The Socfin Land Deal Missing Out On Best Practices: Fact-finding Mission to Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

The indigenous peoples of Koto Sepuluh have already lived in their ancestral land long before the existence of the Indonesian Republic. They have their own land laws that governed land tenure, management of agricultural lands, managed hunting, and ways to open the forest. The State has systematically abrogated the indigenous laws of the Tanjung Benuang Village by issuing law on village administration. Through the imposition of this law, the land of the people has been grabbed through the granting of HPH concession to the companies, creating untold misery to the village peoples.

Penang (Malaysia) / July 2012 / 10 pages

The focus of this report is land grabbing in Cambodia. It is based on APRODEV Agencies experience from many years of development work. The report documents how affected communities have lost their livelihoods because of land grabbing by national and international business corporations. Local communities have not been consulted and they have received little or no compensation for their loss. The communities have been evicted from their land and have faced systematic human rights violations.

Brussel (Belgium), December 2011 / 23 pages

Le rapport analyse deux études de cas: L’intervention de l’entreprise Jatropha Technology Farm / Senegal dans les communautés rurales de Nétéboulou et de Ndoga Babacar, dans la région de Tambacounda et l’intervention de SENETHANOL SA dans la communauté rurale de Fanaye (Département de Podor). Le rapport explique aussi le contexte avec une analyse de la sécurité alimentaire et de la situation du développement rural au Sénégal, le régime foncier et l’accès à la terre et les politiques sénégalaises de régulation et de facilitation des investissements étrangers dans l’agriculture.

Dakar (Cameroun), avril 2012 / 60 pages

Land-grabbing is occurring at a significant extent and pace in Southeast Asia; some of the characteristics of this land grab differ from those in regions such as Africa. At a glance, Europe is not a high profile, major driver of land-grabbing in this region, but a closer examination reveals that it nonetheless is playing a significant role. This influence is both direct and indirect, through European corporate sector and public policies, as well as through multilateral agencies within which EU states are members. Looking at some of the cases of large-scale land acquisition in Southeast Asia, and the role played by the European Union, we put forward several observations and issues for discussion.

Amsterdam / January 2011 / 56 pages