in the money.
The Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Obi has ordered all parties in a land dispute involving 21 Tiv communities, the Nasarawa State government, and the Nigerian Army to maintain the status quo and preserve the disputed 10,000 hectares of ancestral farmlands pending the determination of the suit.
According to an article in Reporterre, TotalEnergies has quietly abandoned the project, with only 12.5% of the proposed trees planted.
A long-standing land dispute has recently escalated between a subsidiary of the European holding company Socfin and the Indigenous Apouh à Ngog (Apouh) community in Cameroon’s Littoral region.
One of Hong Kong’s wealthiest tycoons, Li Ka-Shing, whose interests include energy and agricultural investments in this country, has forged into the carbon market, acquiring a vast Western Australian landholding earmarked for a ‘regenerative agriculture’ project.
The director of Sahal Agro-Holdings Limited, who is embroiled in a fierce legal battle over a 100,000-acre parcel of land at Galana Kulalu, was arrested on Friday.
Catholic bishops from Europe and Africa have issued a strong joint statement warning that Africa is once again becoming a “battleground for external interests” — particularly over land, resources and Europe’s climate agenda.
Carbon Done Right Developments has dropped a 10,000 ha project in Ghana, put a 32,000 ha project in Sierra Leone on hold and is looking for new investors to expand its 25,000 ha rewilding project in Sierra Leone, after BP Carbon Trading did not exercise an option to pre-purchase carbon credits.
The Rohatyn Group, a private equity firm based in New York, is now the largest owner of agricultural land in the state of Michigan, making acquisitions through offshore companies registered in Singapore
A Congolese former prime minister was convicted of embezzling millions from a huge failed agriculture venture, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi against the government of his predecessor.
Lao Red Loong Durian is leasing 500 hectares of land in Vientiane province, Laos and has completed the development of a first-phase 60-hectare pilot zone, planting over 7,000 Black Thorn durian trees.
L’ancien Premier ministre de la RDC a été reconnu coupable de détournements de 156.849.413 dollars américains avec l'ancien gouverneur de la Banque centrale du Congo, des fonds destinés au développement du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga-Lonzo, dans l’est de Kinshasa
Private equity firms — notorious for buying up private companies, often with the goal of selling them quickly — have lately accelerated their investments in California wineries, targeting famous Napa Valley estates.
West Papuans in Merauke claim the Indonesian government is stealing land to build its global "food barn" and feed its population of 280 million.
A holding brasileira J&F paga US$ 2,64 bilhões para a indonésia Paper Excellence, recuperando o controle total da Eldorado Brasil Celulosa e pondo fim há 8 anos da maior briga empresarial do Brasil. Uma das alegações para anulação da compra foi a falta de autorizações do Incra e do Congresso Nacional para assumir terras no país, exigência da Lei de acesso à terras por estrangeiros.
Protest by community members opposed to a soil carbon project on Indigenous-owned grazing land prevented the signing of a 40-year lease on some 68,000 hectares of land as part of the much larger Kajiado Rangeland Carbon Project.
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.
Enquête en trois parties sur le conflit autour de la Socapalm (filiale du groupe Socfin) à Edéa, au Cameroun.
Beneath the promises of food security and economic growth lie allegations of land grabbing, human rights violations, environmental damage, and financial mismanagement—particularly linked to the company’s operations in West and Central Africa.
Propuesta crea restricciones para la restitución de tierras a las comunidades indígena, cómo para el número de beneficiários, fijando un límite máximo del 5% para el aumento del número de miembros de la familia en 4 anõs, así como se mantiene la voluntariedad de los propietarios de tierras ponerlas a venta.
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Paraguay: Huge beef farm hits market
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