Earth Security Initiative | March 2012
As investors turn to land-based assets and commodities, large areas of fertile land are being acquired around the world to produce biofuels, food commodity crops, timber and develop extractive industries. Where land governance is weak, new risks are being created. These include, on one hand, the security of local people, their access to food and water, and conflicts associated with forced evictions. But risks also include reaching vital limits to how much arable land there is available, as well as soil erosion and water availability, on which the economies of host countries, and their political stability, ultimately depend.
The Land Security Agenda outlines the security and risk implications of the growing wave of investments in farmland and commodities. It shows why all stakeholders involved, from global investors in farmland and commodities, to civil society and political leaders in countries seeking to attract foreign investment, must realize their common interest in managing these risks to ensure long-term value.
Download the report: The Land Security Agenda: How Investor Risks in Farmland Create Opportunities for Sustainability.
