Brasil Bio Fuels, the largest oil palm company in Brazil, stands accused of environmental crimes and violence against indigenous, quilombola and peasant communities such as Virgílio Serrão Sacramento.
Turkey is exploring opportunities to lease farmlands in 10 counties in Africa and Latin America to grow crops to boost agricultural production amid growing global concerns over food security.
Authorities have been exploring such opportunities in 10 nations, besides Venezuela and Sudan.
- Hurriyet Daily
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16 June 2022
The financialization of farmland further cements Alberta's large-scale, export-oriented, energy-, capital-, and emission-intensive production model.
- Parkland Institute
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16 June 2022
The resistance processes of the communities of La Chiquita, Guadualito and Barranquilla de San Javier in the region of Esmeraldas continue to generate outrage and solidarity among other communities, and internationally.
An integrated agricultural company, Saro Oil Palm Limited has embarked on pre-planting activities in preparation for the development of a 10,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
- Nigerian Observer
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16 June 2022
African Africulture Inc takes control of 20,000 ha previously granted to Senhuile in Senegal plus 2.2 million hectares in Niger
Saskatchewan implemented similar prohibition back in 2015, prompting pension plans to look to Alberta to buy farmland.
The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest strongly rejects the "divide and rule" campaign promoted by the palm oil business group Ocho Sur.
Australian farmland manager Gunn Agri Partners has acquired 6,000 hectares of land for its Transforming Farming Platform, which is backed by the Dutch asset manager Kempen.
The National Land Commission team will hold public hearings for three days in Siaya on plans to allocate the Yala Swamp to a private investor.
Australian farmland manager Gunn Agri Partners has acquired 6,000 hectares of land for its Transforming Farming Platform, backed by the Australian government-owned clean energy finance corporation and Dutch asset manager Kempen.
- IPR Real Assets
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14 June 2022
CIDSE publishes the new policy brief “The case of SIAT’s subsidiary in Ivory Coast” on land grabbing in the Ivory Coast in collaboration with impacted communities and African and European partners