Lights and shadows in the relationship between international law and sustainable investments: The challenges of ‘natural resources grabbing’ and their effects on State sovereignty
1. The nexus between investments in natural resources and sustainable development It is reasonable to enquire as to whether international law has evolved to require that today, investments in natural resources be carried out in compliance with a sustainable approach. A positive answer can be given in response to this question, based on the following...
Sustainable Investment in Land in the Global South: What Would It Require from a Coherence Perspective? The case of Sierra Leone
1. Introduction Large scale acquisitions of land in the Global South have significantly increased since the millennium.[1] It is often the case that foreign investors are involved in such acquisitions, which are commonly aimed at facilitating the export of commodities.[2] These investments in land tend to transform conventional, rather small scale agricultural systems into large...
