Newsletter

New agreement on the Latin America Focal Point - World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty - Network members in Ecuador - Capacity building and research within the network - Links with Land Mark and coordination with ILC -Land Matrix gains ground at a local university - Peasants and indigenous communities, in their land

Meeting of the Steering Commitee - Strengthening of the network of partner institutions - New and updated land deals - Dissemination of the Land Matrix - Mentions to Land Matrix in regional documents - Land Matrix at the university - Research on virtual water - Contribution to the Land Matrix Analytical Report II - Country Profile Argentina - Two paradigmatic land deals

Land deals in Montes de María, Colombia - New deals uploaded - Research on land and water appropriation - Iniciatives to improve deals detection - Training on the new Land Matrix platform - Launch of the “Plataforma Semiáridos” webpage

Focus: Nicaragua Grand Interoceanic Canal - Updating of existing deals in Latin America - New land deals uploaded to the database - Contribution to LM Analytical Report: global grains market - A Swiss intern joins the team

Second phase - Contribution to the Land Matrix - Analytical Report - Updating of existing cases - Workshops, trainings and meetings - New network members

Land Matrix – Latin American Focal Point Call for information on large-scale land acquisitions Contribute to the world’s most important database on large-scale land acquisitions! www.landmatrix.org

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES - WORKSHOP ON PARTICIPATORY MAPPING AND DATA MANAGEMENT - GLOBAL EARTH FORUM - ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION FOR LATIN AMERICA - INFORMATION RETRIEVAL IN CENTRAL AMERICA - CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES

THE LAND MATRIX LATIN AMERICA FOCAL POINT (LMLAFP) - PRESENTATION OF LM-LAFP TO THE REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR SEMIARID REGIONS - MEETING BETWEEN RED TERRITORIOS VISIBLES AND LAND MATRIX - A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF SOME INFORMATION FOR LATIN AMERICA - CASE STUDIES - GOALS FOR THE SECOND TERM

LAND DEALS AND AREA - INVESTORS PER COUNTRY - NEW DEALS UPLOADED