The potential contribution of land use planning to avoid “land grabbing”
and to mitigate its consequences
In the current discussion, “land grabbing” refers to foreign direct investments
by states and private investors from developed countries and
newly industrialized countries in developing countries who secure land
– often in connection with water or other resources – through longterm
leases or purchases. While these investments can bring employment,
infrastructure and modern technologies, they can also contribute
to landlessness, local food insecurity, environmental damages, rural-urban
migration etc. The term “land grabbing” is explicitly used for those
cases where the local population is losing access to land. Hence, by far
not all foreign direct investments are referred to as “land grabbing”. A
key problem of “land grabbing” is the absence of local participation in
the identification of areas for foreign direct investments as well as the
lacking recognition of local land rights by the national governments
who are selling or leasing the land which formally is referred to as state
land.
The potential contribution of land use planning to avoid “land grabbing”and to mitigate its consequencesIn the current discussion, “land grabbing” refers to foreign direct investmentsby states and private investors from developed countries andnewly industrialized countries in developing countries who secure land– often in connection with water or other resources – through longtermleases or purchases. While these investments can bring employment,infrastructure and modern technologies, they can also contributeto landlessness, local food insecurity, environmental damages, rural-urbanmigration etc. The term “land grabbing” is explicitly used for thosecases where the local population is losing access to land. Hence, by farnot all foreign direct investments are referred to as “land grabbing”. Akey problem of “land grabbing” is the absence of local participation inthe identification of areas for foreign direct investments as well as thelacking recognition of local land rights by the national governmentswho are selling or leasing the land which formally is referred to as stateland.
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