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Here’s how Cameroon can achieve land transparency

28 August 2018

Cameroon

Cameroon’s Code on transparency and good governance is finally here.

République Démocratique du Congo - Acquisitions foncières à grande échelle

4 July 2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo

5.4 millions d’hectares de terres sont liés à des investisseurs étrangers. La superficie moyenne des terres conclues est 148 992 ha. La foresterie apporte le plus grand nombre de transactions et la plus grande taille sous contrat. La majorité des transactions conclues sont enregistrées bail, est valable pour une période de 25 ans.

Madagascar: the Tany group fights for the rights of locals, denounce land grabs

22 August 2017

Madagascar

(Ecofin Agency) - In an open letter sent to the president of Madagascar on August 17, the Tany group exposed its concerns about land grabbing by foreign investors in the country.

Blogs

Announcing the LandAssess Tool: Demystifying Land Risks in Project Due Diligence

2 July 2019

Authors:

Mina Manuchehri

Malawi

Mozambique

Tanzania

Global

In recent years, numerous companies have made commitments to better recognize and respect land rights throughout their supply chains. Although making such commitments is a critical first step towards achieving more responsible investments, many companies still struggle with how to practically implement those commitments.

The State of Open Land Data

23 May 2019

Authors:

Tim Davies

Global

This week an important new book on ‘The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons’ was launched by IDRC and African Minds.

Responsible Investment Requires More than a Few Corporate Social Responsibility Programs: Lessons for Chinese Outbound Investors

Ecuador

China

Myanmar

I wouldn’t say Chinese investors are not trying to take social responsibility seriously, but they must understand that the meaning of responsible investment is much more than a few corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs.

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Events

Responsible Large Scale Investment in the Mekong: a Regional Workshop

15 November 2017 to 17 November 2017

Location

Lao Plaza Vientiane

Laos

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LA

South-Eastern Asia

This Mekong region workshop will explore the challenges of large-scale agricultural investments to suggest solutions supportive of sustainable and pro-poor development, as well as economic growth. A set of recommendations will be produced.

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Library

Mekong Land Research Forum: Annual country reviews 2018-19

Policy Papers & Briefs

February 2019

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region, and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the field. Specialists have been selected from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to briefly answer the following two questions:

République Démocratique du Congo - Acquisitions foncières à grande échelle

Reports & Research

July 2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ce profil pays présente les données de la Land Matrix pour République Démocratique du Congo et inclut les acquisitions de terres à grande échellequi:

• consistent en des transferts du droit d’exploitation ou de contrôle des terres au moyen bail ou de la concession;

• couvrent des surfaces de 200 hectares ou plus;

• ont été initiées depuis l’année 2000;

New team to resolve dispute over online land transactions

Journal Articles & Books

May 2018

Kenya

A stalemate over activation of an online platform that may exclude lawyers from the multi-billion shilling land conveyancing business has been referred to a soon-to-be formed taskforce.

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Organizations

Open Land Contracts (OLC)

OpenLandContracts.org is an online repository of publicly available contracts for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects. The repository includes the full text of contracts; plain language summaries (also referred to as "annotations") of each contract’s key social, environmental, human rights, fiscal, and operational terms; and tools for searching and comparing contracts.

Technical University of Kenya (TUK)

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- To be a top rated University of technology
Mission
- To provide technological education and training and to contribute towards the advancement of society through research and innovation
Motto
- Education and training for the real world
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