Titre: Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa.
Editeur(s): International Institute for Environment and Development/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/International Fund for Agricultural Development
Auteur(s): Lorenzo Cotula, Sonja Vermeulen, Rebeca Leonard, James Keeley
Lieu et Date: London, Rome, June 2009
Url: www.iied.org
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
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
This paper focuses on the renewed interest in purchasing or leasing land, and securing water rights for agricultural production; it does not focus on other forms of foreign investment in agriculture. In Sections 2 and 3, it identifies the key drivers behind the recent surge in these investments, and examines prevailing trends in reported land contracts. In Section 4, the range of legal issues. associated with these types of contracts, including in relation to domestic law, the international investment contracts and international investment agreements, is identified.
Winnipeg (Canada), May 2009 / 26 pages
This report examines the inter-linkages between our material use and related land requirements and, through demonstrating this link, highlights the very urgent need to scale down our excessive consumption of this resource in the interests of maintaining the regenerative capacity of the biosphere, as well as conserving resources for future generations.The focus
of this report is on Europe and its role as a major user of global land resources.
Vienna / February 2013 / 40 pages
