Brazil

In Brazil, green land grabbing allows owners to legally deforest a higher percentage of their actual farmland by counting the illegally acquired land as their set-aside natural reserve.

In a letter laying out 6 clear demands, the groups call on TIAA to fully divest from fossil fuels by 2025 and to immediately stop its acquisitions of farmland.

Na segunda temporada da série em áudio “Aqui é meu lugar”, as pessoas que moram nas comunidades tradicionais do Cerrado piauiense contam sobre a resistência e as conquistas que possibilitam a permanência em seus territórios, apesar da violência causada pelo agronegócio.

Brazilian sugar company Cosan has purchased a stake in the land holding company Grupo Radar from the US pension fund manager TIAA for $278 million, giving it over 50% ownership.

Depuis le 22 août, 6 000 Indiens du Brésil, issus de 170 peuples différents, ont planté leurs tentes sur l’esplanade des ministères à Brasilia pour s’élever contre une menace inédite sur leurs droits et leurs terres.

Grupo agrícola, que responde na justiça por apropriação indevida de terras, recebeu uma permissão irregular para desmatar uma área de Cerrado nativo maior que a cidade do Recife.

Major Brazilian meatpacker Minerva Foods and part-owner Saudi Arabia's SALIC have bought two sheep-focused meat processors in Western Australia for almost $48 million with plans to expand their operations.

Depuis lundi, des milliers de membres des communautés indigènes du Brésil se massent dans le centre de la capitale Brasilia pour dénoncer les politiques d'accaparement de terres du gouvernement Bolsonaro.

Enacted on March 29, 2021, Federal Law 14.130 creates a new type of agribusiness investment fund in Brazil, allowing foreign individuals and entities to get access to farmland

Según ha informado este viernes Greenpeace, el pasado martes la Cámara de Diputados de Brasil aprobó el proyecto de ley PL2633, "una legislación que quiere legitimar el acaparamiento de tierras públicas" y que para la ONG "está directamente relacionada con la deforestación de un tercio de toda la superficie que pierde la Amazonia brasileña".

Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country's powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

Reporting by Agência Pública has revealed how investors including U.S. pension funds and an Argentine agribusiness giant may be linked to illegal land deals and deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region.