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Large scale oil palm plantations in Borneo. It is estimated that two thirds of Indonesia’s palm oil production is managed by multinational companies (Photo: Rainforest Action Network via Creative Commons)

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Accountability in agricultural investment chains

A community in the Philippines protesting against a mining project in their area holds up their resolutions against the plans, developed through the support of paralegals who provided them with legal advice

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Helping communities push back by making better use of the law

Farm labourers in Mozambique working to clear land for planting crops. Land purchases by foreign investment companies for agribusinesses are pushing farmers off their land. Using legal rights effectively can help local people get a better deal for themselves and their communities (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)

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Introduction to legal tools for citizen empowerment

Animation: Promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains (Image: HandsUp/IIED)

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IIED animation to help communities protect legal rights

Kalimantan, Indonesia: A community leader discusses resistance to a logging company building a large oil palm plantation. The banner in the background demands that the company return the community’s rights (Photo: Rainforest Action Network via Flickr)

Article

Legal tools for citizen empowerment: sharing lessons from innovation

Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable

Legal tools for citizen empowerment

Strengthening land rights to support local livelihoods and fairer investments

Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable

A farmers’ house in Bandevouri, South Region, Cameroon. Bandevouri is one of several locations where the Centre for Environment and Development seconded a law graduate to assist rural people in legal matters (Photo: Thierry Berger)

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IIED webinar: improving accountability in agribusiness investments

A water connection project built to link the Lobé river to the Kribi harbour, South Region, Cameroon (Photo: Thierry Berger)

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LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon

Publications

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Advancing indigenous peoples’ rights through regional human rights systems: The case of Paraguay

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Mejorando los derechos de los pueblos indígenas a través de sistemas regionales de derechos humanos: el caso de Paraguay

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Community perspectives in investor-state arbitration

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Improving accountability in agricultural investments: Reflections from legal empowerment initiatives in West Africa

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Legal empowerment in agribusiness investments: harnessing political economy analysis

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Understanding changing land access and use by the rural poor in Ghana

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Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable

Blog, Jun 2017

A farmers’ house in Bandevouri, South Region, Cameroon. Bandevouri is one of several locations where the Centre for Environment and Development seconded a law graduate to assist rural people in legal matters (Photo: Thierry Berger)

IIED webinar: improving accountability in agribusiness investments

News, May 2017

A water connection project built to link the Lobé river to the Kribi harbour, South Region, Cameroon (Photo: Thierry Berger)

LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon

Project, May 2017

Cover: Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2014-2015

Book summary: 'Land grabbing' and international investment law: towards a global reconfiguration of property?

Article, Feb 2017

An image from new animation Securing the land rights of people affected by dams in West Africa (Image: Hands Up/IIED)

GWI animation: how to secure land rights of people affected by dams

News, Feb 2017

The January 2017 edition of the Legal Tools newsletter (Image: IIED)

IIED's latest legal tools newsletter is out now

News, Jan 2017

David Arach presented Namati's approach to community land protection, focusing on the key stage of community by-laws drafting, in the IIED webinar (Image: David Arach)

Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights

Blog, Dec 2016

The University of Southampton made a series of large scale photos of the village ranging from 1952 to 2016. Toulmin met with villagers to discuss what the images might mean for the future (Photo: Camilla Toulmin/IIED)

Rainfall, grazing, families and land in Dlonguebougou

Blog, Nov 2016

Meeting of the Ogiek community of Sasimwani to review their draft by-laws (Photo: Namati/Jaron Vogelsang)

IIED webinar: Using community by-laws to secure customary land rights in Kenya

News, Nov 2016

Land cleared for palm oil in Riau Province, Indonesia. Only half of Riau's palm oil plantations have official permits (Photo: Wakx, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Law in the natural resource squeeze: 'land grabbing', investment treaties and human rights

Article, Oct 2016

Coming in for lunch in the rice fields near Inle Lake, Myanmar. Online databases can provide verified data on land conflicts and help resolve disputes and improve governance (Eric Brochu, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Using online technology to empower communities facing land deals

Blog, Aug 2016

A woman carries firewood in the Congo Basin rainforest (Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)

CoNGOs: NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin forests

Project, Aug 2016