Land-grabbing in and by Brazil: victim and buyer

Autores

  • Giulia Parola Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Lodovica Toffoletto Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v10i2.25784

Palavras-chave:

Land Grabbing, Brazil, Mozambique, Cerrado, Amazonia, Nacala.

Resumo

This article intends to analyse the dual role of the Brazil in the phenomenon of Land Grabbing. This paper addresses, in the first chapter, a definition  of Land Grabbing, which helps in the delineation of the discourse, then in the second, gives a general analysis about the issue of Land Grabbing; in the third chapter, the study analyses the role of the Brazil as a victim, particularly in the areas of Cerrado and Amazonia; in the forth chapter the role of Lula’s government in the attempt to stem the Land Grabbing and, in the final part the Brazilian' role as a buyer, particularly focusing on the presence of Brazilian investors in Mozambique.

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Biografia do Autor

Giulia Parola, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Giulia Parola is a Professor in Environmental Law and Post-doc Researcher Scholar, Master in Constitutional Law in South America, Universidade Federal Fluminense, (Niteròi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); PhD in Environmental Law in the University of Paris V (France); LLM in the University of Iceland in International Environmental Law; Bachelor of Law, Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)

Lodovica Toffoletto, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals

Master in International Development at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals - IBEI (Barcelona, Spain). Bachelor of Law, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italia). E-mail: [email protected]  Master in International Development at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals - IBEI (Barcelona, Spain). Bachelor of Law, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italia). E-mail: [email protected]

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2019-09-24

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PAROLA, Giulia; TOFFOLETTO, Lodovica. Land-grabbing in and by Brazil: victim and buyer. Revista de Direito Econômico e Socioambiental, Curitiba, v. 10, n. 2, p. 3–29, 2019. DOI: 10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v10i2.25784. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucpr.br/direitoeconomico/article/view/25784. Acesso em: 22 dez. 2024.

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