The five villages signed formal agreements with Soils for the Future (Tanzania) Ltd to execute the project on 71,656.30 hectares, which is the total amount of communal grazing areas allocated by the residents of all five villages.

The strategy aims to protect and restore approximately 135,000 hectares of natural forests in deforested landscapes and plant millions of trees in commercial tree farms on another approximately 135,000 hectares of previously deforested and degraded land in the Brazilian Cerrado.

“Nosotros continuamos con las tomas de tierra porque si no, no habrá reforma agraria en Brasil. Vemos la expansión del agronegocio y del latifundio, terratenientes le compran la tierra a la propia gente que, desesperada por la pobreza, vende”, manifestó integrante de MST durante el XI Foro Social Panamazónico (Fospa).

Dois fundos de investimentos no agronegócio compraram mais de R$54 milhões em títulos de dívida do setor que têm como garantia créditos de carbono florestal. Os projetos de REDD+ estão sobre parte dos 500 mil hectares de terras públicas federais griladas pela empresa emissora da dívida, a Stoppe Ltda., em um esquema que pode ser a maior fraude envolvendo créditos de carbono no país.

La spoliation des terres de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal est dénoncée par Dr Mbaye Cissé, président du Réseau de la vallée contre l’accaparement des terres et la dégradation de l’environnement.

The alleged plan for the sale of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) by its parent company Socfin, has raised concerns among civil society organizations and communities affected by the operations of the company amid the ongoing lawsuit for forcefully taking local community land to extend their rubber plantations.

The new Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania (AGCOT) will follow a similar approach to the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT).

Governo de Moçambique e a União Brasileira do Biodiesel e Bioquerosene (Ubrabio) assinaram acordo para ampliar investimentos na expansão de produção de biodiesel sobre os 36 milhões de ha de terras agricultáveis do país. As gigantes da energia Total e Eni já estudam de biodiesel a partir do coco, palma e caroço de algodão, algo que pode modificar o controle sobre a terra no país por corporações.

For Israeli businessman Benny Steinmetz, a dispute over a land deal he made in Romania has been the source of many of his recent legal woes, including arrests in Israel, Greece and, most recently, Cyprus.

This week's episode of Reveal looks at how Arizona pension managers fueled a crisis by investing in an agribusiness deal that depleted local water supplies.

« Les terres sont le cœur battant de nos communautés rurales. Quand elles sont accaparées, ce sont des vies entières qui sont bouleversées », a déclaré Mbaye Cissé invitant le gouvernement sénégalais à prendre des mesures concrètes pour enquêter sur ces abus et rendre les terres à ceux qui en dépendent pour vivre.

Las tierras agrícolas de Chile son cada vez menos de chilenos y más de extranjeros. Aunque hubo una ola de compras chinas para cerezas, esta ha ido amainando. Ahora, vienen de Norteamérica, Europa y Arabia Saudita a adquirir predios para producir frutas, principalmente. Ya el 20% de las exportaciones frutícolas que salen de tierra chilena lo controlan fondos de inversión extranjeros.