Land & Investments narrative

Land & Investments

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Investments in agriculture and other sectors that require land may be essential for economic development and food security, but what are the costs and benefits for local landholders and the environment?" Read more about challenges concerning land & investments.

Responsible Land Investments

To invest responsibly in land, it is important to recognize and respect the land rights of local communities and avoid social and environmental harm. Explore our ‘Responsible Land Investment’ pages to find out more on how to approach this, drawing from lessons learned from other projects.

Highlighted developments

Event

3rd Mekong Regional Land Forum

26 May 2021 to 27 May 2021

South-Eastern Asia

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Organizers:

Mekong Region Land Governance

Land Portal Foundation

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Government of Luxembourg

Land Equity International

Groupe de Recherches et d'Echanges Technologiques

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

News

Press Release: Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator (RLBI) 2.0

12 May 2021

Global

Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator (RLBI) 2.0 Provides Expanded Access to Resources and Information on Land Investments

Blog post

Responsible Land-Based Investments: Interview with Amaelle Seigneret

Sub-Saharan Africa

South America

South-Eastern Asia

Southern Asia

Global

Blog post

Responsible Land-Based Investments: Interview with Nathaniah Jacobs

Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sierra Leone

Asia

Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia

Global

As part of the launch of the Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator 2.0, the Land Portal spoke with Nathaniah Jacobs, Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, to hear more about the Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project. The Navigator is positioned to be a valuable tool and resource for ALIGN stakeholders.

Blog post

#MRLF2021: Working toward a more equitable and inclusive future for smallholders in the Mekong Region

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Blog post

New report asks: Where’s the money going in the Niger Delta?

Nigeria

Oil companies are paying billions towards development in the Niger Delta, but it’s having little impact on the ground, say Tijah Bolton-Akpan and Miles Litvinoff.

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Total Hectares in deals

Land Matrix - Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

Total Area (ha) calculated as the sum of all deals, in a given country over the period 2000-2015.

Measurement unit:

Hectares (ha)

Source: Land Matrix

Library

Madagascar: Detailed timeline

Reports & Research

June 2021

Madagascar

This detailed timeline has been prepared as a companion to the new Magascar country narrative to be published on the Land Portal. It provides a chronology of key events in Madagascar's history, its political transitions and changing land policy and law.

Pathways to human well-being in the context of land acquisitions in Lao PDR

Peer-reviewed publication

May 2021

Laos

Land acquisitions are transforming land-use systems globally, and their characteristics and impacts on human well-being have been extensively analysed through local case studies and regional or global inventories. However, national-level analysis that is crucial for national policy on sustainable agricultural investments and land use is still lacking.

Don’t forget the smallholder! Finding inclusivity in land investments

Reports & Research

April 2021

South-Eastern Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Malaysia

Singapore

This is the report of a webinar which took place on 25th February 2021 organized by the Land Portal Foundation.

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land investment library resources on the Land Portal

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Organizations working on Land & Investments

Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA)

Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) is an economic and financial policy advisory business. Our focus is on issues where economics, finance and public policy overlap. CEPA was established in 2001 as a private company limited by shares. More recently in addition to our office in London, we have established a branch office in New Delhi. Further to our client work, CEPA undertakes and supports policy-focused research to promote debate and best practice. We re-invest one quarter of our surplus (after remunerating directors and staff) into these activities.

ECONOMIA E SOCIEDADE (EcoS)

Economia e Sociedade tem por objetivo contribuir para o desenvolvimento da reflexão crítica em temas de amplo interesse nas áreas de teoria econômica, economia aplicada, história do pensamento econômico e história econômica. Desde sua criação, em 1992, a revista acolhe a produção heterodoxa inspirada, sobretudo, pelas tradições de Marx, Keynes, Kalecki e Schumpeter, bem como pela reflexão latino-americana sobre desenvolvimento econômico.

Universidade de Coimbra

Cadasta Foundation

Reviving Documentation of Property Rights

Cadasta Foundation is dedicated to the support, continued development and growth of the Cadasta Platform – an innovative, open source suite of tools for the collection and management of ownership, occupancy, and spatial data that meets the unique challenges of this process in much of the world.