Considers the cultural dimension of applying the land information system (LIS) concept to lands held under customary land tenure. The article recognizes that the LIS concept has been developed primarily to serve the needs of countries with a western-style land market where individual land rights are the norm. However, many countries where customary landholdings exist, or predominate, are also interested in establishing LISs to manage their land resources better. The article has three main sections.

This paper provides an analysis of the effectiveness and equitability of West African judicial, legal and administrative institutions for:providing accessible dispute resolutionprotecting the security of the urban and rural poor to hold and use land.The authors compare legislation of customary and non-state regulatory institutions in Ghana, with the greater Pluralism of Côte d’Ivoire.

Property conflicts have an enormous impact on relations between the members of farm households and their families. Given the long duration, frequency and intensity of these conflicts an investigation of how they arise and how they affect the daily lives of, and relationships between, landholders is certainly warranted. Conflicts over land visibly manifest themselves in destroyed fences, stolen crops, poisoned dogs, horses that are set free, bloody machetazos, hails of stones between children and murder.

This Act provides that the Concessions Act, 1939, other than section 30, Part 4 and section 40, shall cease to apply to stool lands.

The present Regulations are made under the Surface Rights Acquisition and Compensation Act. In particular, section 3 establishes that “mineral” includes potash according to clause 2(e) of the afore-mentioned Act establishing that “mineral” means petroleum and natural gas, or either of them, and any other substance that the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by Regulation establish. The text consists of 4 sections.

Implements: Surface Rights Acquisition and Compensation Act (R.S.S. 1978, c. S-65). (2016)

This Act, consisting of 40 sections, makes provisions with respect to land tenure rights, conveyance of lands, easements, transfer of land, leases, mortgages, foreign governments right to own land and various other matters relative to the registration of titles, use of land rights, transfer of land, etc.

This Act, consisting of 327 sections divided into eight Chapters and completed by three Schedules, aims to provide for: a) the way in which a local government is constituted and the nature and extent of its responsibilities and powers; and b) a system of local government in Queensland that is accountable, effective, efficient and sustainable.

This Regulation, consisting of 351 sections divided into 15 Chapters and completed by eight Schedules, regulates the following issues: a) describes the boundaries of local government areas; b) describes the boundaries of any divisions; c) fixes the number of councillors for local governments and any divisions of local government areas; d) names local government areas; and (e) classifies local government areas as a city, town, shire or region. In addition, it establishes the classification of each local government area as mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.

Section 6 establishes Penalties for offences against the By-Laws as follows: For the purposes of subsection 52A(7) of the Act, the maximum penalty that may be imposed on a person for an offence against the provision of the By-Laws specified in an item in the attached table is the penalty specified in that item.The purpose of the Regulations is to prescribe penalties for a natural person and for a corporation for certain offences against the by-laws.

El presente Decreto Supremo aprueba el Plan de Protección para los Pueblos Indígenas en Situación de Aislamiento y en Situación de Contacto Inicial (PIACI) de la Reserva Indígena Murunahua 2017 - 2021, dado que los pueblos indígenas en situación de aislamiento o en situación de contacto inicial se caracterizan por su alta vulnerabilidad inmunológica, demográfica y cultural, y tienen una estrecha relación de interdependencia con el ambiente y las tierras que involucran su territorio, necesitando extensas áreas para conservar su salud, formas de vida, identidad cultural y su integridad como c

This Act provides with respect to local government in accordance with section 187B of the Constitution, which requires an Organic Law to provide for, or make provision in respect of, the form and the manner of establishment of the Provincial Governments and the Local-level Governments. The system of Provincial Governments established by this Organic Law applies to the government of the National Capital District and the provisions of this Organic Law relating to Provincial Governments apply to the National Capital District.

Tanzania Agricultural Sector Policy 2003 is a national cross-sectoral policy with an overall goal to promote sustainable development of the agricultural sector for economic, social and environmental benefits for its people.Improvement of food insecurity and nutrition is amongst the objectives of this strategy.