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Adquisiciones de tierra agrícola fallidas: un creciente legado de desastre y dolor

Un creciente legado de desastre y dolor

Reports & Research
June, 2018
Global
Land & Investments
conflict of interest
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
land grabbing
El año 2017 terminó como uno de los más fatídicos para los defensores de la tierra. También fue un año muy malo para muchos acaparadores de tierras. Un número significativo de adquisiciones, de grandes extensiones de tierras agrícolas, colapsó, agregándose a una lista creciente de proyectos que han fracasado en años recientes. Si bien esto es una buena noticia para las comunidades afectadas, a muchas de ellas se les deja enfrentadas a esta caída y teniendo que seguir luchando por recuperar sus tierras.
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Sob o império da grilagem

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2017
South America, Brazil
Land Conflicts
land law
indigenous peoples' lands
land grabbing
property
state property
research
O objetivo do artigo é compreender o período entre 1822 e 1850 como um momento da história brasileira em que se instituiu simultaneamente a absolutização da propriedade privada da terra e a legalização jurídica da grilagem de terra. O processo de monopolização das terras brasileiras que se realizou na primeira metade do século XIX reproduziu a grilagem como forma e conteúdo central da formação territorial do Brasil.
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Future governance options for large-scale land acquisition in Cambodia: Impacts on tree cover and tiger landscapes

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2019
Cambodia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land grabbing
land policies
land use
This paper investigates how large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) can be governed to avoid underuse and thereby spare room for other land claims, specifically nature conservation. LSLA underuse occurs when land in LSLAs is not converted to its intended use. Taking Cambodia as a case, we map converted and unconverted areas within LSLAs using remote sensing. We develop three scenarios of alternative LSLA policies until 2040, and use a land system change model to evaluate how governing the underuse of LSLAs affects overall land use.
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Grey areas in green grabbing : subtle and indirect interconnections between climate change politics and land grabs and their implications for research

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2019
Cambodia, Myanmar
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agrarian structure
land administration
land grabbing
land rights
land use change
Climate change and green grabbing/resource grabbing together call for nuanced understanding of governance imperatives, and for constructing a knowledge base appropriate to political intervention. This paper offers preliminary ways in which interconnections can be seen and understood, and their implications for research and politics explored. It concludes by way of a preliminary discussion of the notion of ‘agrarian climate justice’ as a possible framework for formal governance or political activism relevant to tackling grey area interconnections.
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Land, People, and the State in Afghanistan: 2002 - 2012

Reports & Research
February, 2013
Afghanistan
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land administration
land governance
land law
land policies
land reform
rangelands
conflicts
land grabbing
state property
This paper reviews the formal treatment of land rights in Afghanistan over the post-Bonn decade (2002 - 2012). The objective is to document the developments in the recent past to better understand present and possible future trends.
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The Stolen Lands of Afghanistan and its People

The Legal Framework: Part 1 of a 3 Part Series

Reports & Research
August, 2014
Afghanistan
Land Conflicts
land administration
land law
land management
land grabbing
private property
state property
government
This report is the first in a series of three on issues related to theft of state and private lands by private individuals, armed groups, communities, the government and the state. This report, which provides the foundation for the subsequent reports, is issued separately and stands alone as a summary of the basic legal framework for land administration and management (A&M) in Afghanistan.
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Africa's Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2015
Africa, Ghana
Land & Investments
land administration
agrarian structure
drylands
land use
land acquisitions
land grabbing
land rights
farmers
Africa has been at the centre of a "land grab" in recent years, with investors lured by projections of rising food prices, growing demand for "green" energy, and cheap land and water rights. But such land is often also used or claimed through custom by communities. What does this mean for Africa? In what ways are rural people's lives and livelihoods being transformed as a result? And who will control its land and agricultural futures?
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The Politics and Ethics of Land Concessions in Rural Cambodia

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2013
Cambodia
land governance
land policies
land reform
land use
land acquisitions
foreign investment
land grabbing
land rights
In rural Cambodia the rampant allocation of state land to political elites and foreign investors in the form of “Economic Land Concessions (ELCs)”—estimated to cover an area equivalent to more than 50 % of the country’s arable land—has been associated with encroachment on farmland, community forests and indigenous territories and has contributed to a rapid increase of rural landlessness. By contrast, less than 7,000 ha of land have been allotted to land-poor and landless farmers under the pilot project for “Social Land Concessions (SLCs)” supported by various donor agencies.
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Land grabbing and forest conflict in Cambodia: Implications for community and sustainable forest management

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Cambodia
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development agencies
land grabbing
extractive industries
tenure security
land ownership
environment
land investments
land acquisitions
title deeds
land titling
land policies
land law
As a global phenomenon, land grabbing has significant economic, environmental, and social impacts, often resulting in serious conflict between the local community and outsiders. The aim of the study is to get a deeper understanding of the extent to which land grabbing and resulting land-use conflicts affect the move towards sustainable forest management (SFM) in Cambodia. Two case studies were conducted involving community forests (CFs), with data collected through literature review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations.
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Political transition and emergent forest-conservation issues in Myanmar

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Myanmar
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
environment
land investments
land acquisitions
land grabbing
title deeds
land titling
land policies
land law
Political and economic transitions have had substantial impacts on forest conservation. Where transitions are underway or anticipated, historical precedent and methods for systematically assessing future trends should be used to anticipate likely threats to forest conservation and design appropriate and prescient policy measures to counteract them. Myanmar is transitioning from an authoritarian, centralized state with a highly regulated economy to a more decentralized and economically liberal democracy and is working to end a long-running civil war.