# Former use

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##### <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">**Former land owner**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Classification of the former land owner(s), i.e., the actor(s) holding ownership rights to the land prior to the land acquisition.</span>

**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Selectable values from the drop-down list <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(multi-select):</span></span>:</span>**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**State** — State-owned.  
**Private (smallholders)** — Privately owned by smallholders.  
**<span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Private (large-scale)</span> </span>**— Privately owned by medium- or large-scale commercial operations.  
**Community** — Owned collectively by a community.  
**Indigenous people** — Owned collectively or individually by Indigenous Peoples under customary or traditional tenure arrangements regardless of their recognition.  
**Other** — Any other type of former owner (specified in the comment).</span>

##### **<span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">Comment on former land owner</span>**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the former land owner. Free text.</span>

##### <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">**Former land use**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Classification of the former land use(s) prior to the land acquisition.</span>  
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**<span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Selectable values (self-explanatory) from the drop-down list (multi-select):</span></span>**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Commercial (large-scale) agriculture** Medium- to large-scale commercial farming operations.  
**Smallholder agriculture** Subsistence or small-scale farming by smallholders.  
**Shifting cultivation** Cultivation of land for a limited period, followed by abandonment and fallow/regeneration before reuse.  
**Pastoralism** Livestock grazing and rangeland use.  
**Hunting/Gathering** Use based on hunting, fishing, and/or gathering of natural resources like fire wood.  
**Forestry** Forest use (e.g. community use of the forest: collecting woods, fruits, hunting etc.), timber extraction, or managed forest production.   
**Conservation** Land primarily used for conservation or designated protection.  
**Other** Any other type of former land use (secified in the comment).</span>

##### **<span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">Comment on former land use  
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Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the former land use. Free text.

##### <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">**Former land cover** </span>

Classification of the former land cover prior to the land acquisition.

**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Selectable values from the drop-down list <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(multi-select):</span></span></span>**

**Cropland**  
**Forest land**   
**Pasture**   
**Shrub land/Grassland (Rangeland)**  
**Marginal land**   
**Wetland**  
**Other land** (e.g. developed land) – Any other land cover type (specified in comment)

##### <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);">**Comment on former land cover**</span>

Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the former land cover. Free text.