A partir de 2008, houve uma extensa produção e publicação de artigos acadêmicos, basicamente em inglês, sobre um fenômeno denominado corrida mundial por terras ou land grabbing (apropriação de terras). Depois de cinco ou seis anos, essa produção se mantém, mas com construções teórico-empíricas mais elaboradas – inclusive com a reformulação de conceitos e criação de outros como green grabbing (apropriação verde) e water grabbing (apropriação da água) –, especialmente porque as primeiras reflexões eram excessivamente centradas em dados quantitativos e escala (quantidade de hectares transacion
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2016Africa
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A guide for communities and investors
Manuals & GuidelinesMay, 2023UgandaThis guide aims to help communities, to understand and address land-investment based conflicts thus supporting them in exercising their basic human rights.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationOctober, 2023Global
Despite the existence of a legal framework defining the right to fair compensation, and notwithstanding the vast literature on transnational and domestic land deals, no theory has been developed so far to allow for a specific analysis of the economics of fair compensation in large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs), limiting our understanding of the underlying reasons of success or failure of this important legal protection mechanism.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2023Cambodia
This report documents the evaluation of the Cambodian Land Dispute Independent Mediation (CLAIM) project, an independent mediation between Socfin-KCD Co., Ltd. and Coviphama Co., Ltd., known as Socfin Cambodia and five Bunong villages from Busra Commune, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia. MRLG provided funding for CLAIM. The evaluation was undertaken by the Australian Disputes Centre (ADC) in 2022.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2027Peru
Este trabajo presenta un panorama de la defensa ambiental en el Perú, considerando en primer lugar las principales dinámicas económicas y productivas relacionadas con la gestión de los recursos naturales. En segundo lugar, se analizan los estándares internacionales aplicables, como resultado en su mayoría de las decisiones asumidas por el Estado en ejercicio de su soberanía.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2023Honduras
El presente documento constituye el informe sobre la situación de los defensores de la tierra y el territorio en Honduras, promovido por la International Land Coalition (ILC).
El objetivo general de este trabajo es contribuir a la defensa y protección de las personas defensoras de derechos humanos para el fortalecimiento de sus luchas por el Derecho a la Tierra, la Defensa de la Madre Tierra, el territorio y el ambiente.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2023Colombia
Cada fin de año, el conteo de victimizaciones a defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos en Colombia da cuenta de cifras en aumento y del riesgo que representa esta labor en el país. Este aumento ha sido notorio tras la firma del Acuerdo de Paz
con las FARC-EP. Así lo señaló la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos (UN-OHCHR) para el caso de los asesinatos:
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesSeptember, 2022Madagascar
À Madagascar, depuis la fin des années 1980, des zones dédiées à l’accueil d’investisseurs dans les secteurs de l’industrie, des services, du tourisme ou de l’agriculture sont prônées par les gouvernements successifs sous des labels différents. Dans cette législation et cette programmation nationales, les zones économiques spéciales (ZES) ne sont qu’un type d’outil récent parmi la gamme de zones.
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Institutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2021Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Peru, Laos, GlobalIn this introductory video to the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy answers are given to what it wants to achieve, how it works and why land rights are so important. The Global Programme is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), co-funded by the European Union and works in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Laos, Madagascar, Peru (completed in 2021), Uganda and Paraguay (completed in 2018).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2021Tanzania
This paper seeks to answer the question: how does land become grabbable and local people relocatable? It focuses on the historical and current conditions of land tenure that enable land grabbing. While recognising the important contributions thus far made by the critical literature on land grabbing, this paper moves forward towards understanding specific processes that befall before land is grabbed and its original users relocated.
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