CPL Studies

Investissements et régulation des transactions foncières de grande envergure en Afrique de l’Ouest
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This study produced by the Sahel and West Africa Club (OECD/SWAC) in the frame of ILC’s research project draws the conclusions from five country studies previously...

Commercial pressures on land in Africa
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This paper presents an overview of the evolution, trends, and impacts of commercial pressures on land (CPL) in Africa from a regional perspective.

Acquisition of rural land in Africa...

Interventions to curb deforestation and stability in access to land: A comparative study between two land regulation modalities in the Transamazon region, Brazil
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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...

NO MAN’S LANDS? Extractive activity, territory, and social unrest in the Peruvian Amazon: The Cenepa River
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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...

The competition for family dairy farmers’ land in Uruguay and their strategies for confronting it
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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...

Liberalization of ownership versus indigenous territories in the North of Nicaragua: The case of the Chorotegas
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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...

MICHIQUILLAY: Dynamics of transference and changes in land use and valuation in the context of mining expansion in an Andean campesino community
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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...

The process of land concentration in Peru
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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...

A case study of the Bechera agricultural development project, Ethiopia
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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...

Highly extractive fishing activities and privatisation of foreshore lands: impact on the everyday lives of municipal fisherfolk
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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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