The paper builds on joint work by ActionAid and its local partners through the Women’s Land Rights (WOLAR) project, funded by the MDG3 Fund. It is informed by engagement of Southern African rural...
Food
Research papers, 04/2012,
Research papers, 05/2012,
"GRAIN is happy to announce its new book "The great food robbery: how corporations control food, grab land and destroy the climate", just published with Fahamu Books and Pambazuka Press.
The global...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"A new Handbook on Community Engagement, published by the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS), for the first time provides communities, companies, and government institutions involved with land deals in...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"Across the world, ‘green grabbing’ – the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends – is an emerging process of deep and growing significance. In recent years there has been a...
Research papers, 04/2012,
Since 2008, the rush for land in developing countries has rapidly intensified but the sector remains largely unregulated and land deals are frequently agreed in secret between governments and...
Events, 11/06/2012 (All day), International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: 20 May 2012
"By June 2012, there will two journal special issues that will be available, namely, ‘Green grabbing: a new appropriation of nature’ (Journal of Peasant...
Research papers, 04/2012,
"In developing countries, millions of people depend on land for their food and livelihoods. But a global ‘land rush’ — moves to acquire large tracts of land across the world — is increasing...
Research papers, 03/2012,
"The Norwegian government keeps increasing its investments in industries widely known to be key forces behind rainforest destruction. At the same time as spending an annual 500 million USD and huge...
Events, 01/05/2012 (All day), Utrecht University
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: 1 May 2012
The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students learn...
Multimedia, Coalición Contra el Acaparamiento, 1 April 2012
"Buscamos generar un proceso de campaña que se desenvuelva a nivel local, regional, nacional e internacional para la defensa del derecho a la tierra y el territorio en aras de frenar el fenómeno de...
Research papers,
Comunicado de prensa en adjunto – Communiqué de presse en pièce jointe
On the 26th of April in Washington, during the Land and Poverty Conference organised by the World Bank, the Land Matrix...
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