This briefing is a joint project by the Transnational Institute (TNI), FIAN International, FIAN Netherlands, FIAN Germany, FIAN Austria, IGO in Poland and FDCL in Germany, which exposes the key Dutch players involved in land and water grabbing worldwide and makes recommendations to prevent further abuses.
It argues that Dutch pension funds, banks and corporations – and even the government – are implicated in the new wave of land and water grabbing worldwide, while exploring two tendencies that have created an enabling environment for large-scale land deals to occur: 1) the direct financing by Dutch investors in large-scale land transactions, and 2) the Dutch government’s endorsement of various corporate self-regulation schemes, investment codes, development and trade policies.
The briefing ends with a set of concrete demands and recommendations directed towards the Dutch state and private investors to stop their involvement in land grabbing and to respect the Right to Food.
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