RRI has released two new analyses highlighting the wide-ranging impacts and risks of land and concession deals in Africa” with a particular focus on Central and West Africa.

The analyses were released at the Thirteenth Dialogue on Forests” Governance and Climate Change: Harmonizing Tenure and Resource Policies in Central and West Africa's Changing Landscape” held in Yaoundé” Cameroon on March 5-7″ 2013. Read the press release in English or French.

The first publication” Social and Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Africa – With a Focus on West and Central Africa” analyzes 18 country case studies that are among the best-documented large-scale land acquisitions in terms of their impacts in the said region.

The second paper” a policy brief on Land and Forest Tenure Reforms in West and Central Africa: A Preliminary Assessment of Progress Made Since the Yaoundé” 2009 Conference examines the implementation of recommendations relating to large-scale land acquisitions from the International Conference on Forest Tenure” Governance” and Enterprise” held in 2009 in Yaoundé” Cameroon.

Both papers are available in both English and French. To download them and for more details” click here.