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1.1 What is included in this manual This document is a manual for data entry and data management on the Land Matrix Initiative (LMI) web portal. It describes how to create and edit cases as well as how to further manage the data. As such it explains the too...

2.1 User roles In order to add an object (deal or investor) to the database, a user must be registered on the Land Matrix website and be logged in. There are three different user roles, all of which are able to create an object but have different rights, or...

4.1 Introduction The management interface lists deals and investors, which need the users, editors or administrators attention. It is the main tool in which every user finds the data he edited or reviewed (my drafts, created by me, reviewed by me, activa...

5.1 Introduction The case statistics provide some indicators of the overall quality of the cases, - either deals or investors -, and on the other hand give an overview, how many cases are publicly available (active) and how many are in any other non-public st...

3.1 The workflow header The workflow header is visible only to logged-in users. It shows various meta-information about the state of the current version of a deal or investor and provides various actions depending on the user's role. In the subsequent descrip...

1.1 Contenu du présent manuel Ce guide de l'éditeur a été élaboré pour fournir des instructions générales et des stratégies sur la manière de saisir les données relatives aux acquisitions de terres à grande échelle (LSLA) dans la base de données Land Matrix. ...

2.1 Rôles des utilisateurs Pour ajouter un objet (transaction ou investisseur) à la base de données, un utilisateur doit être enregistré sur le site Web de la Land Matrix et être connecté. Il existe trois différents rôles d'utilisateurs qui permettent tous de...

3.1 L'en-tête du flux de travail L'en-tête du flux de travail n'est visible que par les utilisateurs connectés. Il affiche diverses métadonnées sur l'état de la version actuelle d'une transaction ou d'un investisseur et propose diverses actions en fonction du...

4.1 Introduction L'interface de gestion répertorie les transactions et les investisseurs qui requièrent l'attention des utilisateurs, des éditeurs ou des administrateurs. C'est l'outil principal dans lequel chaque utilisateur trouve les données qu'il a édi...

5.1 Introduction Les statistiques relatives aux cas fournissent des indicateurs de la qualité globale des cas, qu'il s'agisse de transactions ou d'investisseurs, et donnent un aperçu du nombre de cas accessibles au public (actifs) et du nombre de cas qui ne s...

The “Data Editor Handbook -guidelines for data entry-“ has been developed to provide general instructions, rules, and guidance for entering data on large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) into the Land Matrix database.   For help and instructions regarding the...

The Land Matrix Initiative has an open data policy that aims to provide information on large-scale land acquisitions free from constraints and restrictions on use. Data, infographics, charts, maps, and other material provided on the Land Matrix website carry t...

The Land Matrix defines a land deal as any intended, concluded, or failed attempt to acquire land through purchase, lease, or concession for agricultural production, timber extraction, carbon trading, renewable energy production, industry, mining, oil and gas ...

In order for a deal recorded in the Land Matrix database to be published on the Land Matrix website, it must fulfil certain data requirements, so-called minimum information criteria:   Location: At least the target country of the deal must be known and rec...

Information on large-scale land investments is often fragmentary and, in some cases, it is difficult to fully assess the details of individual cases. Given this lack of data, as well as the fact that the Land Matrix only captures certain aspects in a schematis...

As a rule, separate deals should be differentiated from each other and be added individually to the Land Matrix database. However, in some cases, investors carry out several different projects (based on different agreements) in the same country, region, or sub...

To be able to track the evolution of a deal over time, so-called year-/date-based variables were introduced in the LM database. With these, it is possible to record multiple values for one variable and assign them to different years or dates and thus to track ...