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26 Feb 2026
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Australia: $150m tipped for major Victorian-NSW almond orchards The Weekly Times | 25 Feb 2026
London-based food and agriculture investor, Cibus Capital, is preparing to offload its 1000ha orchard portfolio, capable of producing 3.7 million kilograms of almonds annually.
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South Korea: President Lee Jae Myung orders forced sales of unfarmed land to curb speculation Chosun | 24 Feb 2026
"We need to adjust taxes, regulations, and finance so that holding farmland for real estate speculation or investment becomes ‘futile.’ We must lower land prices.”
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In a new deal, Microsoft buys forest restoration credits from Rainforest Builder Carbon Herald | 24 Feb 2026
As part of the restoration, the UK company has planted more than 1.8 million trees in Sierra Leone since 2023, and the long-term goal is to plant over 10 million trees across 15,000 hectares of degraded community land.
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ICARRD+20: Linking national and global land policy debates to advance land justice and reform NFFC | 23 Feb 2026
Land grabbing has grown bigger, more widespread, and more sophisticated. It is now global, and instead of being led by local or national elites, some of the biggest financial companies in the world like pension and retirement funds are moving to acquire global farmland as a new financial asset class.
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The carbon land grab: A debate between GRAIN and the Land Matrix REDD-Monitor | 20 Feb 2026
We need better land governance, better standards, and more transparency says the Land Matrix. We need to “put an end to offsetting as a false solution to the climate crisis — urgently” says GRAIN
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BUA, partners sign MoU on sugar refining, agro-industrial development, logistics solution Premium Times | 20 Feb 2026
Nigeria's BUA Group, which is developing a 20,000 ha sugarcane plantation and refinery, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration in sugar refining, agro-industrial development, and integrated global logistics solutions with AD Ports Group and MAIR Group of Abu Dhabi.
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Food, land, water: Africa and emerging Gulf sub-imperialisms Monthly Review | 20 Feb 2026
In Sudan and Ethiopia, Gulf capital has targeted large-scale agricultural estates, livestock production, and agro-processing, often through joint ventures with local elites or state authorities.
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Okpebholo reconciles oil palm investors, host communities Punch | 18 Dec 2025
Edo State Governor brokered peace between host communities and three companies (Nimbel Shaw Limited, Professional Support Farms Limited and Steve Integrated Limited) over the use of government forest reserve land for oil palm cultivation in parts of the state.
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Government of Sierra Leone and Rainforest Builder (SL) Limited sign long-term Ppartnership for forest restoration and rural development 232News | 26 Sep 2025
Under the agreement, Rainforest Builder will expand its operations to restore at least 15,000 hectares of degraded forest land, plant over 2 million indigenous trees
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Ghana: Forestry Commission partners Rainforest Builder to restore degraded forest reserves CNR | 15 Jun 2025
Officials of UK-based Rainforest Builder say they will restore 2,000 hectares of degraded forest—double what they planted last year.
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Sugar master plan to save Nigeria $1b yearly – NSDC Guardian | 23 May 2025
The BUA Group says it has "developed a nearly 50,000-hectare sugar plantation, with 20,000 hectares already under cultivation, and we’re acquiring another 50,000 hectares"
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$120m palm oil investment deal: Abia govt, investor sign MoU iKenga | 03 Dec 2024
Nimbel Shaw is an Oil Palm Company based in Nigeria but is in partnership with PHC (Plantations et Huileries du Congo), which is the largest palm plantation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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PHC-Communautés locales : fin de la médiation et début du suivi de la mise en œuvre des accords ! La Prospérité | 23 fev 2026
La longue séquence de tensions entre la société Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) et les communautés vivant autour de ses sites d’exploitation semble entrer dans une phase décisive.
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De l’Afrique à l’Amérique latine, les projets de compensation carbone favorisent les risques d’accaparement des terres Le Grand Continent | 23 fev 2026
L’émergence de projets de crédits carbone, achetés par les entreprises pour réduire leur empreinte environnementale, se traduit par l’accaparement de terres au détriment des populations locales.
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RDC : fin de la médiation entre PHC et les populations voisines de ses plantations, place au comité de suivi des accords Actualité.CD | 20 fev 2026
La société agro-industrielle Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) a annoncé la fin de la médiation entamée en 2018 avec les communautés voisines de ses sites d’exploitation, notamment de Lokutu, Boteka et Yaligimba
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Huile de palme : Opalm affiche ses ambitions en acquérant l’usine de la Socapalm d’Eséka Investir au Cameroun | 19 fev 2026
La Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm), filiale du groupe luxembourgeois Socfin, a annoncé le 18 février 2026, dans un communiqué officiel, la cession de « sa plantation d’Eséka » (région du Centre) à la société Opalm
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Desde África hasta América Latina, los proyectos de compensación de carbono favorecen los riesgos de acaparamiento de tierras Le Grand Continent | 23 feb 2026
La concentración de proyectos de adquisición de tierras en países de bajos ingresos, donde los sistemas de gobernanza de la tierra suelen ser débiles, favorece el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de empresas que aprovechan las oportunidades económicas creadas por los mercados de carbono
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Petro se refirió a protestas de trabajadores del sector de la palma y la caña de azúcar en Bogotá: “Por mal uso de la tierra hoy hay hambre” Infobae | 18 feb 2026
La advertencia sobre los posibles efectos de la sobreoferta de biocombustibles se produjo tras la movilización de trabajadores en el Cauca, donde se discuten cambios en el uso agrícola y nuevas directrices para el crédito rural
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Brasil: Mobilização garante vitória em defesa dos povos do Cerrado Rede Social | 23 Feb 2026
A mobilização de organizações sociais em solidariedade garantiu a suspensão da ação de grileiros no território Grinalda do Ouro.
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Por que Angola está cedendo terras para produtores brasileiros Gazeta do Povo | 18 Feb 2026
Ao todo, serão disponibilizados cerca de 60 mil hectares de terras — área equivalente a 85 mil campos de futebol — para produtores brasileiros, segundo anunciou o governador provincial João Diogo Gaspar durante um encontro recente com uma comitiva de empresários brasileiros.
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