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Ghana: Forestry Commission partners Rainforest Builder to restore degraded forest reserves
- CNR
- 15 June 2025
Officials of UK-based Rainforest Builder say they will restore 2,000 hectares of degraded forest—double what they planted last year.
Así es cómo se venden las islas, un ejemplo claro y concreto
- La casa de mi tía
- 12 June 2025
Canarias negocia un acuerdo con la multinacional emiratí Al Dahra Agricultural Company, que según organizaciones "Se trata de un modelo que entrega tierras y agua, escasas y disputadas en un archipélago que ya depende de 90% de importaciones"
Obsolètes, les réformes agraires ?
- CETRI
- 12 June 2025
La lutte contre le changement climatique et les politiques de transition énergétique génèrent, paradoxalement, de nouvelles formes d’accaparement de terres.
Accaparement des terres agricoles en Bretagne : une menace silencieuse pour nos campagnes
- NHU
- 11 June 2025
Derrière des achats discrets, parfois opaques, se joue un bouleversement majeur du modèle agricole breton.
Another 40,000ha of New Zealand sheep and beef farms sold for forestry – report
- Agriland
- 11 June 2025
A new report shows that sales of beef and sheep farms, particularly for carbon farming, are continuing “at an alarming rate”.
Madagascar’s food sovereignty threatened by memorandum of understanding signed with Israeli group LR Group Ltd
- TANY & SIF
- 11 June 2025
Groups say the agropole project is not in line with food sovereignty and call for it to be halted, for the memorandum of understanding with Israeli LR Group to be cancelled and for the law on agricultural aggregation to be repealed.
Farming the Future: African Food Security ignites hope in Somaliland’s drylands
- PRNewswire
- 11 June 2025
African Food Security, a New York-based agribusiness firm, has launched a large-scale farming initiative in Somaliland and says it has commenced feasibility studies and soil assessments.
Congo : Brazzaville met fin au contrat de « cessions des terres » au Rwanda pour « non-respect des clauses »
- Actualité.cd
- 10 June 2025
Le gouvernement congolais a annoncé la fin du contrat emphytéotique de cession des terres agricoles au Rwanda qui a fait couler beaucoup d'encre. "L’accord ne concernait pas une société rwandaise, mais une société de droit congolais dont les actionnaires sont basés au Rwanda", un représentant du gouvernment a précisé
La souveraineté alimentaire menacée par le protocole d’accord signé avec le groupe israélien LR Group Ltd
- Collectif TANY
- 09 June 2025
Le gouvernement malgache a signé un memorandum avec le groupe israélien LR Group prévoyant la création d’un agropole de 10.000 ha pour la culture de riz, de maïs et de soja. Des organisations de la société civile demandent son annulation, ainsi que l’abrogation de la loi sur l’agrégation agricole.
Le Venezuela réserve 100.000 ha de terres agricoles aux investisseurs vietnamiens
- Courrier du Viet Nam
- 09 June 2025
Le vice-président vénézuélien a affirmé le soutien de son pays aux entreprises vietnamiennes en indiquant que 100.000 ha de terres agricoles ont été spécifiquement réservés aux investisseurs vietnamiens
Pension funds and agribusinesses are driving destruction of the Brazilian Cerrado
- Sustainable Views
- 09 June 2025
The Cerrado, a wooded savannah in Brazil, remains a hotspot for deforestation as companies make the most of laws allowing more deforestation than in the Amazon
CBA to boost Cambodian banana exports to China
- Borneo Bulletin
- 09 June 2025
Cambodian Banana Agricultural General Co Ltd (CBA), a Chinese enterprise, harvests Cavendish bananas from 500 hectares of plantations in Cambodia, and aims to expand on another 200 hectares by 2026.
Venezuela sets aside 100,000ha of agricultural land for Vietnamese investors
- VNN
- 09 June 2025
Venezuela’s Vice President told a delegation from Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture that his government has prepared 100,000ha of agricultural land for Vietnamese investors
Indonesia to develop oil palm plantation in South Papua to boost biodiesel production
- Bernama
- 09 June 2025
Indonesia plans to develop a oil palm plantation in Boven Digoel regency, South Papua province, to strengthen economic resilience and energy independence, the Defence Ministry said.
Se intensifica disputa territorial entre compañía de aceite de palma y comunidad camerunesa de Apouh
- Global Voices
- 06 June 2025
Más violencia por la empresa SOCAPALM y la fuerza policial contra el pueblo indígena Apouh à Ngog (Apouh) que intenta recuperar parte de sus tierras. Desde 2010 la filial del grupo europeo Socfin se ha adueñado de más del 90% de la tierra de la comunidad, 3700 hectáreas, transformadas en plantaciones de palma.
Gulf investors in, locals out: Pakistan’s corporate farming agenda
- GRAIN
- 05 June 2025
The "Green Pakistan Initiative" is fast tracking Gulf agribusiness deals. Saudi & UAE firms are investing billions in Pakistani farmland, while local communities warn of land grabs & water shortages.
China’s agritech brings water to Egypt’s giant beet sugar factory in Sahara Desert
- SCMP
- 04 June 2025
Near the edge of the Sahara Desert, in Egypt’s West Minya, Chinese drillers bore deep into the earth, tapping groundwater to irrigate a once 500-hectare stretch of desert – now home to the world’s largest beet sugar factory, owned by UAE investors.
Green grabbing: Lack of land rights promotes unjust climate action
- 04 June 2025
New report points to a surge in demand for land in the Global South, where large tracts of land are suitable for carbon projects, but land tenure systems are often insecure or informal.
Les accaparements de terres illustrent les inégalités de richesse croissantes et le besoin de réforme
- FIAN International
- 03 June 2025
L'accumulation d'énormes quantités de terres par un petit groupe de propriétaires fonciers alimente les inégalités et la crise climatique, selon un nouveau rapport qui appelle à une redistribution des terres et à des réformes fiscales mondiales pour inverser la tendance
World Bank uses climate crisis as cover for land-grabbing, Oakland Institute says
- Mongabay
- 03 June 2025
"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"
US pension fund TIAA linked to brutal land grabs and evictions of farmers in Brazil
- Common Dreams
- 03 June 2025
The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.
Madagascar seeks UAE investment to counter US tariff risks
- The National News
- 02 June 2025
Madagascar's Minister of Foreign Affairs tells UAE business leaders that "with 36 million hectares of arable land, there is immense potential for agribusiness and agricultural transformation” in her country
Madagascar: un protocole avec une entreprise israélienne réveille la crainte d'une spoliation des terres
- RFI
- 02 June 2025
Un mémorandum d’entente signé le 25 mai entre le gouvernement de Madagascar et l’entreprise israélienne LR Group pour la production de riz, de maïs et de soja à travers quatre des 23 régions du pays passe mal.
Here’s how this fundie is making money from the land
- AFR
- 02 June 2025
Australian farmers aren’t the only ones cheering the rocketing price of almonds and beef from the simmering trade tensions between the US and China – a cohort of fund managers is also in the money.
Malaysian farmers consider legal action to protect 2,400 ha durian farmland from new company’s takeover
- MSN
- 02 June 2025
Durian farmers in Malaysia’s Pahang state are preparing for a legal fight to protect farmland they say is being seized by a newly-established company without proper authority.
Tensions escalate as Zimbabwean villagers resist land takeover
- Bulawayo 24
- 01 June 2025
Some villagers say they are being pressured to give up fertile land traditionally used for subsistence farming for a project called the Malipati Agrihub, with no clear benefit or consent from the broader community.
IFC plays Pontius Pilate, dodges accountability for harmful rubber project in Liberia after six years
- ACA
- 30 May 2025
The World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman found that the IFC failed to follow its own safeguards, enabling widespread harm to land rights, community health, cultural heritage and women by the Salala Rubber Corporation.
Nasarawa court orders status quo on disputed 10,000 hectares of Tiv land
- Guardian
- 30 May 2025
The Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Obi has ordered all parties in a land dispute involving 21 Tiv communities, the Nasarawa State government, and the Nigerian Army to maintain the status quo and preserve the disputed 10,000 hectares of ancestral farmlands pending the determination of the suit.
Food security explored between Oman and East Africa
- Zawya
- 29 May 2025
"Oman’s food-security programmes and water technology can link with East Africa’s arable land and examples are Kenya’s tea and coffee farms and Tanzania’s horticulture," the Chairman of East African Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture says
Cameroun : l’accaparement des terres par des spéculateurs internationaux préoccupe le gouvernement
- Alwihda Info
- 28 May 2025
Les acquisitions de terres à grande échelle en Afrique ont comme effets collatéraux : la corruption en matière de gestion des ressources naturelles, des revendications contradictoires sur ces ressources, et la non-reconnaissance des régimes fonciers coutumiers.