Brazil

TIAA is the world’s largest landgrabber, having acquired over 3 million acres of land in a little over a decade, often in places impacted by land-related violence, such as Brazil, Colombia, and in the United States, Phillips County Arkansas.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will add 46 farms covering 41,554 acres — or about 65 square miles — in eight US states to its vast portfolio, further bolstering its standing as an agricultural “titan.”

The carbon credit reforestation project involves buying up huge swaths of pastureland in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna region and turning them into eucalyptus plantations, which are exacerbating drought conditions.

The investment with the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG) - one of the world's largest timberland investment management organizations - focuses on the conservation, restoration, and planting of deforested and degraded properties.

Google will buy 50,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits by 2030 from Mombak, which purchases degraded land from farmers and ranchers or partners with them to replant native species in the Amazon rainforest

Prosegur company, linked to community violence cases at Agropalma's oil palm plantations, lost over US$ 6 million from the Norwegian Global Fund

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, has invested $100 million to buy a 9.8% stake in Adecoagro, a agro-tech firm in Latin America.

Dans une démarche stratégique visant à diversifier ses investissements, Tether, reconnu pour ses performances sur le marché des stablecoins, a annoncé un investissement substantiel dans le secteur agricole.

Plano Nacional de Conversão de Pastagens Degradadas em Cultivos Sustentáveis pretende incorporar 40 milhões de hectares para produção de biocombustíveis, celulose, aquicultura, e "um ótimo ativo para se servir" o mercado de carbono. O Plano promete dobrar o agro brasileiro "sem tirar uma só árvore sequer": "uma revolução criativa tropical".

Área de pastagem expandiu 79% e agricultura 228% nos últimos 40 anos, principalmente de monocultivos para exportação, com boa parte baseada na invasão de terras públicas e de comunidades locais. A agropecuária passou de 28% para 47% no Cerrado, já no Pantanal, a superfície de água passou de 21% em 1985 para 4% em 2023.

Em 2 dias Estado de São Paulo registrou 2,6 mil focos de calor: mais de 80% estavam concentrados em áreas de uso agropecuário, como plantações de cana-de-açúcar e pastagens. Inquéritos e prisões sugerem ações organizadas para promover queimadas em larga escala como estratégia para a ocupação e especulação de terras.

Peasant families are threatened with eviction by Brasil Bio Fuels oil palm plantation company, with the complicity of the state governmen.