La présente loi détermine les règles et les principes fondamentaux relatifs au régime foncier rural en République du Bénin. Elle s’applique au domaine privé rural de l’Etat et des collectivités territoriales ainsi qu’aux terres rurales appartenant aux personnes physiques ou morales de droit privé.

The present Act is also referred to as Natural Resources Transfer Agreement (N.R.T.A.). In particular, the purpose of the present Agreement is to transfer control over Crown lands and natural resources to the Province of Alberta. The text consists of 2 sections and 1 Schedule containing the Agreement between the government of Canada and the government of the Province of Alberta.

La présente loi a pour objet de fixer le cadre juridique de toutes les interventions de l'Etat et des autres acteurs ayant pour effet la structuration, l'occupation et l'utilisation du territoire national et de ses ressources. La politique d'aménagement du territoire veille à la définition d'orientations sectorielles et spatiales capables de créer une synergie entre les différentes régions, d'une part et les secteurs d'activités d'autre part.

This Act makes provision with respect to soil conservation in the Scotland District and for this purpose establishes the Scotland District Soil Conservation Board.The Board shall advise the Minister on the utilization of lands in the conservation area, i.e. the area as set out in the First Schedule to this Act. It shall also examine proposals concerning the conservation and improvement of land in the conservation area submitted to it under this Act by the Chief Agricultural Officer.

L’article 1er du susdit Code établit que le territoire de la Région wallonne est un patrimoine commun de ses habitants. La Région et les autres autorités publiques, chacune dans le cadre de ses compétences et en coordination avec la Région, sont gestionnaires et garants de l’aménagement du territoire.

The present Act lays down provisions relating to public lands. The Minister shall have charge of the management, sale and disposition of the public lands and forests. For the purpose of the present Act “mines and minerals” includes gold, silver, copper, lead, iron and other mines and minerals, and quarries, and beds of stone, marble or gypsum. The text consists of 75 sections divided into 4 Parts as follows: Ministry of Natural Resource (I); Road on public lands (II); Provisions of general application (III); Construction of dams (IV).

This Act provides rules relative to prospecting, quarrying and mining of minerals. The Act also regulates the exportation of radioactive minerals and safeguards rights of Amerindians in respect of land and restricts rights of Amerindians to take minerals.The Minister may constitute part of Guyana as a mining district. All minerals shall vest in the State. The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission may grant licences or permits to enter on private lands and to search and take minerals on such land. The Act provides rules for large scale and medium and small scale mining and prospecting.

The purpose of the present Law is to conserve and protect the soil against harmful effects, in particular against erosion, densification of the soil and hazardous substances, and to improve and restore the health of the soil. To reach this aim everyone shall behave in such a way as to reduce damage to the soil to the unavoidable minimum – in particular accumulation of hazardous substances in the soil and deterioration of the soil structure – in view of ensuring an effective soil protection.

The present Law lays down provisions relating to conditions of farmland in Upper Austria. Article 1 deals with land consolidations. With a view to create and maintain an efficient and environment-friendly agriculture, property rights, rights of use and cultivation in rural life may be improved or newly arranged by means of : 1) new divisions and development of agricultural and forest land; 2) merging agricultural and forestry industries taking into account modern agricultural and ecological factors.

The purpose of the present Law is to safeguard the public interest on the occasion of the transfer of land or parts thereof, taking into account the need to comply with the principles of a sustainable protection of the environment, nature and landscape. The text consists of 36 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Acquisition of rights on agricultural or forest land (II); Common provisions (III); Rules pertaining to civil code (IV); Enforcement, administrative proceedings (V).

This Code grants every citizen the right to a favourable environment ensured by sound land use planning through: (a) state regulation of land use planning activities; (b) planning of urban land; (c) compensation for damages resulting from violation of land use planning legislation; and (d) liability.

The present Law applies to all expropriations carried out on the domain of the Canton. The expropriation right shall be enforced in the interest of the Canton, or part of it, or of local authorities. It can also be exerted for other purposes provided that it is in the public interest and also allowed by a Law or an Ordinance. The text consists of 114 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: Sphere of application (A); Substantive expropriation rights; Proceedings (C); Fees (D); Special compensation cases (E); Final and transitional provisions (F).