International Land Coalition | 16 July 2009
The 8 July 2009, almost a hundred development practitionners from all over the world convened in Utrecht to participate to the DPRN Expert Seminar “Commercial Pressures on Land: rethinking policies and practice for development”.
Representatives of civil society, intergovernmental organisations, research institutes, governments as well as private sector have animated the debate addressing the increasing phenomena of the so called “land grabbing”.
The seminar was articulated around three different panels, each of which tried to capture a different aspect: (i)the southern stakeholder perspective, which included representatives of southern governments, research institutes and civil society organisations; (ii) the corporate and multistakeholder initiatives, which analyzed possible ways for redressing social and ecological effects caused by foreign corporate activity in Southern countries and (iii) the international community perspective, where international IGOs and NGOs explored possibilities for a sustainable way forward.
Here below you can find downloadable versions of the presentations for each panel.
Read the Full program.
Reframing Global Land Issues and Struggles in the context of Commercial Pressures on Land
Jun Borras, Research Professor, Saint Mary’s University, Canada. Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: A set of core principles and measures to address the human rights challengeGaëtan Vanloqueren, Representative of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Taking stock: responding to the global rush for land
Michael Taylor, International Land Coalition Secretariat. PANEL 1: SOUTHERN STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE: PROMOTING SOCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE LAND-RELATED INVESTMENTS Les pressions commerciales sur les terres rurales dans les pays sahéliens: cas du NigerAbdoul Karim Mamalo, Permanent Secretary Code Rural, Niger.
Peasants and Indigenous Social Movements for Rights of Land in Bolivia
Pamela Cartagena, CIPCA, Bolivia A brief on industrialization, urbanization and land conflicts in VietnamLe Quang Binh, ISEE, Vietnam
Assessing the issue of land acquisition through Human Rights perspective
Vidya Bhushan Rawat, Social Development Foundation, India Panel Summaryby Chair Nathaniel Don Marquez, ANGOC, Philippines
PANEL 2: CORPORATE CODES AND MULTISTAKEHOLDER INITIATIVES: REDRESSING SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS CAUSED BY FOREIGN CORPORATE ACTIVIY IN SOUTHERN COUNTRIES
Abetnego Tarigan, Sawit Watch, Indonesia Mali Biocarburant SA making core business of sustainabilityWalter Hetterschijt, Fund Manager of Annona Sustainable Investmet Fund
The negative impacts of the fat and oil sector
Marieke Leegwater, Productschap MVO Challenges of mitigating social and ecological effects of corporate activities in the SouthYefred Myenzi, LARRRI/Hakiardhi, Tanzania
by Chair Ujjaini Halim, IMSE, India PANEL 3: ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: WORKING TOWARDS SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS IN NATURAL RESOURCES FOR CROP PRODUCTION Land grabbing: International Community ResponsesKlaus Deininger, Lead Economist, World Bank
Responding to the Increased Demand for Land: Possible roles of IGOs
Harold Liversage, IFAD Aland Tenure AdvisorPaul Mathieu, FAO Land Tenure Section
The role of the international community
Gine Zwart, Oxfam Novib Panel summaryby Sander van Bennekom, Oxfam Novib
Prof Gao Guiying, Ningxia University, China Western Development Centre, China
