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Debating “Land Grabbing” at the World Social Forum 2013

From March 26 to March 30, 2013, the 11th World Social Forum (WSF) took place in Tunis. In only three days, more than 50,000 participants visited over 1,000 sessions. The issue “land grabbing” was less present in Tunis...

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The Land Matrix celebrates its first anniversary – discussion of the major developments regarding African and Asian data

 One year ago, the 26th of April 2012, during the Land and Poverty Conference organised in Washington by World Bank, the Land Matrix partnership launched the online database “Land Matrix” [http://www.landportal.info/landmatrix]. The main purpose was to encourage researchers, governments, citizens and companies to provide more data on land acquisitions.

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