Promoting transparency and accountability in land acquisitions
The Land Matrix is an independent land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability in decisions over large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in low- and middle-income countries by capturing and sharing data about these deals.
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News
The unfinished business of agrarian reform in the Philippines
2026-08-31Read more >>Agrarian reform in the Philippines was never only about distributing land. When the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law was enacted in 1988, it sought to address longstanding inequalities in land ownership and land concentration by redistributing agricultural land to landless farmers and farmworkers, securing their tenure, and creating the conditions for …
Publications
How much access do farmers have to agricultural land in Ukraine? A community-level analysis
2026-07-08Read more >>Land concentration and its impact on small farmers
Land concentration is not a new problem; it has long been recognised at the global level as a source of economic, social, and environmental risks for rural development – and it does not only occur in developing countries: land grabbing processes are …
Events
World Social Forum 2026
2026-08-06Read more >>As part of the 17th World Social Forum (WSF 2026), taking place from 4-8 August 2026 in Cotonou, Benin, our colleague Mohamadou Dieye from ISRA-BAME, National Focal Point for Land Matrix in Senegal and Regional Focal Point for Land Matrix in West Africa, will participate on 6 August from …
Deal narratives
Deal Narrative 6: Caught in the energy transition: Can Argentina balance the global demand for lithium and community livelihoods in mining areas?
2025-08-29Read more >>In the green energy transition race, lithium is the star athlete. As the world moves away from fossil fuels towards more sustainable power sources, it is relying more and more on this non-renewable resource to drive forward the energy transition. But keeping up with global demand for this “clean energy” …
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Report a deal or suggest changes
Do you have information about land deals in your country that we can add to our database? Can you confirm or update information we already have? You can help us make the Land Matrix more accurate and comprehensive by adding a deal, providing feedback on existing data, or contacting us with any other queries or suggestions.
