In an earlier post, information was provided about the growing trend in land acquisitions by global economic actors (see here, in Portuguese). Is there a fair gobal law governing this global “landgrab” process? The straighforward answer is: no.
Readers will centainly be interested in a recent report on the subject (click here via The Guardian here). In it, Brazil, India, Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Zambia and Sudan appear as the top 10 “target countries”.
In Brazilian law schools the global landgrab is still by and large a nonissue. More attention should be given by law professors and students to this massive change in land ownership and its social, environmental, economic and geopolitical implications. The subject provides an example of what should be focused by global legal education (see also here).
[Update 11-may-2012: FAO on global land grab - new voluntary guidelines for administration of land, fisheries and forests rights - see here]
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