LANDac annual report 2012
LANDac has published its 2012 annual report, which can be accessed here. In this annual report LANDac looks back at its achievements, results and lessons learned, while also focusing on new challenges for the coming years. The report… Read More
LANDac PhD research disseminated in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Local workshops on residential tourism and its implications for development Though often gone unnoticed in the debate on large-scale land acquisitions, tourism and in particular residential tourism* can be important causes of land alienation. LANDac PhD graduate Femke… Read More
Current short-term research of LANDac
Farmers’ organizations and land policies LANDac partner Agriterra, in cooperation with the East African Farmers Federation (EAFF), has set up a short-term research project on the role of farmers’ organizations in policymaking on land governance in Uganda. The… Read More
Article: untangling the myth of the global land rush
A recent article in The Broker by Annelies Zoomers (Chair LANDac) and Evert-jan Quak analyses the implications of the global land rush on food security and inequality. The Broker is an independent platform and online magazine on globalisation… Read More
Summerschool 2013 coming up in July
From 8-19 July 2013 LANDac organises the fourth Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development. The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students will acquire… Read More
Report: round-table “Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in the context of land governance”
On 28 November 2012, LANDac and Oxfam Novib organised a round-table discussion on Free Prior and Informed Consent in the context of land governance, with Marcus Colchester (Director Forest Peoples Programme) as the main presenter and Kristen Genovese… Read More
Report: seminar Kenya land reform – from paper to practice
On Tuesday 9 October 2012, LANDac together with ActionAid and the African Studies Center organised the seminar Kenya Land Reform: From Paper to Practice. Will Kenya’s new land bills safeguard people’s land rights and food security? Kenyan ActionAid activist David… Read More
Grootschalige landverwerving in Afrika: artikel internationale spectator
A new article by Annelies Zoomers (chair LANDac) in Internationale Spectator of July-August 2012 analyses large-scale land acquisitions in Africa. Click here for the article (in Dutch).
Country factsheets updatedy
In July 2012, all 15 country factsheets have been updated. They can be accessed here. The factsheets present the relevant policy and institutional contexts with respect to land governance.
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Protective laws don’t prevent ‘land grab’ in Africa
A new World Development article co-authored by LANDac PhD George Schoneveld explores the relationship between policy and practice associated with customary rights protections in the context of large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Findings point to the difficulty… Read More