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What are extra-legal land acquisition practices?
actions and procedures that circumvent or violate established legal frameworks
What are the two case study countries used to compare Africa's potential?
Brazil and Thailand
Which actors are primarily involved in land grabbing in Uganda?
Foreign investors, multinational corporations, and the Ugandan government
What are the three types of political reactions to land grabbing?
resistance, acquiescence, and incorporation
What is a land grab?
A large-scale, cross-border land deal or transaction that is carried out by transnational corporations or initiated by foreign governments (Zoomers, 2010, p. 429)
What kind of renewable energy was being constructed in Charanka, India?
Solar energy
What are the environmental impacts of agricultural commercialization?
Pollution and habitat loss
what are some of the justifications used for land grabbing that often mask the displacement of local communities in Uganda?
Conservation, climate change mitigation, and poverty reduction
What is resistance?
local groups resist land grabbing by organizing protests or legal challenges.
According to Zommers, what are two of the seven processes that drive the current global land grab?
1. Offshore Farming: FDI in Food Production
2. FDI in non-food agricultural commodities and biofuels,
3. Development of protected areas, nature reserves, ecotourism and hideaways
4. SEZs, large-scale infrastructure works, urban extensions
5. Large-scale tourist complexes
6. Retirement and residential migration
7. Land purchases by migrants in their countries of origin