[open-development] Fwd: [ECF] Launching Today: Land Matrix

[Rufus Pollock]

Looks fantastic. Any way to get the raw data in bulk?

@Tim: up for adding an entry to the DataHub for this?

Rufus

On 27 April 2012 12:10, Tim Davies <tim.g.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
> The land matrix underlying data is all available as open data...
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> Tim
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Dirk Slater" <dirk at tacticaltech.org>
> Date: Apr 27, 2012 11:43 AM
> Subject: [ECF] Launching Today: Land Matrix
> To: <practitioners at ecampaigningforum.com>
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Thought some of you might be interested in a new resource for campaigners
> working on land acquisition issues. The Land Matrix, an online interactive
> database on large-scale land deals is launched today 27h April 2012 at 00:01
> CET during the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. The aim of
> the Matrix is to promote transparency and accountability in decisions over
> land and investment through open data, accessible via maps and
> visualisations and via download.
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> see:  http://landportal.info/landmatrix
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> There are three different sections offered, ranging from birds eye summaries
> that give insights to the content of the database, to direct access to the
> data for more in-depth exploration and analysis :
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> Get the Idea – Empowering the audience without being overwhelmed. Summaries
> that give insights to the content of the database and create easy way of
> linking causes with problems.
> Who are the major actors? Which are the top investing countries? what is the
> scale of the problem?
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> Get the Picture – Interactive and detailed information to understand the
> major problems and quick access to major trends.
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> Get the Detail - dive right into the core of the data with the ability to
> sort it according to interests
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> The Matrix encourages researchers, governments, companies to provide more
> data on land acquisitions – the innovative interface is designed for the
> public to crowdsource new information and improve the database's quality and
> reliability. The website is intended to provide a facility for observing
> trends on land and investment on an ongoing bases.
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> Tactical Studios has worked with the Land Coalition partnership (CDE, CIRAD,
> GIGA, GIZ and ILC) to create the public interface providing unprecedented
> access to the largest public database on large-scale land deals worldwide.
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> The Coalition have documented over 2300 land acquisitions over the past 15
> years – and we have created an online interactive interface of all records
> over 200 hectars since 2000.
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> The Land Matrix Public Interface is currently in Beta. Please provide any
> comments on how it could be more useful to you at
> LANDMATRIXFEEDBACK at LANDPORTAL.INFO. Your comments will be considered in
> finalising the interface.
>
> Thanks -
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> Dirk
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> Dirk Slater
> Director of Operations/Project Lead
> dirk at tacticaltech.org
> Tactical Technology Collective
> www.tacticaltech.org
> Mobile: +44 (0) 7903 932 817
> Skype: dirkslater
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