Over the last few years, agribusinesses, investment funds and government agencies have demonstrated a growing interest in acquiring large portions of land particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Analysing a number of ...

Communities are key drivers for the fulfilment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Discusses Namati’s work in supporting communities to protect and document their lands and natural resources, which ...

Traces the history of the Interlaken Group, founded in 2013 as a coalition of corporations, investors, civil society organizations and INGOs with the goal of turning corporations into allies in the process of ...

A 78-page list, much of it pretty grim reading. Divided into reports and press cuttings, in alphabetical order. The reports section comprises a ‘1stXI’ of Future Agricultures Consortium, GRAIN, IIED, IISD, ...

Highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa. Documents 9 cases involving 8 of the European DFIs in Cameroon, DR Congo, ...

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has issued a landmark judgement for marginalised communities across Africa. It ruled that the Kenyan government violated the rights of the Mau Ogiek people by ...

Reports from meeting near Bilbao from peasants in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Niger, Mali, Senegal and Ghana. Almost everywhere in Africa the elite and corporations are undertaking efforts to capture and ...

A practical guide focusing on investigating accountability and accountability politics in the context of the current global rush for land and other natural resources. Purpose is to provide practical information to ...

Includes natural resources as a driver of conflicts; gender dimensions of land conflict; displacement from land conflict; impact of land conflicts on traditional institutions; land disputes/conflicts in different ...

Covers global panorama, where the situation has worsened, the context for killings, moving forward. At least 200 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2016, the highest on record, spread across 24 ...