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Ukraine’s other land grab
- Al Jazeera
- 09 April 2023
Harvard, Saudi Arabia and The Vanguard Group are just a few of the investors who have been buying up Ukrainian land en masse, while many Ukrainian farmers argue it should stay in Ukrainian hands.
Santa Barbara County planners deflect a Cuyama Valley ‘water grab’ by Harvard University
- Independent
- 05 April 2023
Local ranchers, joined by Harvard students, oppose university’s plans to build reservoirs at Its large vineyard in California.
Farmland is selling, but who’s paying the higher prices?
- Alberta Farm Express
- 04 April 2023
‘Non-traditional’ farmland buyers help drive up prices, highlighting tight land supplies across Canada
Expansion of Mennonite farmland in Bolivia encroaches on Indigenous land
- Mongabay
- 03 April 2023
As Mennonite colonies continue to expand, so too are their massive crop fields, which are putting pressure on Santa Cruz’s Indigenous Territories and other protected areas.
Heineken’s brewery in Ethiopia leaves farmers without land
- Mail & Guardian
- 03 April 2023
In recent years, the Ethiopian government has been enthusiastically renting large swathes of its territory to both local and foreign investors, regardless of who is already living there.
Communities denounce homicide attempts, death threats, and deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado
- Rede Social
- 03 April 2023
Murder attempts, death threats, harassment, deforestation, and land grabbing attempts: that is what the beginning of 2023 was like in the territories of rural communities in the Cerrado of the state of Piauí.
Robin Palmer: The original land campaigner and scholar activist
- The Independent
- 31 Mar 2023
Palmer was central to the debate on “land grabbing” that followed the financial, food and energy crises of 2007-08. He passed away on February 19, 2023.
Colruyt Group and Odeurs brothers work together on the crops of the future
- Fresh Plaze
- 31 Mar 2023
The Beligian retail company Colruyt Group has recently started buying its own farmland to produce foods for its supermarkets.
Mitolo sells stake to Canadian pension fund
- Food & Drink
- 30 Mar 2023
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has acquired a majority stake in Mitolo Family Farms-- Australia’s largest potato producer and owner of one of the country's largest horticultural land aggregations.
Brazil: Stop land grabbing and violence for “fair and sustainable” palm oil!
- Rainforest Rescue
- 30 Mar 2023
Palm oil from Brazil's Agropalma is certified as organic, fair and sustainable, and the oil is sold to food giants like Ferrero, Kellogg’s and Nestlé. But much of the plantation land of this purported model company was likely grabbed illegally.
Cambodia: Rubber plantations, protected areas, REDD+ and other threats: A dramatic loss for forest dwellers
- WRM Bulletin
- 30 Mar 2023
Forests in Cambodia have seen large-scale deforestation with rubber and cassava plantations, illegal logging and other economic interests, but despite the criminalisation, communities are fighting back
Rubber tree monoculture plantations in communal territories in Mabu, Mozambique: Concession of injustices
- JA! & WRM
- 30 Mar 2023
The tentacles of India-based Mozambique Holdings Ltd reached the locality of Mabu in 2013, when it acquired a 10,000-hectare land concession from the old tea company Madal SARL.