Land Matrix Large Scale Land Acquisitions Profile: Senegal

This country profile presents the Land Matrix data for Senegal, detailing large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) transactions that:

Entail a transfer of rights 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 and forestry 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 10 May 2016.