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Men stand by trays of cocoa beans drying in the sun in western Ghana.
The knowns and unknowns of the global land rush
… Four years since the media spotlight turned to the global land rush, more and better research has provided more robust evidence … be done about what we think we do know. The challenges of researching land grabs was one of the subjects of debate at the Land Deals Politics … work over the years has shown that media reports about land acquisitions by China in Africa are vastly over-blown. A paper presented …
Insight, 24 October 2012
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Securing customary rights is key to sustainable community forestry
… to indigenous peoples and local communities regarding access to land and forest resources. Often, logging concessions overlap their … Land acquisitions and rights … Securing customary rights is key to sustainable community forestry …
Publication, 01 September 2019
A gate blocks access to the customary lands of the Long Teran Kanan people in Sarawack. Malaysia has seen a huge expansion of oil palm plantations backed by international investors. The customary rights of local people are often ignored (Photo: Wakx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investment treaties, land rights and a shrinking planet
… extended their reach, displacing natural habitats and non-intensive land and resource use. The effects of some 'land grab' deals are now clear to see: lands previously used for common … taken encroachments on their ancestral lands to international human rights bodies; peasant movements are demanding international recognition …
Insight, 08 July 2015
‘Land grabs’ in Africa: is there an alternative?
… Millions of people across the developing world depend on land for their livelihoods, culture and identity — a connection that now risks being undermined by large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Millions of … funds and government agencies are getting their hands on long-term rights over large areas of land. Individual land acquisitions can cover …
Insight, 08 March 2011
Drawing of a billboard advertising an RRM hotline. It includes a picture of a smiling woman.
Mécanismes de réponse rapide : un soutien juridique proactif pour les communautés
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 05 November 2024
A man thrashes rice in a field, with mountains in the background.
The push for clean energy: how nickel mining expansion is impacting agrarian economies in Indonesia
… covering over a third of the regency. Ninety-four per cent of land across these three subdistricts is designated ‘forest land’, with the remainder being ‘non-forest land’. Here, over 11,000 people depend on farming to meet their … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 12 September 2023
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Investment treaty law and climate change
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 02 November 2023
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Supporting small-scale farmer agency in commercial agriculture: Collective learning on the role of socio-legal empowerment from an international action-research project
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 31 August 2022
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Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface
… the governance of the global economy on the one hand, and claims to land and natural resources on the other. In a globalised world, land governance is shaped by international as well as national … This report sheds light on how investment treaties can affect land rights. It finds that investment treaties can have far-reaching …
Publication, 01 June 2015
A water connection to link the Lobé river to Kribi harbour, South Region, Cameroon
LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon
… Insecurity of land tenure is a topical challenge for many African countries, … conservation projects, which take up considerable amounts of land. Cameroon is no exception. While investments are often promoted as … This includes greater reflection on how to secure the land rights of rural populations, who are often marginalised from …
Project, 08 May 2017