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Directory of Community Guidance on Agreements Relating to Agriculture or Forestry Investments
While there are a number of existing resources that can assist communities and their advocates in their interactions with investors over land from negotiating better agreements with investors, to monitoring whether investors fulfill the terms of their agreements these resources are not always easy to find. CCSI has created a detailed directory that lists relevant guides and other documents, provides links to the original documents, and includes brief descriptions of their content. This directory, provided as a Google document, is available here; it can be viewed online, downloaded, emailed, and printed.