Environmental, climate and socio-economic factors in large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs)

Abstract Since the economic crisis of 2007–2008, during which food commodity prices peaked, there has been an increase in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) worldwide (Landmatrix, 2017). In addition to socio-economic factors, climate change might be relation LSLAs but its possible role largely unrecognized. We assessed economic, political, environmental and variables on LSLAs, both host investor countries. hypothesized that investors may influenced their land acquisitions by level target used a gravity model starting from raw dataset 2402 concluded deals 2003 2017. The results suggest climatic conditions play statistically significant as explanatory factors for Target countries, confirming original assumptions.