Growing scarcity and degradation of farmland, rapidly rising incomes, and changing consumption patterns have all contributed to an increasing number of international land investments or land deals.
It is important to unpack what land grabbing really involves if we are to understand what is really happening.
While much debate and analysis have focused on the social and environmental impacts of the ‘land grabbing’ phenomenon, the legal and development implications still remain understudied.
On eve of farmland investor conference, groups in Burma say the lease and disposal of land to outsiders must not be permitted because disputes over land tenure in the region are on-going and cannot be settled.
Using or acquiring land for your company can indeed be a risky business and particularly when poor communities are affected.
Oxfam campaigner Ben Phillips says the global land grab is hurting the world's poorest people.
Two Palm Beach County sugar companies have expanded into Belize in Central America by acquiring Belize Sugar Industries Ltd and its 4,000 acre sugar cane plantation.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the temporary halt on granting economic land concessions to new companies will be extended until he retires from politics.
International groups give full support and solidarity to the farmers in Burma/Myanmar in resisting land grabs in their country
In Ukraine, MPs did not extend land sale moratorium, but experts say it is legally impossible to launch market on January 1, 2013
The Chinese conglomerate that bought the Crafar Farms this year is not ruling out the possibility of buying more New Zealand dairy land to fuel its exports to China.
In 2010 alone, land-clearing for oil palm plantations in Kalimantan emitted more than 140 million metric tons of carbon dioxide – an amount equivalent to annual emissions from about 28 million vehicles.
