Investissements et accaparements des terres et des ressources

Cette étude s’intéresse aux responsabilités belges dans la « ruée mondiale sur les terres ». La ruée en question y est définie au sens large comme l’ensemble des prises de possession ou de contrôle de superficies de terres par des acteurs puissants (étatiques ou non, y compris des élites locales), étrangers ou nationaux, à petite ou large échelle, privant généralement des collectivités ou des individus d’un accès adéquat et sécurisé à la terre et impliquant des dégradations des conditions de vie des populations locales et de l’environnement.

Bruxelles, juin 2013 / 44 pages

In 2012, land and natural resources emerged as a major issue for many developing countries. They faced a fork in the road. Would they embrace democratic rights to those resources, or try to trigger growth by handing them over to foreign investors and domestic elites? Taking the wrong path threatened social cohesion, food and environmental security, and economic progress. All face major decisions about what type of country they will become. As we look to 2013, we ask: will countries around the developing world choose to be societies of citizen landowners or landless laborers?

Washington DC (USA) / January 2013 / 36 pages

This report synthesises the findings of the global Commercial Pressures on Land research project, coordinated by the Secretariat of the International Land Coalition (ILC) with the support of one of its members, CIRAD, and the collaboration of more than 40 grassroots and civil society organisations, academics, and research institutions from around the world.Twenty-eight case studies, thematic studies, and regional overviews resulting from this project have already been published.1 In addition, this report incorporates the latest data emerging from the ongoing Land Matrix project to monitor large-scale land transactions.

Rome / January 2012 / 84 pages

This research finds that both food speculation and the financing of land grabs are issues with great significance for Europe. It appears that a broad list of EU-based private financial institutions – banks, pension funds and insurance companies – are involved in trading or marketing investment products based on agricultural commodity futures or other agricultural commodity derivatives and complex instruments. A significant number of financial institutions across Europe appear to also be involved in financing land grabs directly or indirectly.

Brussels (Belgium), January 2012 / 44 pages