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05 Feb 2026
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In the shade of the trees WOZ | 05 Feb 2026
A Swiss-based investment firm promises to combine climate protection, development aid, and returns with a plantation project in Ethiopia. But a local community is raising the alarm
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Canadian capital, Rwandan fields: Building profitable farms with social impact Horti Daily | 05 Feb 2026
What started as a modest 10-hectare pilot farm in 2020 has now scaled to over 220 hectares under cultivation, with 500 hectares in total under ownership or lease.
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A Michigan pension fund’s failed coffee farm bet highlights private-market risks WSJ | 05 Feb 2026
A Michigan pension fund wanted to grow the second-largest coffee farm in Hawaii. What happened there demonstrates the perils of investing public workers’ savings in private markets.
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Six Malagasy civil society organisations have written to Verra to complain about Tozzi Green’s carbon plantation land grab in Madagascar REDD-Monitor | 04 Feb 2026
Local communities have been protesting against the company’s operations for more than a decade.
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Conflit foncier entre la Socapalm et ses riverains : le MINAT veut y voir clair Equinoxe TV | 03 Feb 2026
Au Cameroun, les riveraines de la Socapalm Edéa se disent "écoutées" par des représentants de l'administration territoriale
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CEFC, River Capital take punt on huge Tiwi carbon project AFR | 03 Feb 2026
Australia’s River Capital will invest more than $80 million in a 30,000 hectare eucalyptus plantation project in the Tiwi Islands that is set to become one of the country’s largest nature-based carbon ventures.
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Brazilian development bank picks funds for climate programme New Private Markets | 03 Feb 2026
For land-based investments, the Patria Latam Reforest Fund I from Pátria Investimentos and the Amazon Reforestation Fund II from Mombak will each receive as much as 500 million reais from BNDESPar.
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Premier 44,000 ha freehold & 49,000 cattle, grass-fed operation Mexico Business | 02 Feb 2026
UK-based Brown&Co is trying to sell a large-scale 44,000 ha cattle farm in the Paraguayan Chaco, “La Huella” it acquired in 2008.
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Ikea owner Ingka plans to double New Zealand forestry land to 100,000ha NZ Herald | 01 Feb 2026
The investment arm of Ikea’s parent company says it does not want to be seen as a carbon trader, as it storms ahead with farmland purchases despite resistance from local communities.
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In a year, foreign investors bought another 71,000 acres of Michigan agricultural land mlive | 01 Feb 2026
Foreign investors increased their holdings of property, now owning nearly 46 million acres of farmland throughout the US. This accounts for 3.6% of all agricultural acres and 2% of all land in the United States.
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Farmers in Uzbekistan claim their land is being taken away for Beijing's benefit RFE/RL | 26 Jan 2026
Tensions are rising in Uzbekistan's Andijan region: farmers say they are being coerced into "voluntarily" handing over their land to local authorities. Many believe the plots will subsequently be given to Chinese investors
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Trafigura-backed alliance to invest $1 bln-plus in four African carbon projects Reuters | 26 Jan 2026
The projects backed by global energy trader Trafigura include a restoration project in Malawi totalling over 550,000 hectares that has one of the largest native species nurseries in Africa, and an agroforestry plan to restore degraded land in Zambia that will involve 45,000 farmers
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Arizona governor moves to rein in groundwater-guzzling Saudi megafarms Mother Jones | 23 Jan 2026
In the US, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has taken a major step to stabilise water use in the state’s rural desert, where a Saudi-owned company established a massive farming operation more than a decade ago.
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Marché du reboisement - À l'ombre des arbres | 05 fev 2026
Une société d'investissement de Saint-Gall, en Suisse, promet de concilier protection du climat, aide au développement et rendement financier grâce à un projet en Éthiopie. Mais une communauté locale tire la sonnette d'alarme.
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La Société camerounaise de palmeraies restitue 2 566 hectares de terres à l’État Mongabay | 29 jan 2026
« Les hectares de terres dites cultivables et rétrocédées aux communautés à travers l’État ne sont que des espaces de plantations de palmiers à huile des anciens cadres de la Socapalm, qui exploitent ces plantations, en livrant leurs productions à la Socapalm », précise Emmanuel Elong de la SYNAPARCAM à Mongabay
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Pueblo Sikuani continúa lucha contra el despojo de tierras Colombia Informa | 29 ene 2026
En la actualidad hay 214 colonias menonitas en nueve países de América Latina, entre ellos Argentina, Belice, Bolivia, Colombia, México, Perú y Paraguay. Se dedican a los monocultivos de soya, maíz, arroz y frijol con alta tecnología y el uso de pesticidas que contaminan los ríos
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