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Strong condemnation of permit issuance to serve the interests of corporations, robbing the nature and privatizing the customary land in South Papua

Solidaritas Merauke
19 January 2026

Coalition of civil society organizations and victims of Indonesia National Strategic Project, members of Solidaritas Merauke are strongly condemn the state from issuing regulations and decisions on the changes in the allocation of forest areas and for granting of Right to Cultivation and Right to Build to PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara covering 328,000 hectares of customary land in South Papua.

Brazil plans to have Arabs as partners in pasture recovery

Globo
19 January 2026

Since foreign land ownership is legally restricted in the country, the idea is that foreign investors can participate as minority shareholders in agribusiness investment funds (Fiagros) and partner with Brazilian landowners.

Microsoft, Rubicon turn to Uganda forestry project in carbon removal deal

GAI
19 January 2026

Carbon credits are derived from Kijani Forestry’s Smallholder Farmer Forestry Project in northern Uganda, which establishes woodlots on degraded land, with roughly 30 million trees planted to date in collaboration with local growers.

East African Carbon Company claims to be setting up carbon projects in Uganda.

REDD-Monitor
19 January 2026

It is a subsidiary of Alpha MBM Investments, a Dubai-based company developing a US$4 billion oil refinery in Uganda, whose chairman is a member of Dubai’s royal family.

US: Mystery buyer revealed of $79.5M Wyoming ranch that is bigger than Rhode Island

Independent
18 January 2026

Christopher Robinson, a local elected official who already controls roughly one million acres of land, acquired the 916,000-acre Pathfinder Ranches just four years after buying the neighboring 86,000-acre Stone Ranch.

Governo quer ter árabes como sócios em recuperação de pastos

O Globo Rural
15 January 2026

O Ministério da Agricultura do Brasil pretende apresentar em fevereiro a fundos soberanos árabes uma proposta de investimento em terras no Brasil para apoiar a conversão de pastagens para áreas agrícolas. Como a propriedade de terras por estrangeiros é limitada no Brasil, a ideia é que os investidores estrangeiros possam entrar como cotistas minoritários de fundos de investimento no agronegócio (Fiagros) e se associar a proprietários brasileiros.

Un mapa muestra las tierras de Argentina en manos de extranjeros: 13 millones de hectáreas

El País
14 January 2026

Se trata de una superficie equivalente a Grecia o a la cuarta parte de España. Los autores advierten contra el cambio de la Ley de Tierras que promueve Milei

Carbon Industries Group secures landmark carbon credit agreements with the Senegalese government

FinanceWire
14 January 2026

The Hong Kong–based carbon project and crypto coin developer signed an agreement for the restoration of approximately 32,000 hectares of mangroves in cooperation with Senegal’s Aire Marine Protégée authorities.

Landa (Bankinter y Nuveen) compra de una finca de cítricos de 250 hectáreas ubicada en Huelva

Press Digital
13 January 2026

Landa, vehículo de inversión alternativa gestionado por Bankinter Investment y Nuveen, ha cerrado la compra de una nueva finca de cítricos de aproximadamente 250 hectáreas ubicada en la provincia de Huelva. El fondo ha levantado 138 millones de euros para invertir en tierras agrícolas de España y Portugal.

Au Kenya, les terres consacrées aux crédits-carbone équivalent désormais à la superficie des terres arables

Le Monde
13 January 2026

Les projets de compensation conçus pour permettre aux gros pollueurs de réduire le bilan de leurs émissions de CO2 sont en majorité pilotés par des entreprises étrangères. Ils couvrent un peu plus de 5 millions d’hectares.

US: Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years

LA Times
13 January 2026

The Arizona state government will start limiting groundwater pumping in a desert valley where a Saudi-owned dairy company grows hay, and where aquifer levels have been dropping.

Liberia’s plantation communities slam Socfin reports as “false progress,” say abuses by SRC, LAC continue unchecked

Verity News
12 January 2026

Communities affected by the operations of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and the Liberia Agriculture Company (LAC) have forcefully rejected Socfin Group’s 2024–2025 progress reports, accusing the multinational agribusiness of masking persistent environmental and human rights abuses behind what they describe as “paper compliance.”

Strong condemnation of permit issuance to serve the interests of corporations, robbing the nature and privatizing the customary land in South Papua

Brazil plans to have Arabs as partners in pasture recovery

Microsoft, Rubicon turn to Uganda forestry project in carbon removal deal

East African Carbon Company claims to be setting up carbon projects in Uganda.

US: Mystery buyer revealed of $79.5M Wyoming ranch that is bigger than Rhode Island

Governo quer ter árabes como sócios em recuperação de pastos

Un mapa muestra las tierras de Argentina en manos de extranjeros: 13 millones de hectáreas

Carbon Industries Group secures landmark carbon credit agreements with the Senegalese government

Landa (Bankinter y Nuveen) compra de una finca de cítricos de 250 hectáreas ubicada en Huelva

Au Kenya, les terres consacrées aux crédits-carbone équivalent désormais à la superficie des terres arables

US: Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years

Liberia’s plantation communities slam Socfin reports as “false progress,” say abuses by SRC, LAC continue unchecked

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