Brazil

Brésil. Avec Temer, le vol de terres explose
- L'Humanité
- 03 May 2017
Au Parlement, la droite et le parti des grands propriétaires relancent l’accaparement des terres indigènes et son lot de violences. Les Indiens organisent leur résistance.
TIAA campaign update: Momentum builds towards a land grab-free policy shift
- Grassroots
- 25 April 2017
Over 100,000 people, including thousands of TIAA holders, have taken action demanding that TIAA respect small farmers as part of a Campaign to Get TIAA Out of Forests and Farmland.
Activists and clients tell TIAA to stop investments linked to deforestation and displacement of local farmers
- FOE US
- 21 April 2017
A coalition of environmental, human rights and family farm organizations delivered a letter with over 100,000 signatures to pension fund management company TIAA, expressing concerns over the company’s investments in farmland and palm oil.
Protesters rally outside TIAA in New York to stop its farmland deals
- Institutional Investor
- 21 April 2017
Protesters paid a visit to TIAA’s New York headquarters Thursday, urging the firm to stop investing in farmland and companies with ties to palm oil.
Deforestation has become big business in the Brazilian Amazon
- Mongabay
- 18 April 2017
Large-scale land thieves are seizing, deforesting then selling public lands. At the same time, Brasilia is defunding enforcement, with rainforests and landless peasants the losers.
Dinheiro, trabalho e terra na agenda desestruturante de política agrária
- Correio da Cidadania
- 12 April 2017
A pretensão oficial, no caso, é abrir integralmente ao capital estrangeiro (pessoas jurídicas de maioria de capital estrangeiro) a compra e o arrendamento de terras no Brasil, originalmente sem limitações (no Projeto) quantitativas e/ou de localização.
Navigating the complexities of investing in agriculture
- Benefits Canada
- 11 April 2017
While Canadian agriculture shows some promise, institutional investors have been active on the global front, particularly when it comes to farmland.
Brasil: Projeto de venda de terras a investidores estrangeiros fica mais ‘liberal’
- Isto e Dinheiro
- 04 April 2017
A venda de terras brasileiras a investidores estrangeiros não terá limite de tamanho, no que depender do deputado Newton Cardoso Júnior (PMDB-MG), relator do projeto na Câmara.
Brasil: Desmate no cerrado anula ganhos na Amazônia
- IHU
- 30 Mar 2017
Estudo mostra que pressão ao agronegócio sobre Matopiba, zona de expansão da agricultura, já compensa parte das emissões de carbono reduzidas pela queda na taxa de devastação amazônica.
Logging, mining, and agricultural concessions data transparency: A survey of 14 forested countries
- WRI
- 27 Mar 2017
Report gives an overview of the availability of information for land concessions in Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Congo, and Russia.
Brasil: Projeto para permitir venda de terra a estrangeiro vai ao Congresso
- GLOBO
- 25 Mar 2017
Elaborado com a participação do Planalto e representantes da bancada ruralista, o projeto que prevê a autorização de venda de terras do país a estrangeiros deve ser apresentado ao Congresso até quinta-feira.
Adecoagro mulls sugar takeovers - and rice, dairy, meat investments
- Agrimoney
- 20 Mar 2017
Adecoagro revealed that executives had been "travelling all around" southern Brazil investigating potential sugar acquisitions, and was mulling growth in the likes of rice, dairy and beef, after slashing its debts in a "milestone" year.