Brazil

University of Iowa faculty demand TIAA accountability
- The Gazette
- 03 June 2021
Retirement system is largest manager of farmland in the world - that contributes to land-grabbing, deforestation and human rights violations
Ligações perigosas: fundos de pensão internacionais, incêndios e grilagens no Matopiba
- Agro e Fogo
- 01 June 2021
O Incra e o Tribunal de Justiça da Bahia (TJ-BA) reconheceram que dois dos maiores compradores estrangeiros de terras agrícolas no Brasil -os fundos de pensão da TIAA-CREF e o fundo de investimentos da Universidade de Harvard-adquiriram ilegalmente centenas de milhares de hectares de terras agrícolas no Cerrado brasileiro.
Brasil: Gobierno planea eliminar protección de territorios indígenas
- Servindi
- 19 May 2021
El Gobierno de Brasil planea eliminar las ordenanzas que protegen a los territorios de los pueblos indígenas no contactados y prohíben la entrada de invasores.
UK supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over Amazon deforestation
- Sky News
- 05 May 2021
An open letter to the Brazilian National Congress, led by supermarket chains including Tesco and Sainsbury's, urges them to reject a proposed "land grabbers law" to allow the private occupation of public land.
Brasil: Em carta ao Senado, bispos da Amazônia pedem a retirada de tramitação do PL da Grilagem
- CIMI
- 04 May 2021
A nota pública assinada por mais de 60 bispos da região afirma que medida terá maior impacto na Amazônia
Understand FIAgro – The new agribusiness-related investment fund accessible to foreign investors
- FLA
- 04 May 2021
A new type of investment fund was created by Brazil's Congress which may be used for acquisition of Brazilian rural land
Brasil: PL da Grilagem entra em votação no Congresso, avançando os tratores do agronegócio a favor da grilagem de terras
- IHU
- 01 May 2021
PL 510/2021, de autoria do senador Irajá Abreu, favorece a expansão dos latifúndios e facilita a regularização da grilagem de terras públicas.
University of Iowa faculty rebuke farmland investors for fueling land grabs and corporate takeover of agriculture
- ActionAidUSA
- 28 April 2021
The University of Iowa Faculty Senate voted 42 to 7 to pass a resolution calling on the university to hold the financial services provider TIAA accountable for its investments in global farmland.
Desmatamento da Amazônia com Bolsonaro visa a grilagem, aponta dirigente do MST
- MST
- 27 April 2021
Passadas algumas décadas, o solo e o meio ambiente se exaurem e esses latifundiários avançam para fronteira agrícola com esse sistema de extração madeireira-desmatamento-queimada-grilagem.
Three Saturday protests demand TIAA divest from fossil fuels, land grabs
- TIAA Divest!
- 20 April 2021
The TIAA-Divest! campaign demands that TIAA "stop land grabs," as TIAA is one of the two largest foreign buyers in Brazil and many of its landholdings lead to displacement of local communities and deforestation.
New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon
- Mongabay
- 12 April 2021
Cultivation of oil palm has surged in Brazil’s northern state of Roraima over the last decade, fueled by an ambitious push towards biofuels. While palm oil companies claim they do not deforest, critics say they are contributing to a surge in demand for cleared land in this region, driving cattle ranchers, soy farmers and land speculators deeper into the forest.
La agroindustria rodea el territorio indígena Xingu en Brasil
- IPS
- 09 April 2021
Los habitantes de las tierras indígenas de Baú, Menkragnoti y Panará dicen que la pavimentación de la carretera ha creado todo tipo de problemas, impulsando el acaparamiento de tierras, la deforestación y los incendios forestales en la parte norte de la cuenca del Xingu.