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New DSD Brief
Foreign land purchases for agriculture: what impact on sustainable development?
Private investors and governments have recently stepped up foreign investment in farmland in the form of purchases or long-term lease of large tracks of arable land, notably in Africa. This brief examines the implications of this trend for sustainable development.
Read more at http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/resources/res_publperinews_ib.shtml
Sincerely,
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Lauren E. Anderson
Communications and Outreach Branch
UNDESA – Division for Sustainable Development
Two UN Plaza, Room DC2-2256, NY, NY 10017
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/index.shtml
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