Le groupe financier américain a accumulé de nouvelles terres agricoles sur de vastes espaces, malgré la tentative du gouvernement brésilien en 2010 d’interdire réellement ce genre de transactions à grande échelle aux investisseurs étrangers.

Les travailleurs québécois et québécoises seront peut-être surpris d'apprendre que leurs fonds de pension fructifient en encourageant l'éviction violente de paysans de leurs terres au Brésil.

The American financial group and its partners amassed vast new holdings of farmland despite a move by Brazil’s government in 2010 to effectively ban such large-scale deals by foreigners.

Une société new-yorkaise chargée de la gestion de l'épargne-retraite des travailleurs en Suède, aux États-Unis et au Canada se soustrait aux lois brésiliennes sur les investissements étrangers pour acquérir des terres agricoles

Land plots for cultivation are now in hot demand by investors, who can make profits now and protect their assets in the long term.

The world’s biggest sustainable palm oil organization is accused of ignoring flaws within its certification process that have allowed oil palm companies to hide significant violations of the body’s own sustainability standards behind its seal of approval.

Le ministre de l'agriculture est prêt à attribuer des terres aux industriels au Sud, dans les hauts plateaux, et à établir des partenariats avec des concessionnaires de terres relevant du domaine privé de l'Etat.

A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities.

SOMO e Indepaz presentan informe sobre presunto acaparamiento de tierras y otros abusos de derechos humanos por palmicultora Poligrow. Informe “Reconquista y Despojo en la Altillanura: El caso Poligrow en Colombia.”

Le Gouvernement Orbán s’apprête à privatiser 380 000 hectares de terres arables, soit 20% du total des terres détenues par l’Etat.

La REDD+ et sa finance carbone ne résoudront pas la crise climatique

The REDD+ and its carbon trade will not resolve the climate crisis

Despite their due diligence, Rabobank missed the fact that they were buying land in a village racked with corruption and land rights abuse, and from sellers deeply involved in murky business.

Land grabs and the speculation in land acquisitions are a growing reality globally. These trends were the focus of a one-day conference near Montreal yesterday looking into the evolution and effect on farmers in the province of Quebec.

A small and poor village in Romania has become the focus of a story involving land grabbing by foreign-owned multinationals and mafia-style corruption.