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Displaying 21 - 23 of 23Fair Compensation in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSALs) Can Act as an Incentive for Those Investments That Truly Are a Development Opportunity
Despite the fact that land is intrinsically fixed in space, a new transnational market for land is born. Indeed, data from the Land Matrix suggests that in the last 16 years 77.5 million hectares of land – a surface slightly smaller than the entire Mozambique – have been transferred to international investors or are currently under negotiation. More than 140 countries are involved in this international market for land either as investor country, or as target country, or both.
Recap-Conference on Fair Compensation (Cape Town) - Day 2 - Morning Session
SESSION 4: FACTORS OF COMPENSATION; VALUE OF LAND
Dr Shai Stern (Dr. Shai Stern (Professor of Law, Bar-Ilan University)
Restoring Justice in Expropriation Law
- There is general agreement on the concept of fair or just market value for compensation, yet this concept is based on different ideas of justice
- A Restorative conception of justice provides a coherent and circumstances’ attentive normative framework to address the most significant challenges related to compensation
LandMark
LandMark is a dynamic, online mapping platform that provides critical information on the collective land and natural resource rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world. The global platform supports local livelihoods and well-being by increasing the visibility of indigenous and community lands and presenting crucial information on the state of land rights.