The growing demand for land by corporations and private investors has fuelled several regional land rush waves in Asia—bringing them directly in conflict with communities that require these lands for their occupations and survival.
The Midcourse Manoeuvres report series shares the findings of a three-year study to map and explore the nature, extent, and impact of land use change in the three postcolonial Asian countries of India, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
The study analyzes primary and secondary data on land use approvals for mining, hydropower, industrial estates, and plantations over the last three decades as these sectors have caused large-scale land transformations.Â
The overall objective is to understand how communities secure land and natural resources that are intrinsic to their basic human survival and livelihoods and to what effect. For researchers, activists, and organizations engaged in supporting communities facing impacts caused by land use change, this project provides a useful baseline of community-level strategies used and remedies extracted in the three countries.
The research also elaborates on the range of laws and institutions that are directly relevant to land and environmental conflicts in each of these countries. This information, documented through various primary and secondary sources, can provide illustrative examples and strategic viewpoints for groups contemplating or seeking remedies for live conflicts on the ground.
The study’s findings have been organized into separate reports with detailed case studies for each of the countries (India, Indonesia, and Myanmar) along with an overview report of the study’s methodology and findings across all three countries.
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