category: Land Policies, press
This blog, which is part of a wider global initiative on Commercial Pressures on Land led by the International Land Coalition, contains press reports, research papers, case studies and any other relevant information about the new wave of “commercial pressures on land” that poor rural land-users are facing all over the world.
It seeks to provide updated information to all those trying to monitor, quantify and understand the extent of this ongoing phenomenon.
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Perú: Debaten propuestas para poner límite a la propiedad agraria
Posted on 07 July, 2010 No comments
Servindi, 7 Julio 2010Foto por Mannover/Flickr
“Dirigentes de productores agrarios agrupados en Conveagro y los parlamentarios Jorge del Castillo y Tomas Zamudio, coincidieron en la necesidad de conciliar las propuestas que buscan poner límite a la propiedad agraria, con la finalidad de evitar los monopolios y el abuso de posición de dominio en el país. Ambos legisladores señalaron que constitucionalmente limitar la extensión de la propiedad de la tierra es viable, pero hay necesidad de lograr un consenso en el tamaño de estas, a fin de no promover ni latifundios ni monopolios que, por su misma razón, son perjudiciales porque generan poder y abuso de posición de dominio. Read the rest of this entry »
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EVENT: PÔLE FONCIER - Thématique “Foncier et Elevage”
Posted on 24 June, 2010 No comments
1 juillet 2010de 14 h 00 à 16 h 00
IAMM (Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier), salle S24.
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à la Conférence de Thomas J. Bassett de l’Université de l’Illinois Urbana Champaign.
Sa présentation s’appuiera sur l’article intitulé : “Mobile pastoralism on the brink of land privatization in Northern Côte d’Ivoire” (présentation en français, support power point en anglais).
CONFERENCES & SEMINARS, Land Policies, miscellaneous (french), *Africa*, land rights, pastoralists, policies and laws, [Ivory Coast] -
Brasil não sabe a localização e o tamanho das terras controladas por multinacionais
Posted on 21 June, 2010 No comments
Correio Braziliense, 21 Junio 2010Por Lúcio Vaz
Foto por Eduardo Amorim/Flickr
“Estudo feito por um grupo de trabalho do Ministério Público Federal (MPF) sobre a compra de terras no país por estrangeiros derruba a tese de que empresas brasileiras com capital estrangeiro devem ter o mesmo tratamento de empresas com capital nacional nessas aquisições. Essa tese foi acatada durante anos pelo governo brasileiro e resultou no descontrole da localização e das dimensões das propriedades adquiridas pelo capital estrangeiro. Para assumir o controle da ação das multinacionais, o governo federal anunciou há 10 dias a mudança do parecer da Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) que havia dispensado empresas brasileiras controladas por estrangeiros da obrigatoriedade de licença do Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (Incra) para compra de fazendas.
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Sénégal: Accès à la terre, Les portes des commissions domaniales s’ouvrent aux femmes
Posted on 15 June, 2010 No comments
Les hommes n’ont plus l’exclusivité de l’accès à la terre, depuis le 7 janvier 2001. La loi sur la parité votée, le vendredi 14 mai 2010, permet aux femmes de siéger dans les commissions locales de distribution des terres.AllAfrica, 15 Juin 2010
Par Idrissa Sane
Fòto par Lisago/Flickr
“Jusqu’à une période récente, l’accès à la terre était une exclusivité pour les hommes. Une telle disposition est anachronique pour le Sénégal où les femmes représentent 52% de la population.
« Les femmes participent grandement à la production agricole, mais elles ne sont pas les propriétaires des ressources foncières qu’elles exploitent », écrit la sociologue Fatou Diop Sall du Groupe d’études et de recherches Genre et société (Gestes).
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Décentraliser la gestion foncière à Madagascar
Posted on 10 June, 2010 No comments
Cirad, June 2010By André Teyssier
“Les appropriations de terres dans les pays du Sud ravivent l’intérêt porté aux politiques foncières. Le numéro 4 de Perspective apporte un éclairage sur cette question, en analysant la politique novatrice de décentralisation de la gestion foncière mise en œuvre à Madagascar.
Dans les pays du Sud, la terre fait l’objet de pressions croissantes, dues au développement de l’économie marchande, à l’urbanisation galopante, aux stratégies d’accaparement par de grands opérateurs économiques. Face à ces pressions, les politiques des pays du Sud s’avèrent souvent inadaptées pour sécuriser les droits fonciers. Read the rest of this entry »
Land Policies, briefing notes (french), *Africa*, land rights, policies and laws, [Madagascar]Lula defende inibir venda de terras a estrangeiros
Posted on 09 June, 2010 No comments
Campanha Nacional pelo Limite da Propriedade da Terra, 8 Junho 2010Foto por Marlon Dutra/Flickr
“O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva disse ontem que o governo federal estuda maneiras de limitar a compra de terras produtivas no Brasil por estrangeiros.
Lula não deu detalhes de como isso será feito. Informou apenas que as medidas estão em estudo pelos ministérios da Justiça e da Defesa.”Esse é um problema que nós precisamos começar a discutir. Uma coisa é o cidadão vir e comprar uma usina, comprar fábrica. Outra coisa é ele comprar a terra da fábrica, a terra da soja, a terra do minério”, disse.
Land Policies, press (portuguese), *Latin America*, agrofuels, food production, land rights, policies and laws, [Brazil]Paving the way for Agrofuels. EU policy, sustainability criteria and climate calculations
Posted on 01 February, 2009 No commentsPaving the way for Agrofuels. EU policy, sustainability criteria and climate calculations
TNI, CEO, GRR Discussion Paper 2007, Februray 2008The paper recognizes that the increasing scarcity of fossil fuels is pushing the world towards important choices, which carry enormous consequences for future generations: whether or not to increase the use of agro-fuels for transport and bio-energy for electricity generation. Agro-fuels are often presented as a solution to reduce CO2 emissions and therefore the EU member states and the USA, for example, are supporting, through various measures, the promotion of its production. In the first chapter the paper reports the EU policy to boost the production and use of agro-fuels; in the second chapter the sustainability certification of agro-fuels is analysed and also focuses on some EU member states; the third chapter focuses on agro-fuels and climate change and on some problems resulting from its implementation such as ecosystem destruction, deforestation or soil organic carbon losses; the fourth chapter recognizes in Carbon Funding a financial fertiliser for agro-fuels as it sees the public policy backing of agro-fuels as the only way of surviving in the markets.
Land Policies, case studies, research papers (english), *EU*, agrofuels, climate change, environmental degradation, food security, Land acquisitions for agrofuel production, land rights, policies and laws
The paper concludes that the boosting of agro-fuel production is unsustainable as it leads to negative social and environmental impacts such as - to cite just a few - negative impacts (direct and indirect) on biodiversity, water and soil quality, food security and sovereignty and land rights.Improving access to land and tenure security - IFAD Policy
Posted on 25 December, 2008 No commentsImproving access to land and tenure security - IFAD policy
“The IFAD Policy on Improving Access to Land and Tenure Security has been formulated to:
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(a) provide a conceptual framework for the relationship between land issues and rural poverty, acknowledging the complexity and
dynamics of evolving rural realities; (b) identify the major implications of that relationship for IFAD’s strategy and programme development
and implementation; (c) articulate guiding principles for mainstreaming land issues in the Fund’s main operational instruments and
processes; and (d) provide the framework for the subsequent development of operational guidelines and decision tools.”Land Governance and Security of Tenure in Developing Countries
Posted on 25 September, 2008 No commentsLand Governance and Security of Tenure in Developing Coutries
White Paper - French Development Cooperation. September 2008.“The goal of the White Paper, “Land Governance and Security of Tenure in Developing
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Countries”, is to be a tool for exchange and dialogue with all those involved in projects that
have a land component or an impact on land and tenure, and particularly with governments
and international development aid partners. In a globalizing world, it offers a critical view
of past and current interventions by French development cooperation actors. It proposes a
framework in which to analyze the issue of land tenure so as to understand its dynamics
and offer tools and intervention modalities taking into account local, national and global
constraints.”Our common concern
Posted on 16 October, 2007 No commentsOur common concern - Investing in development in a changing world
Policy note Dutch Development Cooperation 2007-2011
This policy letter sets out in more detail the Government Agenda 2015 and the 2008 Explanatory
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Memorandum for development cooperation. It is certainly not intended as a comprehensive
policy document. Its purpose is to present the choices that the government has made in its effort
to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Read the rest of this entry »