El cofundador de Microsoft, empresario y filántropo, Bill Gates, ha acumulado la mayor cantidad de tierras agrícolas privadas en EEUU: alrededor de 98.000 hectáreas.
- Red Eco Alternativo
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07 April 2021
Report finds the Canadian based pension plan is not living up to its own environmental, social responsibility, and corporate governance principles, resulting in adverse impacts on Maui’s environment and residents.
- Responsible Markets
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06 April 2021
A first €20m has already been invested in olive orchards in Portugal, with possible investments in Danish organic vegetable farming, American potatoes, barley and wheat as well as kiwi fruit in New Zealand.
The relationship to land – who owns it, who works it and who cares for it – reflects obscene levels of inequality and legacies of colonialism and white supremacy in the United States, and also the world.
- The Guardian
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05 April 2021
Sur Reddit, un internaute a demandé "Hey Bill ! Pourquoi achetez-vous autant de terres agricoles ?". La réponse : "Mon groupe d'investissement a choisi de faire cela. Ce n'est pas lié au climat".
Resolution adopted by the Professional Staff Congress, a union that represents 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York and the CUNY Research Foundation.
Resolution by Cornell's University Assembly also calls on its main pension fund supplier to divest from agribusiness companies associated with deforestation, indigenous rights violations, and severe climate impacts.
- Cornell Daily Sun
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21 Mar 2021
André Arpaid, un oligarque pro-PHTK, a reçu plus de 8 600 hectares de terres agricoles pour la création de la zone franche agro-industrielle de Savane Diane, qui produira l’édulcorant stévia pour la transnationale Coca Cola.
Alors que les efforts de la communauté pour récupérer 100 000 hectares de leurs terres ancestrales, initialement saisies il y a plus d'un siècle pour des plantations de palmiers à huile, sont confrontés à une répression violente, des arrestations illégales et des meurtres, un nouveau rapport de l'Oakland Institute dévoile les noms des investisseurs finançant les plantations en RDC.
- Oakland Institute
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16 Mar 2021
AcreTrader is providing easy access for individuals and institutions to invest in farmland, allowing individuals to purchase shares of farmland in a matter of minutes online.
The deal size reflects the growing demand for farmland investments, as investors seek alternative assets amid heightened market volatility, fears of inflation, an emphasis on sustainability, and more.
One of those attacked by the company’s security guards died shortly after being badly beaten, tortured and detained.
- RIAO-RDC
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26 February 2021