Civil Society Warns of New Land Grabs as World Bank Pushes for Tenure Reforms in Africa By Isaiah Esipisu Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

The idea of land abundance is a colonial fiction that refuses to die. Our research shows that Africa’s lands are already intensively used and deeply valued by millions of rural people. Professor Ruth Hall, Director–PLAAS at the University of the Western Cape. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/civil-society-warns-of-new-land-grabs-as-world-bank-pushes-for-tenure-reforms-in-africa/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inside_COPs_th_Hour_Negotiations_for_LegacyBuilding_Belm_Climate_Deal_A_Disputed_Roadmap_to_Leave_Fo ADDIS ABABA, Nov 19 2025 (IPS) - As the COP30 negotiations intensify in Belém, Brazil, civil society organizations and research experts have called out major financial institutions for promoting foreign interests in controlling Africa’s land by formalizing land tenure and seeking to convert Africa’s land into industrial farms or carbon markets. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.