Brazil

The growing financialisation of Brazilian agribusiness is enabling foreign investment in the industry most responsible for deforestation - and land grabbing

ADM, Bunge and Cargill are dealing in conflict-tainted soy sourced from producers in the Cerrado, and in doing so are contributing to land conflict and alleged human rights abuses, in violation of their responsibilities under UN and OECD human rights standards.

Police in riot gear tore down a community’s homes and ripped up crops, highlighting the country’s highly unequal land ownership

Listen to an interview with Maria Luisa Mendonça of Rede Social on US teachers' pension fund TIAA investments in Brazil land grabbing and deforestation.

Aumento de 44% no desmatamento ameaça povo Karipuna e dificulta combate às mudanças climáticas

Big financial institutions rake in profits bankrolling the destruction of the land, homes and livelihoods of communities who have safeguarded their forests for generations

Se a tese do marco temporal for aprovada pelo STF, o território Xokleng e mais de 300 terras indígenas estarão com as demarcações ameaçadas.

Se resalta el control de territorios en el Noreste de Brasil con un enfoque especial en la multidimensionalidad del proceso en esta región. Si bien el agronegocio es el foco principal, se instalan y renuevan otras formas de explotación predatoria, siempre con la aprobación y apoyo del Estado.

European firms are involved at different stages of the supply chain of soy, meat and metal – industries which are the main drivers of the deforestation of the Amazon and Cerrado regions in Brazil

L’Amazonie et la région du Cerrado font face à des destructions dévastatrices pour exporter de la viande et du soja à bas prix. Un rapport inédit pointe la responsabilité des entreprises européennes.

L'administration Bolsonaro travaille à légaliser et institutionnaliser l’accaparement des territoires des peuples originaires, explique chef brésilien du peuple Huni Kui à Emmanuel Macron

A campaign by U.S. and Brazilian activists challenging TIAA and other financial firms’ complicity in land grabs and deforestation in Brazil is scoring major victories.