Promoting transparency and accountability in land acquisitions
The Land Matrix is an independent land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability in decisions over large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in low- and middle-income countries by capturing and sharing data about these deals.
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Analytical reports
Analytical report on land-based offset projects | Large-scale land acquisitions for carbon offsetting: Green grabbing or just transition?
2025-10-20Read more >>With demand for land remaining high in the agricultural sector, large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) continue to reshape rural landscapes and communities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In the last few years, however, a critical but often underestimated new force has added further pressure to land: the growth of carbon …
Events
2025 Conference on Land Policy in Africa
2025-11-07Read more >>The Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA), held biennially since 2024, was established to respond to the need towards having a continental land policy platform. The conference is a strategic space for research activities, presenting the issues and status of land in Africa for policy conversations. The conference also …
Publications
Between promise and practice: The role of carbon standards in community engagement in land-based offset projects in Indonesia and Madagascar
2025-10-08Read more >>This working paper, authored by several Land Matrix members, raises concerns about the adverse impacts land-intensive, nature-based solutions - although central to the voluntary carbon market (VCM) - may have on vulnerable communities. This research examines the regulatory scope of leading carbon standards and their implementation in offset projects in …
Deal narratives
Deal Narrative 6: Caught in the energy transition: Can Argentina balance the global demand for lithium and community livelihoods in mining areas?
2025-08-29Read more >>In the green energy transition race, lithium is the star athlete. As the world moves away from fossil fuels towards more sustainable power sources, it is relying more and more on this non-renewable resource to drive forward the energy transition. But keeping up with global demand for this “clean energy” …
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