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Land corruption risks in the green energy sector

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2023
Global
Land & Corruption
corruption
environment
land acquisitions
land deals
land grabbing
displacement
local communities
Green energy (and/or renewable energy) requires large areas of land to operate, often more so than energy generated from fossil fuels. The acquisition of land comes with accompanying corruption risks which can lead to challenges such as land grabbing and illegal displacement of communities. To help mitigate corruption risks and their consequences, strong regulatory oversight and rigorous licensing requirements are needed, as well as transparency and community-based approaches to ownership of green energy projects.
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Green Colonialism 2.0: Tree Plantations and Carbon Offsets in Africa

Reports & Research
August, 2023
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land investments
Green Colonialism 2.0: Tree Plantations and Carbon Offsets in Africa examines the African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP) bankrolled by European development finance institutions, Japanese oil interests, and an Australian investment firm. The AFIP exemplifies the green colonialism that President Ruto of Kenya is promoting on the continent — opening the door for more extraction of Africa's resources. Despite AFIP’s claim of promoting “nature-based solutions,” a troubling pattern of exploitation and greenwashing underscores its investments, stakeholders, and financial backers.
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Land Leases and Concessions in the Lao PDR: A Characterization of Investments in Land and their Impacts, Based on field data of 2014-2017

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Asia, Laos
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
mining
concession (land)
land investments
leaseholds
The management of land concessions and leases in the agriculture, tree plantation, hydropower and mining subsectors (referred to as land deals henceforth) is a crosscutting topic and involves a wide range of agencies of the Government of the Lao PDR (GoL) at various administrative levels, from the granting stage to the supervision and monitoring of progress and compliance.
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Evaluating the Impact of Forest Tenure Reform on Farmers’ Investment in Public Welfare Forest Areas: A Case Study of Gansu Province, China

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2022
China
Forest Tenure
land investments
land tenure
collective ownership
In recent times, forest tenure reform has become one of the most discussed agendas among local and global policymakers. Forest tenure is a contract that specifies who has rights to forestry resources and depicts who should utilize, maintain, and acquire them. It can have a significant impact on whether farmers invest in their forestland. The study’s primary purpose is to explore whether and how the reform of forest rights affects farmers’ investment in public welfare forestry.
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Respecting Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Acquisition of Land for Investments in Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2023
Uganda
Land & Investments
land acquisitions
land investments
This Fact Sheet aims to provide guidance on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and its application in Uganda in the context of Responsible Land-Based Investments.
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How to Understand and Address Land Conflicts

A guide for communities and investors

Manuals & Guidelines
May, 2023
Uganda
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
conflicts
land
land investments
land conflicts
local communities
This guide aims to help communities, to understand and address land-investment based conflicts thus supporting them in exercising their basic human rights.
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Gender Transformative Land Acquisition

A GUIDE FOR COMMUNITIES AND INVESTORS (2022)

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2023
Uganda
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land acquisitions
government
local communities
This guide addresses the capacity needs required to enable gender-responsive land acquisition in Uganda. It is primarily aimed at Communities, Civil Society Organisations and Investors, but can also be used by central and district Government at technical and decision-taking level.
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Land and Investment

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2016
Global
Land & Investments
land investments
Investing in land, and in activities requiring land, occurs around the world. As a broad category, “land and investments” encompasses a wide range of scenarios: investments may be small or large in terms of the amount of money invested and scale of the land acquired. Investments may be undertaken for activities ranging from agriculture or forestry to infrastructure, extractive projects, renewable energy, or even tourism; and may involve a variety of actors, such as local smallholders, national governments, local investors, or foreign corporations, among others.
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Fair compensation in large-scale land acquisitions: Fair or fail?

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2023
Global
Land & Investments
expropriation
conflicts
land acquisitions
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
land investments
foreign investment
land grabbing
responsible investment
land conflicts
local communities
Despite the existence of a legal framework defining the right to fair compensation, and notwithstanding the vast literature on transnational and domestic land deals, no theory has been developed so far to allow for a specific analysis of the economics of fair compensation in large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs), limiting our understanding of the underlying reasons of success or failure of this important legal protection mechanism.
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Guidelines for Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure and Governance Interventions

Reports & Research
February, 2019
Global
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
land investments
land tenure
The overall objective of the Guidelines for Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure and Governance Interventions is to inform and strengthen the design and implementation of future land tenure and governance interventions to best support lasting tenure security and achieve related impacts on poverty, food security, gender equality, environmental sustainability and security.