Dr. Insa Flachsbarth

Large-scale land acquisitions in palm oil, rubber, and sugarcane supply chains pose human rights and deforestation risks. Currently, weak land governance, poor traceability, and shifting trade patterns undermine stringent due diligence processes.

More than a decade after the surge in large-scale land acquisition in the Global South, the Land Matrix Initiative takes stock of the "global land rush" and its socioeconomic and environmental impacts in its third analytical report. The findings are alarming.

The Group of 20 (G20) has recognized the need for more responsible land investments in targeted lower- and middle-income countries, but land deals remain opaque. This policy brief suggests the necessity of mandatory due diligence in global supply chains.

GIZ Land Hub Meeting 2020, Online event, Berlin Organisers: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Dr. Insa Flachsbarth (Consultant)

Panel discussion:
Evidence-based policy helps to make well-informed decisions about policies, programs and projects, by placing the best available evidence from research at the heart of policy development and implementation. This also accounts for policymaking in the land sector. But how can we implement evidence-based policy in a sector where data is usually scarce or difficult to access? How can we respond with policies and programs to in-creasingly rapid global trends while still relying on robust science? And what is the key to good science communication, given that the validity of scientific facts is coming under increasing pressure worldwide? In this session we would like to address these questions and focus on the relationship between good research and policymaking in the land sector and how good science communication can work. Through a panel discussion covering different perspectives, we want to learn from the experiences of experts and conduct a reality check to see if we are on the right track and what else we need.

Vortrag bei der AG Land, Online Event Dr. Insa Flachsbarth (Speaker), Dr. Christoph Kubitza (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Jann Lay (Author)

Online Vortrag zum Wissenstransfer bei der AG Land