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Arise IIP, la firme qui dépouille les paysans africains
- L'Humanité
- 04 April 2023
Dans le sud du Tchad, citoyens, éleveurs et paysans se battent contre les méthodes de cette multinationale présente dans onze pays africains. L'Humanité a enquêté.
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.
Colombia: Denuncian que monocultivos de aguacate hass están dañando los suelos en el Quindío
- Caracol Radio
- 03 April 2023
Además, hay un creciente fenómeno de extranjerización de la propiedad de la tierra que trae un fenómeno de desplazamiento social, entre otros problemas.
Grilagem digital: metade de área indígena no PA foi registrada em nome de engenheiro
- Epoca Negoçios
- 01 April 2023
Em Ituna-Itatá, no Pará, 42% das fazendas que aparecem sobre a terra indígena foram cadastradas por uma única pessoa, Jorge Luiz Barbosa Corrêa
‘Grilagem digital’: grileiros fraudam documentos virtuais para roubar terras indígenas na Amazônia
- Estadão
- 31 Mar 2023
Cruzamento de bases de dados geoespaciais realizado pelo Estadão mostra, dia a dia, o avanço de fazendas sobre áreas que deveriam ser apenas dos povos da floresta. Reportagem identificou que há locais onde 90% do território indígena foi grilado
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