Brazil

Amaggi negocia compra dos ativos da El Tejar no Brasil
- Money Times
- 18 February 2020
O negócio prevê a compra pela Amaggi de todos os ativos da El Tejar no Brasil, incluindo cerca de 70.000 hectares de terras agrícolas e usinas de algodão
TIAA’s farmland funds linked to fires, conflicts and legacy deforestation risks in Brazil
- CRR
- 23 January 2020
CRR’s sustainability analysis shows that deforestation and fires have taken place on TIAA’s farmland portfolio in Brazil, enabling negative social impacts on local communities.
Five murdered in 2020 Brazilian Amazon land conflicts, adding to 2019 surge
- Mongabay
- 15 January 2020
An executive decree issued by President Bolsonaro late last year could turn over vast swathes of public land to large-scale private owners, escalating conflicts with indigenous and traditional communities who utilize those lands.
The rise and fall of ProSavana
- Observador Rural
- 10 January 2020
This paper explores the history of one of the world’s largest land grabbing deals signed by Japan, Brazil and Mozambique in 2009 through official documents and recordings, especially of the Japanese actors involved.
Human Rights Day 2019: Land-related killings go up
- PANAP
- 10 December 2019
The Philippines, Brazil and Colombia ranked as the deadliest countries for farmers, farm workers, indigenous people and land rights activists.
Fast food suppliers importing deforestation and violence from Brazil
- Greenpeace
- 03 December 2019
Mega-traders Cargill and Bunge are exporting soya from an agricultural estate in Brazil with a long record of violence, illegality, and environmental destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation has uncovered
Brazil investigates agribusiness bribes to judges for favorable land rulings
- Mongabay
- 27 November 2019
Brazil’s Federal Police have launched an investigation, dubbed “Operation Far West,” to crack down on an alleged massive land grab by an agribusiness collective in western Bahia, one of Brazil’s largest soy producing regions.
Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high under Bolsonaro
- Al Jazeera
- 18 November 2019
At a briefing to discuss the numbers, Minister of the Environment Ricardo Salles said the rise in deforestation showed the need for a new strategy to combat illegal logging, mining and land grabbing, which he said were to blame for the increase in deforestation.
Stony ground
- Economist
- 16 November 2019
Brazil and Japan plotted a farming revolution in Mozambique. But instead of sowing soya, they planted seeds of opposition.
Brazil prosecutors push soy, cattle moratorium to protect natives
- Reuters
- 14 November 2019
In a part of Brazil plagued by land conflicts and violence against indigenous tribes, prosecutors say they are pushing major grains traders and meatpackers to stop buying from farmers and ranchers charged with crimes against natives.
The Chain: Cerrado fires show TIAA and Harvard’s Endowment face mounting deforestation risks
- CRR
- 07 November 2019
With fires on their Cerrado properties, Harvard’s and TIAA’s deforestation exposure appears to be growing.
Farmland investors seek yields (almost) as high as an elephant’s eye
- INvestable Universe
- 31 October 2019
With very low interest rates having taken root across asset classes and investors abiding in their hunt for higher yields, the world’s largest manager of global farmland, Nuveen, says the season may be ripe for a strategic allocation to the $2.3 trillion market for U.S. farm real estate.