Large Scale Land Acquisitions Profile - Tanzania

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This country profile presents the Land Matrix data for United Republic of Tanzania, detailing largescale land acquisition (LSLA) transactions that:

  • entail a transfer ofrights to use, control or own land through sale, lease or concession;
  • have an intended size of 200 hectares (ha) or larger; • have been concluded since the year 2000; •
  • are affected by a change of use (often from extensive or ecosystem service provision to commercial use);
  • include deals for agricultural, forestry and other purposes. Mining operations are excluded.

The objective of this country profile is to present LSLA data at national level to a broad panel of stakeholders, stimulating broad engagement and data exchange, facilitating the continuous improvement of the data. The data used in this profile was downloaded on 28 October 20161. Read more..