Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Part 1 Setting the Scene: History, State, and Law

1 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: A Historical Perspective

2 States as Actors in International Agro-Investments

3 The Role of Property Rights in the Debate on Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

Part 2 Land Dynamics and Livelihoods in South-East Asia

4 The Impact of Larger-Scale Agricultural Investments on Communities in South-East Asia: A First Assessment

5 Sweet and Bitter: Trajectories of Sugar Cane Investments in Northern Luzon, the Philippines, and Aceh, Indonesia, 2006–13

6 Marginal Land or Marginal People? Analysing Patterns and Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in South-East Asia

7 From Lagging Behind to Losing Ground: Cambodian and Laotian Household Economy and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

8 ‘Better-Practice’ Concessions? Lessons from Cambodia’s Leopard-Skin Landscape

Part 3 Human Rights and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

9 Identifying and Monitoring Human RightsViolations Associated with Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: A Focus on United Nations Mechanisms and South-East Asia

10 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Cambodia: Where Do (Human Rights) Law and Practice Meet?

Conclusion

11 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Livelihoods and Human Rights in South-East Asia

Index