Japan's No.2 crude oil refiner, Idemitsu Kosan, will begin a trial plantation of the non-edible oilseed tree crop Pongamia in Australia to assess its potential as a feedstock for aviation fuel, in cooperation with the US company Terviva.

Justiça brasileira mantém a suspensão da transferência da Eldorado Brasil Celulose da empresa brasileira J&F para a indonésia Paper Excellence, contrariando sentença arbitral, já que a operação envolve o controle de cerca de 450 mil ha por estrangeiros, o que exigiria autorizações do Congresso e do órgão de terras.

The food estate in Merauke - spanning more than two million hectares - seems set to join the long list of such projects that have failed since the concept was first proposed in 2010, only to leave behind broad damage to the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment, including the loss of customary land belongs to 40,000 indigenous people.

An Indonesian government plan to clear forests spanning an area twice the size of South Korea for food and biofuel crops has sparked fears of massive greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss.

Por primera vez se realiza un proceso de entrega de tierras cubanas (5.000 hectáreas) a una empresa extranjera, para que se encargue de su explotación.

"Brazil cannot achieve its emission reduction targets by simply reducing deforestation. We need to restore (deforested) areas by creating concessions" of land for the carbon market, says Para governor Helder Barbalho.

Hasta 2015, más de 16 mil ha eran de extranjeros en Argentina, casi 13 mil en manos de 964 empresas. El conflicto por la propiedade de las tierras del lago Escondido en Rio Negro del empresario inglés Joe Lewis contradice la Ley de 2011 que proíbe la acquisión de las tierras que contengan arroyos, ríos, lagos, y que limita las compras al 15% del território de cada municipalidad.

Supremo Tribunal do Brasil referenda "conciliação" da Comissão fundiária no Mato Grosso e expropria 150 famílias de 12 mil hectares em favor de empresas especializadas no mercado de terras. A Trust Agro Company Holding e M2W properties holding são acusadas de falsificar os títulos de propriedade.

BPL Pensioen, a Dutch pension fund for agricultural and horticultural workers, has made a fresh investment of €90m in ASR Real Estate’s Dutch Farmland Fund, which owns 39,000 hectares in the Netherlands worth some €2.1bn.

Sous les palmiers à 6000 kilomètres de Fribourg, la colère ne faiblit pas dans une plantation d’Okomu, une filiale de Socfin, dont le commerce de matières premières passe par Fribourg.

Le groupe émirati Al Dahra, spécialisé dans l’agriculture à grande échelle, est en discussions avec le gouvernement kényan pour louer près de 81 000 hectares de terres agricoles situées dans une zone d’irrigation.

"Whether it is a farmer or an investor, they are now viewing land as an asset class to get rich off of speculation, not the productive capability of that land."

O mercado de terras no Brasil se consolidou como um dos mais atrativos e dinâmicos do mundo, principalmente pelos ativos florestais. Suzano e BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group fizeram a maior transação ao comprar 70 mil ha para eucalipto no Mato Grosso do Sul, seguida pela empresa Klabin para florestas plantadas, SLC Agrícola, Brasil Agro e os Fiagros.

The negotiations come amid a backdrop of growing scrutiny regarding land leasing practices in Africa. Critics argue that large-scale land acquisitions by foreign firms can lead to land dispossession and adverse environmental impacts. It remains to be seen how Al Dahra addresses these issues.

Agricultural workers and a legal advocacy group have raised concerns over a “fast-tracked” bill seeking to extend land lease terms for foreign investors to nearly a century, warning of its potential negative impact on farmers, plantation workers and indigenous cultural communities.