Israeli conglomerate set to invest $60M in Colombian Hass avocado production
      Managro, an Israeli-based agricultural investment conglomerate, is reportedly planning to buy 3,700 hectares of land in Colombia for Hass avocado production.
      • Fresh Fruit Portal
      • 08 June 2021
      McDonald's french fries, carrots, onions: all of the foods that come from Bill Gates farmland
      Gates does not appear to count his farming investments as the largest farmland owner in the US as part of his broader strategy to save the climate.
      • NBC
      • 08 June 2021
      Under the spotlight: Chinese banks' risky agribusiness portfolio
      China is one of the world's largest consumers of agricultural commodities such as soy and palm oil that drive deforestation globally. But it isn’t just Chinese consumption of these commodities that is helping fuel forest destruction. Global Witness new analysis sheds a spotlight on the often-overlooked role of Chinese banks as some of the biggest global financiers of deforestation.
      • Global Witness
      • 07 June 2021
      Land conflicts in Brazil break record under Bolsonaro
      Land conflicts in Brazil broke a record in 2020 for the second year running, reaching 1,576 cases — the highest since 1985, according to the Pastoral Land Commission.
      • Mongabay
      • 04 June 2021
      Saudi-backed group exporting grain
      SALIC owns a whopping aggregation in Western Australia, Merredin Farms, which produces grain and livestock over 211,000 hectares and grows around 120,000 tonnes of grain alone each year.
      • The Land
      • 04 June 2021
      Indonesia: Expanding palm oil operations bring harm
      The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of communities living on or near peatland converted to commercial agriculture. It is also permitting the widescale destruction of one of the world’s most important carbon sinks, Human Rights Watch said.
      • Human Rights Watch
      • 03 June 2021
      West Papua revokes quarter of a million hectares of land from palm oil
      Local government in Indonesia’s West Papua province has revoked permits for 12 oil palm concessions that cover an area twice the size of Los Angeles after a recent audit of palm oil concession holders found widespread administrative and legal violations. Activists have called on the government to follow up on the revocation by granting Indigenous peoples access to the rescinded concessions instead of granting new licenses to other investors.
      • Mongabay
      • 03 June 2021
      University of Iowa faculty demand TIAA accountability
      Retirement system is largest manager of farmland in the world - that contributes to land-grabbing, deforestation and human rights violations
      • The Gazette
      • 03 June 2021
      Liberia: Hundreds of sacked GVL employees still waiting for jobs; company blames the pandemic
      “GVL came here and told our people to give it land so it can provide citizens with jobs and development. Now, we have given GVL land and the jobs have been taken away from us"
      • FrontPageAfrica
      • 26 May 2021
      Pollution and green washing Problems around Socfin plantations continue
      Civil society groups working with communities affected by the rubber and oil palm plantations of the Socfin group use today's Annual General Meeting of the company to speak out about ongoing problems.
      • 25 May 2021
      World Bank sees land reform as key to Ukraine's prosperity
      World Bank's regional director says opening up the land market will provide "endless opportunities for Ukraine" and promises farmers "World Bank loans worth millions of dollars" if a bill to establish an agriculture fund is adopted.
      • Ukrinform
      • 25 May 2021
      United Nations end business with the Bolloré Group
      The Bolloré Group is a major supplier to the United Nations. The UN pays Bolloré over US$50 million every year for logistics and other services. While Bolloré Group through SOCFIN has been accused of land grabbing and widespread human rights violations for years.
      • Oakland Institute
      • 24 May 2021
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