This report takes stock of the evidence on land acquisitions for agricultural investments, summarising findings from collaborative research that IIED has undertaken since 2008 together with FAO...
Commercial Pressures on Land
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This paper addresses the interaction between the application of environmental laws and the stability of beneficiary families in agrarian reform settlements, in a context of increasing...
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This case study shows how the activities of a large foreign-invested mining company on land held by the Awajun community in the northern forests of Peru have led to a characteristic cycle of state...
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This study shows how small producers in Uruguay’s dairy sector, thanks to the application of effective strategies, have managed to maintain ownership of land, bucking the trend of land...
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This report examines the contradictions between conceptions of land as being an asset with a use value as opposed to one with an exchange value. In particular, it examines how the land ownership...
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This report describes changes in the valuation and use of land and water resources in Michiquillay, an Andean campesino community in northern Peru, following the launch of mining operations by a...
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This study examines how land ownership in Peru has been concentrated over the past decade by analysing interactions between campesinos, the State and private capital. It describes the structure of...
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This paper analyses the impacts on local communities and environments generated by an investment project known as the Bechera Agricultural Development Project, located in the Western part of...
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This paper describes the struggles of artisanal fisherfolk in the Calabarzon region in Luzon, the Philippines, to reclaim the foreshore lands, the fishery and inland resources that they have...
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Since the 1980s, land has become a currency of political patronage among Kenya’s elites. By means of processes that abuse public office and existing legal mechanisms, large tracts of public land...
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