Introduction
Reports about land acquisitions in developing countries – often labeled as land grabbing – are on the
rise. The number of land-related conflicts seems to be growing, leading to concerns about increasing
land inequality in societies were many people depend on access to land for their livelihoods. On 24
March, 2011, International Development Studies (IDS) of Utrecht University, in collaboration with
LANDac1 and the Society for International Development (SID), organised a seminar a...
