Land & Water Acquisitions

Key Facts

Land and water ‘grab’ or development opportunity?

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Between 2008 and 2009 land acquisition deals were for nearly 60 million hectares worldwide, slightly more than the entire area of Kenya. 1
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Two-thirds of the land acquired was in Africa. 2
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In May 2012 the UN adopted its first ever land acquisition guidelines. 3


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1, 2 World Bank http://econ.worldbank.org
3 UN FAO http://www.fao.org/nr/tenure/voluntary-guidelines/en/