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Rising demand for renewable energy could drive more land grabs
… form of renewable energy worldwide – wood – could drive yet more acquisitions of land in developing countries where food insecurity is rising and land rights are weak, say researchers at IIED. In a briefing paper published … Land acquisitions and rights … Rising demand for renewable energy could drive more land grabs …
News, 30 August 2011
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Why it makes more sense to invest in farmers than in farmland
… Two years since the media spotlight turned on the so-called ‘land grab’ – whereby agribusiness, investment funds and government … concerns about longer-term food and energy security have made land a more attractive asset. But land is central to livelihoods, … for millions across the developing world. And large-scale land acquisitions can have lasting repercussions for the future of …
Publication, 01 July 2010
A farm in Uganda. There has recently been much debate about responsible investment in the agricultural sector (Photo: US Aid, Creative Common, via Flickr)
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
… yet when investments occur, they often create conflict – over land acquisition, environmental impacts or labour relations. Making … set standards relevant to responsible investment – from human rights treaties and labour conventions to international soft-law instruments on respecting land rights .  International law tools can help coordinate the …
Insight, 16 October 2017
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Rights plus action
… This explains what we plan to do under the 'Rights plus action' change initiative in our 2014-19 strategy. The … Land acquisitions and rights … Rights plus action …
Publication, 01 April 2014
Landscape of fields and forest
Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples
Article, 09 August 2021
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'Land grabbing' and international investment law: toward a global reconfiguration of property?
… resources, and facilitating transitions toward more commercialised land relations. As pressures on resources increase, many national laws undermine the rights of people impacted by investments. If not properly thought … tackling the international dimensions will it be possible to secure land rights at the grassroots. A Q&A on Law in the natural resource …
Publication, 01 October 2016
Participatory community mapping and community land protection can yield tangible results for poor and vulnerable populations (Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)
Next steps to strengthen global land governance
… Four years ago voluntary guidelines on the governance of land and land tenure (PDF)  were agreed at the United Nations Food and … region, then things move; and where constitutions reflect broad human rights principles there are more opportunities for linking struggles. … Land acquisitions and rights … Next steps to strengthen global land governance …
Insight, 15 May 2016
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New actors and land acquisition around Lake Bazèga. Burkina Faso
… or through business. By making these new actors key players in rural land relations, the government strategically avoids direct engagement with customary land management rules that proved so controversial in the past. This latest encounter between modern and customary land regimes is an opportunity to re-establish a rapport between urban …
Publication, 01 March 2006
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Understanding changing land access and use by the rural poor in Ghana
… per cent of the population are smallholder farmers who depend on the land for their basic needs. Growing competition for this resource is having significant impacts on rural livelihoods and governance as land changes hands. This study highlights the key drivers of pressure on rural land and their communities, such as population growth, urbanisation and …
Publication, 01 May 2017
A sign protesting against development
Understanding growing pressures on land: 'land grabbing' and beyond
… food and energy security have fostered a recent wave of large-scale land deals for agribusiness investments. Petroleum and minerals are now … global food price hike of a few years ago, millions of hectares of land were acquired for plantation agriculture. More recently, deal … to international investment treaties that protect the resource rights acquired by foreign investors, there are many changes in laws and …
Project, 13 October 2014