The government has not disclosed how much peatland has been razed so far for its Food Estate project but groups say more land, including peat swamps, is set to be cleared in Central Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua.
- Washington Post
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19 January 2024
The EU Court of Justice lifted the restrictions EU citizens face when buying agricultural land in Bulgaria in a ruling published on Thursday, more than 17 years after the country joined the bloc.
Kenya is encouraging foreign investors to contribute to agricultural projects within the country's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), comprising 80 percent of its landmass, to enhance food security
- Fresh Plaza
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19 January 2024
Australia-based specialist private markets investment manager Roc Partners is to acquire 25% of the portfolio of rural land assets of New Zealand Rural Land Company for about $44 million.
- Farmers Weekly
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19 January 2024
The Pension Fund has made an initial commitment to Nuveen’s flagship Global Timberland strategy, with the potential for further allocations in both forestry and farmland.
America is seeing more and more of its most fertile land snapped up by China and other foreign buyers, yet problems with how the US tracks such data means it’s difficult to know just how much.
- https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-is-buying-up-us-farmland-but-just-how-much-isn-t-clear-1.2023880
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18 January 2024
With these acquisitions, Vectr Holdings’ farming operations in Romania now encompass roughly 27,000 hectares of agricultural land.
- Romania Insider
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17 January 2024
Possible plans to develop large-scale agriculture in Suriname have sparked backlash from Indigenous communities and others who are concerned about deforestation of the Amazon and the fate of ancestral territories.
Surexport is a leading fully-integrated producer of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries with land in Spain, Morocco, Portugal, and Kenya
With vast lands conducive to tree growth, Kirchmayer and ASC Impact believe that Africa is ripe for reforestation initiatives that support mass timber production and other green projects.
The site of the dispute is part of a 42,420 hectares economic land concession that was granted to the Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry in 2011.
- Camboja News
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17 January 2024
The strategy for Lombard Odier is to create nature-based investment assets by deploying capital into monoculture coffee plantations near forests and to re-forest them, creating shaded, biodiverse agroforests.
- Lombard Odier
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16 January 2024
Bonifiche Ferraresi, one of the largest agricultural companies by cultivated area in Europe, acquires a 1,700 ha banana plantation in the Volta River region and another concession of 5,900 hectares for further cultivation.
Penghentian operasional kebun plasma oleh pemilik lahan plasma yang bermitra dengan PT. Hardaya Inti Plantations di Kabupaten Buol memasuki minggu kedua di lima desa yang melibatkan pemilik lahan di empat koperasi dari tujuh koperasi plasma yang bermitra.
Ukrainian businesses can now legally buy land in Ukraine as of Jan. 1 as part of the second phase of a historic decision in March 2020 to lift a near 20-year moratorium on the sale of land.
- Kyiv Independent
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16 January 2024