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Contracts

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Please enter any specific details about the contracts of the land deal (e.g., licence, concession...

Updated 4 days ago by Christof

Investor info

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Please capture in this section information on all investors involved in a land deal and, where po...

Updated 1 week ago by Christof

Employment

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Please record in this section any information on the employment effects of the land deal. Note: ...

Updated 1 week ago by Christof

Water

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Please record in this section any available information on water use, including whether water ext...

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Produce info

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Please use this section to record any available detailed information on the produce associated wi...

Updated 1 week ago by Christof

Gender-related info

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Please record in this section any gender-specific information related to the land deal, the busin...

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Overall comment

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Please use this section to record any relevant information about the deal that is not covered els...

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Former use

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Please add any information about the former land owner, former land use, and former land cover in...

Updated 1 week ago by Christof

Local communities / indigenous peoples

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Please record in this section all information on the affected local communities and/or Indigenous...

Updated 1 week ago by Christof

Locations

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When adding a new deal to the database, the target country must be selected first.This step is a ...

Updated 1 week ago by Christof

Data sources

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Introduction - adding and citing data sources: When adding or editing deals, it is essential...

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LM data export: Read first

LM Database Introduction / Read First

Brief introduction to the Land Matrix data and data export files The Land ...

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1.5 Subsumed deals

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The Land Matrix records individual large-scale land acquisitions that meet the criteria defined i...

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1.4 Accuracy of information and conflicting information

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Information on large-scale land investments is often fragmentary and, in some cases, it is diff...

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1.3 Minimum information criteria

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For a deal recorded in the Land Matrix database to be publicly accessible on the Land Matrix webs...

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1.6 Year-/date-based data

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To be able to track the evolution of a deal over time, so-called year-/date-based variables were ...

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Introduction

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The Data Editor Guidelines — guidelines for data entry — have been developed to provide instructi...

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“Full update” Guidelines

LM Updating Guidelines

The main objective of the Land Matrix is to compile a comprehensive and consistent dataset includ...

Updated 1 year ago by Christof

Data Entry Guide for Green Deals

LM Data Editor Guidelines: Green Deals

(Vers.3, 20 Sept 2024) A)          Documenting carbon offset projects in the LM database ...

Updated 1 year ago by Christof

5. GÉRER LES DONNÉES : STATISTIQUES DE CAS

La gestion des données Land Matrix

5.1 Introduction Les statistiques relatives aux cas fournissent des indicateurs de la qualité gl...

Updated 1 year ago by Marie Gradeler