These Regulations amend the Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 in a provision which prescribes a penalty for trespass upon leboella. Section 6 stipulates that a person shall not, except in cases specially approved Trespass by the chief, graze his stock or any stock in his possession or upon leboella cause such stock to be grazed in any area set aside by a chief as leboella.

Amends: Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 (No. 30 of 1980). (1980-09-09)

These Regulations amend the Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 with respect to grazing fees and penalties for grazing offences. They also concern fees in relation with organization of rotational grazing and regulation of stock numbers.

Amends: Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 (No. 30 of 1980). (1980-09-09)

These Regulations amend the Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 with respect to a wide variety of matters including: interpretations; grazing fees and penalties for grazing offences; organization of rotational grazing; regulation of stock numbers; and inspection of stock by an Agricultural Officer. Definitions that are added by these Regulations include: "grazing season", "carrying capacity" (i.e. the maximum stocking rate possible without damage to vegetation or related resources), and "range".

These Regulations, made under section 4 (1) of the Land Husbandry Act by the Minister of Agriculture and Marketing, provides for the protection of agricultural land.

This Law No. 6443 makes minor changes in several different articles of the Law on pastures No. 4342.

Amends: Law on pastures No. 4342. (1998-02-25)

This Law amends articles 30-35 of law 9693 of 2007. The amendments deal with penalties issued for law infringements and their appeal process. The inspection is carried out by the Forestry Police and its regional and local units.

Amends: Law No. 9693 on the Pasture Fund. (2007-03-19)

This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of the use of pastures and grazing resources for the purposes not related to grazing of cattle. It specifies that local authorities shall be granted the right to allocate pastures and grazing resources for payment in accordance with contracts for use of pastures and grazing resources for purposes not related to grazing of cattle. The right of use of pastures for the period of over three years shall be subject to compulsory state registration.

Urgent action required to challenge impunity of perpetrators, protect citizens and address root causes of environmental crisis

Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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Le présent arrêté détermine les périmètres pastoraux de sauvegarde du cheptel en cas de disette ou de périodes calamiteuses et à leur ouverture au pacage. Les périmètres indiqués à l'article premier sont ouverts au pacage à partir de l'entrée en vigueur du présent arrêté jusqu'à la fin du mois d'août 2013.Toutefois, l'interdiction du pacage demeure en vigueur dans les périmètres où les arbres d'essences forestières plantés ou semés de main d'homme ou issus d'incendies ne dépassant pas un mètre de hauteur.

Indigenous farmer in the municipality of Sayaxché, department of Petén, Guatemala, viewing the stunted corn crop on his land bordering an oil palm plantation. 

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In recent years, Zambia has witnessed increased interest from private investors in acquiring land for agriculture. As elsewhere, large-scale land acquisitions are often accompanied with promises of capital investments to build infrastructure, bring new technologies and know-how, create employment, and improve market access, among other benefits

A Case Study of Selected Agricultural Investments in Zambia (2013)