The Global Donor Working Group on Land (http://www.donorplatform.org/land/on-common-ground.html?Itemid=9) published a platform policy brief on land in a post-2015 framework. The policy brief can be accessed via this link.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) recently published two case studies about land rights in Namibia. Topics are the strenghtening of women’s rights to land and the systematic registration of communal land in Namibia. Both documents are… Read More

‘Compensation and resettlement policies after compulsory land acquisition for hydropower development in Vietnam: policy and practice’ In this new article published last week in open access journal Land, the authors analyse differences between policies and practices regarding state-led… Read More

‘Africa for sale: Positioning the state, land and society in foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Africa’ Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Caroline Seagle and Froukje Krijtenburg (eds.) The past several decades have witnessed a rise in foreign and domestic investments… Read More

Just released: The Journal of Peasant Studies Forum on Global Land Grabbing Part 2:  on methodologies There are five contributions to this Forum (see the list below), and these can be accessed free of charge for a limited period: http://www.tandfonline.com/r/fjps40-3 Table of contents: The… Read More

Various new publications on the global land grab have been issued recently: Biofuels – Economy, Environment and Sustainability Africa for sale? Positioning the state, land and society in foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Africa Special issue Development &… Read More

In December 2012 LA Chispa published a background article on land in Latin America:  “Land for sale: five questions and answers on the ‘land grab’ in Latin America” (in Dutch). Click here to read the article. LA Chispa… Read More

Recently various institutions have released reports on land governance and large-scale land acquisitions. Some of the main recent reports are mentioned here: Deutsche Bank (DB Research). Foreign investment in farmland. No low-hanging fruit. November 2012. Oxfam. ‘Our Land, Our Lives’. … Read More

The 2011-2012 European Report on Development  “Confronting Scarcity: Managing water, energy and land for inclusive and sustainable growth” and accompanying papers are now available online here.  Various LANDac partners (Utrecht University, Royal Tropical Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)… Read More

On the 24th of May 2012, Hivos and IIED organised a provocative seminar on small-scale farming and youth in an era of rapid rural change. This provocation was the sixth and last in a series being initiatied by… Read More