The UN tenure guidelines in times of rising food prices
In the context of the 10th anniversary of the VGGT the online event on the 28th November takes stock and assesses the way forward for responsible land governance and food security. To what extent did the VGGT impact land governance and food security over the past 10 years? How can their utilisation be improved in […]
Large-scale land deals and social conflict
„Responsible investments should do no harm, safeguard against dispossession of legitimate tenure right holders and environmental damage, and should respect human rights.” Compliance with these principles of the UN VGGT would massively reduce the considerable risk of conflict. The authors have derived a couple of policy recommendations that could bring the common practise considerably closer […]