Lesse between Aristeus Palm Oil Limited and the Chiefdom Council of Sorogbema (Pujehun District), for 47,567 ha.

This article calls into question the depth and effectiveness of a regulatory approach arguing that problems underlying large-scale land deals are so deep constituting socio-institutional problems of power asymmetry, exclusion and invisiblization, than just investment externalities or regulatory challenges.

Land grabbing i fattiga länder har ökat dramatiskt under senare år. Det visar den nya rapporten ”The race for land” som Forum Syd, Afrikagrupperna och Kooperation Utan Gränser lanserade i december.

This report from Afrika Grupperna, Forum Syd and Swedish Cooperative Centre examines different drivers behind the recent escalation of land deals as well as common arguments legitimating land grabbing, looking at case studies from Cambodia and Mozambique.

Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies contains 8 articles covering country experiences with land grabbing in Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Guatemala and Mexico.

En s’appuyant sur l’exemple du projet Malibya, l’article étudie les réactions locales à la mise en œuvre d’un projet d’investissement.

Special Dec 2012 edition of Down To Earth (Indonesia) on land grabbing

The Ministry of Agriculture is working on a draft bill for the formation of an autonomous federal agency, which would administer land available for agricultural investment in Ethiopia.

Entretien avec le Sénégalais Madiodio Niasse qui dirige l’International Land Coalition, une sorte d’observatoire qui traque les transactions foncières, sise à Rome.

According to the data presented by international non-profit Rights and Resource Initiative, Indian companies have acquired 63,000 sq km land, an area almost twice the size of Kerala, in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia.

Como conclusión de las jornadas se decidió volver a impulsar el trabajo de Vía Campesina Europa en materia de Reforma Agraria, acceso a la tierra y lucha contra el acaparamiento de tierras en Europa.

Tanzania has set a ceiling for investors wanting to buy its agricultural land, a move welcomed by land rights campaigners