In June 2011, the Oakland Institute (OI) released details of the largest land deal in Tanzania, which had been hidden away from public scrutiny prior to that and obscured from national debate and discussion.

This WagingNonviolence.com article from March 2012 summarizes some of the current struggles for land rights against corporate re-colonization.

INDIAN GENDERCIDE: A GREAT THREAT TO SECURITY

Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth

Director

Estonia is an independent and sovereign democratic republic wherein supreme political authority is vested in the people. The independence and sovereignty of Estonia are timeless and inalienable (Article 1). The land, territorial waters and airspace of Estonia constitute an inseparable and indivisible whole (Article 2). The natural wealth and resources of Estonia are national riches which must be used economically (Article 5).

This Order, of 6 Parts and 18 sections, makes provision for the prevention of sand from eroding agricultural land and to enable cultivation of land that was eroded by sand. Part I, Preface. Section 3 defines the target of this Order.

The aim of this Instruction is to regulate rules and procedures of land and soil classification in accordance with Law No. 5403 on soil preservation and land utilization and the Regulation on the implementation of the Law No. 5403. The Instruction sets standards related to the determination, survey, analysis and classification of land and soil resources.

This Law establishes legal, economic and organizational grounds for the functioning of State land cadastre. It contains VII Sections divided into 41 Articles: (I) General provisions; (II) State bodies responsible for keeping state land cadastre; (III) Data contained in state land cadastre; (IV) Keeping state land cadastre; (V) Guarantees of reliability of data contained in state land cadastre, liability in the sphere of state land cadastre; (VI) Fees and charges for services rendered by state land cadastre; and (VII) Conclusive and transitional provisions.

This Regional Law regulates relations concerning ownership and tenancy of land, and determines terms and conditions for allocation of plots of agricultural land pertaining to state and municipal property, and also the modalities of expropriation of thereof in regional and municipal ownership. Regional administration shall have preferential terms for purchase of agricultural land in case of sale thereof by natural and legal persons, except for public sale through auction or tender.

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the strengthening of agricultural competitiveness, the balanced development of the national economy and the preservation of national land based on the stabilization of farmers' agricultural management and the improvement of agricultural productivity through the efficient utilization and management of farmland by prescribing necessary matters for ownership, utilization, preservation, etc. of farmland.

This Regional Law regulates turnover of agricultural land. It establishes that Regional Administration shall have preferential rights of purchase of agricultural land. Maximum agricultural land area that can be owned by one single natural or legal person shall not exceed 30 percent of total available agricultural land within the boundaries of a give municipal unit. Minimum period of lease of agricultural land shall be set forth as follows: (a) for farming – 3 years; (b) for grazing – 3 months; (c) for haymaking – 1 month; and (d) for other purposes – 6 months.

This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of turnover of land shares in common property and land parcels of agricultural land. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land used for gardening, horticulture, subsistence farming and individual stockbreeding. Maximum land plot area of agricultural land separated from common ownership shall be equal to land share. Maximum agricultural land area that can be owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 25 percent of total agricultural land available in a given municipal unit.