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The Wilson Center ’ s Africa Program and Asia Program present:

The Wilson Center ’ s Africa Program and Asia Program present:. So-Called Land Grabs in the Global South: Reality and Repercussions?. Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:00 – 4:00pm 6 th Floor Flom Auditorium. The Challenges of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions. Karol Boudreaux

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The Wilson Center ’ s Africa Program and Asia Program present:

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  1. The Wilson Center’s Africa Program and Asia Program present: So-Called Land Grabs in the Global South: Reality and Repercussions? Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:00 – 4:00pm 6th Floor Flom Auditorium

  2. The Challenges of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions Karol Boudreaux USAID Africa Land Tenure Specialist

  3. Recent Headlines “CAMBODIA: Rural poor lose out in land deals” “Multinationals grab African land” “FOOD: Land-grabbing linked with hunger” “Report: 'Unbridled' Rush for Land Grabs Leaving a Billion Hungry” “Biofuels, food speculation pushing further land grabs” “The great green land grab: "Land grabbing" is rarely out of the headlines”

  4. Sources of concern • Rising demand/competing uses • Biofuel • Agriculture • Timber/forestry • Extractives • Conservation • Urban expansion • Weak consultative process/poor engagement • Weak land governance systems/rent seeking

  5. Where is land being purchased?

  6. Weak land governance is at the heart of large-scale land acquisitions Legal pluralism contributes to ambiguous rights Limited capacity/limited resources Overwhelmed customary systems Vested interests/corruption Compounded problems for women

  7. Women are triply vulnerable

  8. Some of the gender impacts • Loss of land and resource rights • Lost livelihoods • Costs to gather wood/water • Displacements from social networks • Increased vulnerability Source: jonhaylett.co.uk

  9. Recent responses VGGT G8’s New Alliance Farmland Principles ISO 26000 RAI

  10. Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGTs) • Soft Int’l Law • Participatory process • Recognize/Respect • Safeguard • Facilitate • Access to Justice/Services • Prevent Dispute/Conflict

  11. VGGTs are a response to: Rising food prices, food insecurity Large-scale acquisitions Harms to communities Increasing recognition of need to address customary/informal tenure concerns Desire for more integrated/participatory approach Need to protect & empower all users

  12. Encouraging Government Actions • VGGTs provide guidance to states to: • Improve service provision • Increase access to justice • Reduce corruption • Improve transparency & accountability • Recognize customary & informal rights, rights of IPs • Eliminate discrimination • Promote responsible investment • Address expropriation, redistribution, consolidation • Address valuation, taxation

  13. Implementing the VGGTs • Adopted May 2012 • G8/New Alliance commitments, including funding/implementation commitments • Efforts to implement will be bilateral/multilateral • New facility at FAO • What will it look like on the ground? • For communities • For private sector • For governments

  14. How can the private sector help? • Recognize & respect legitimate rights • Advocate for joint rights/women’s rights • Increased focus on collaborative contracting • Partnering with producer groups – men & women • What’s exciting? • B-20 Task Force Recommendations • Farmland Principles • ISO Standards • Impact Investing • New Alliance

  15. What else is needed? Technology Expanded legal education Expanded access to justice Resources to implement commitments Continued CSO/NGO support Spotlight on this issue

  16. What is USAID doing? • Assisting efforts to secure land & resource rights in worldwide programming • Legal/policy reform • Building host capacity, public awareness • Engaging with customary authorities • Supporting NGOs/CSOs • Supporting New Alliance efforts • Supporting implementation of VGGT

  17. Secure land and property rights:stronger communities, more productive economies Source: Gregory Myers, USAID

  18. THANK YOU For more information please visit: www.usaidlandtenure.net

  19. The Wilson Center’s Africa Program and Asia Program present: So-Called Land Grabs in the Global South: Reality and Repercussions? Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:00 – 4:00pm 6th Floor Flom Auditorium

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