Land grabs, big business and large-scale damages

The history of the world is a story of lands conquered by violence. Today, money has replaced weapons. Lands are bought. In very large quantities. The current wave of land grabbing is a phenomenon of hard conquest and a dramatic one for local populations and the environment.

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Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Published
2025-09-16
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https://doi.org/10.71609/iheid-yz8b-4217
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Land grabs, big business and large-scale damages

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Land grabs, big business and large-scale damages

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Abstract

The history of the world is a story of lands conquered by violence. Today, money has replaced weapons. Lands are bought. In very large quantities. The current wave of land grabbing is a phenomenon of hard conquest and a dramatic one for local populations and the environment.

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