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Lorenzo Cotula

Lorenzo Cotula (@LCotula) is a Principal Researcher in Law and Sustainable Development at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde Law School, and a Visiting Research Fellow at Warwick Law School’s Centre for Law, Regulation and Governance of the Global Economy (GLOBE).

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Law and Political Economy of Commodity Rushes: Reflections on “Land Grabbing” in the Global South

A few years ago I travelled to central Ghana, in the fertile farmlands west of Lake Volta. A global land rush was in full swing: large agribusiness plantation deals – “land grabs” for the critics – were announced at a dizzying pace in many low- and middle-income countries. This transition belt between Ghana’s forest zone…

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