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Title (Primary) Die rechtliche Steuerung transnationaler Agrarland­investitionen in einkommensschwachen Ländern („Land Grabbing“)
Author Markus, T.
Source Titel Zeitschrift für europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht (EurUP)
Year 2021
Department UPR
Volume 19
Issue 4
Page From 426
Page To 441
Language deutsch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords Land Grabbing; Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (UNIDROIT); transnational standard of care; Menschenrechte; Agrarlandinvestitionen; Investitionen in landwirtschaftliche Nutzflächen; transnationales Umweltrecht
Abstract This article investigates the governance potential of different policies and laws addressing the issues arising out of large-scale farmland investments in low income countries (“land grabbing”). It interprets their development on the whole as a tentative effort by a set of different actors to forge an effective governance system. It is argued that the development of these laws and policies has largely been defined by three key features: 1) forming a better understanding of the complex issues arising out of large-scale farmland investments, 2) reframing these issues, the responsibilities of involved actors, and the purpose of regulation, and finally, 3) flexibly shifting modes of governance in view of ineffective national and international laws and institutions. All three strategies have contributed to establishing a set of transnational guiding principles and standards of care that will substantially increase legal accountability and have the potential to effectively change investment practices.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=25444
Markus, T. (2021):
Die rechtliche Steuerung transnationaler Agrarland­investitionen in einkommensschwachen Ländern („Land Grabbing“)
Zeitschrift für europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht (EurUP) 19 (4), 426 - 441