The government said it wants to protect local farmers and prevent foreigners from taking over natural resources.

Between 2002 and 2011 the Papua New Guinea government issued more than 75 SABL leases covering more than 50,000 square kilometres of land. The leases were the subject of a Commission of Inquiry which found widespread fraud and other abuses.

Hassad Food – owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority – is selling another major portion of its Australian farmland portfolio worth about $80 million.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has a large agriculture aspect with large tracts of land expected to be leased out to Chinese firms for developing advanced planting and breeding bases.

About 100 community members locked in a long-running land dispute with the owners of Koh Kong Sugar Industry Company clashed with Chamkarmon district security forces after blocking the street in front of the Land Management Ministry

The leader of the Green party in British Columbia wants to see the government ban foreigners from buying farmland in a bid to cool the province’s real estate market.

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has issued an edict warning all local chiefs and traditional rulers to desist from land grabbing or face dethronement.

AreaOne Farms Fund III exceeded its target by signing up more limited partners, including three Canadian institutions — an endowment, an insurer and a pension fund

Financial services firms are increasingly directing investor dollars into regenerative agriculture and other systemic food projects in the US, although not without risks

The Beidahuang Group is rumoured to have leased out the majority of its 85,000 ha of WA farmland purchased or leased in a $200 million spending spree five years ago

Suite à une visite sur le terrain, un expert de l’Onu dénonce la faible protection des droits fonciers des communautés locales face aux multinationales comme la société luxembourgeoise Socfin.

"Le journal Le Monde donne la voix aux sempiternelles mêmes interlocuteurs dont l’inanité des propos a depuis longtemps été démontrée," dénonce la Socfin

En Ouganda, un changement constitutionnel sur le droit des terres fait polémique.

Depuis juin, 68 conseils municipaux du Bas-Saint-Laurent ont entériné une résolution visant à limiter à 100 hectares par année la superficie de terres agricoles qui peuvent être achetées par une société ou un particulier.

La otra medida considerada un escándalo sin parámetro ha sido la puesta en venta de un área de selva amazónica cuya dimensión supera a la superficie de Dinamarca.

Em 2016, organizações da sociedade civil acusaram os governos dos três países envolvidos no ProSavana de pretenderem impor o programa com um plano director que ameaçava a população e romperam o diálogo para a sua harmonização.

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