Click here to read the report on the bookluanch ‘The Global Land Grab – Beyond The Hype’. 

LANDac kindly invites you to the public book launch & discussion of ‘The Global Land Grab – Beyond The Hype’ on 3 July at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hague. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Lilianne Ploumen, will receive a copy of the book from the editors Mayke Kaag and Annelies Zoomers. Mayke and Annelies shortly present this newest publication – that also highlights LANDac related research – and link content to recent debates and developments in the wider development cooperation field.

Programme

12.00 – 12.30 Walk-in and lunch

12.30 – 12.35 Welcome by Frits van der Wal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

12.35 – 12.50 Book presentation by Mayke Kaag (African Studies Centre) and Annelies Zoomers (Utrecht University, International Development Studies)

12.50 – 13.00 Response by Minister Ploumen

13.00 – 13.20 Short presentations by Femke van Noorloos, Alda Salomão, and Pham Huu Ty about the situations in respectively Costa Rica, Mozambique and Vietnam, linking these to the book and reflecting on the implications for national and Dutch policies about land governance

13.20 – 14.00 Discussion with speakers and the public, led by Frits van der Wal

Registration required! Please register by sending an e-mail with your full name and affiliation to