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ILC Congratulates Committee on Food Security Endorsement of Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
11/05/2012
Rome, Italy -  Today, at the  38th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), members States endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The...
The Land Matrix: New data on large-scale land deals - not a “bubble”
27/04/2012
 On the 26th of April in Washington, during the Land and Poverty Conference organised by World Bank, the Land Matrix partnership - composed by the International Land Coalition, CDE, GIGA, GIZ and CIRAD – launched a new report and online database providing important...
Statement in response to killing of Chut Wutty
26/04/2012
We are shocked and devastated to learn of the killing of Chut Wutty, Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NPRG), in Cambodia today. Wutty was reportedly shot by members of the Military Police while engaged in field research into illegal...
The Lie of the Land
26/03/2012
Michael Taylor, of International Land Coalition, sheds light on the unfair legal system that enables land to be acquired via suspect methods at the expense of the rural poorOver the past 10 years, more than 200 million hectares of land – or eight times the size of the UK...
Italia Oggi Features International Land Coalition and the Voluntary Guidelines
20/03/2012
Michael Taylor, ILC Programme Manager, Global Policy and Africa was featured in Italia Oggi on the Voluntary Guidelines negotiations that took place at the beginning of March.  These negotiations have been concluded and the approval will take place in May 2012.

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