 Just over 10 years ago, three crises hit simultaneously. Firstly, there was the financial crisis, with share prices plummeting and investors looking for alternative assets to invest their capital. Secondly, there was a sharp spike in food commodity prices, and this left many people across the world unable to feed their families. Thirdly, climate crisis really became an issue. And governments started to implement policies, including biofuels. And these three crises led to a large number of stakeholders to invest and look for land in the developing world. The idea was to build an agricultural sector on land that wasn't yet used to bring investment to developing countries, to bring knowledge to smallholder farmers, and to increase the livelihood options. However, very soon, more negative aspects started to come up. People were dispossessed of their land, they lost their livelihoods and jobs and other benefits were not forthcoming. The term land grabbing started to take hold. What I want to do in my keynote speech on the Land Act Conference is to look back on a 10 years of global land rush. Much has changed, and we've learned many lessons. I will outline, firstly, the importance of strong land governance systems to protect the most vulnerable communities. But resilience of host communities goes beyond land tenure. Local development needs to be put at the centre, and therefore, socio-economic and environmental conditions are equally important to build a context in which international investors, host governance, and local communities can work together.