La presente Ley tiene por objeto los principios y directrices para la elaboración del Plan de Uso de Terrenos del Estado Libre de Puerto Rico, el cual constituye el instrumento fundamental en la planificación del aprovechamiento óptimo de los terrenos, basado en un enfoque integral que garantice al mismo tiempo un desarrollo sustentable del país y la conservación de los recursos naturales. La autoridad responsable de formular el Plan es la Oficina del Plan de Uso de Terrenos, establecida en virtud del artículo 3º.

La présente loi est composée de 131 articles regroupés en huit (8) titres, notamment: les dispositions générales (Titre I); les règles relatives à l’utilisation du sol: documents généraux, documents d'urbanisme (Titre II); les opérations d'aménagement et outils d'intervention (Titre III); la préemption (Titre IV); les règles relatives à la construction (Titre V); le contrôle et sanctions (Titre VI); les dispositions transitoires (Titre VII); les dispositions finales (Titre VIII).Le présent Code définit les règles applicables en matière d'urbanisme et d'aménagement urbain.

The President decrees that the plots of land and the property connected with them must be considered real estate. The real estate contracts are regulated by Civil Code in accordance with Land, Forestry, Environmental, other specific Legislative Acts and this Decree. Physical And juridical persons, that own plots of land, have the right to sell, to bequeath, to give as a gift, to mortgage, to lease, to exchange and to render them as a share to the-joint stock companies. Each landowner is provided with land certificate that must be registered into land cadastre.

This Regional Law establishes that that boundaries of the objects of cultural heritage shall be reported on city maps and also areas of particular conditions of land tenure and land-use planning due to the presence of the objects of cultural heritage.

La presente Ley tiene por objeto regular el uso y aprovechamiento sostenible y garantizar el acceso de la población a las zonas costeras marinas y lacustres, así como de las islas que tengan población permanente.

Implementado por: Decreto Nº78/09 - Reglamento de la Ley Nº 690, Ley para el desarrollo de las zonas costeras. (2009-09-22)
Enmendado por: Ley Nº 913 - Modifica la Ley Nº 690, Ley para el desarrollo de las zonas costeras. (2015-09-29)

The present Act- consisting of 49 sections - makes provisions with respect to land tenure rights, conveyance of lands, easements, transfer of land, leases, mortgages, and various other matters relative to the registration of titles, use of land rights, transfer of land, etc.

This Act makes provision for the conservation and management of the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources in Lesotho.The Act consists of 116 sections divided into 16 Parts: Preliminary (I); General Principles (II); Institutional Arrangements (III); Environmental Planning (IV); Environmental Impact Assessment, Audits and Monitoring (V); Environmental Quality Standards (VI); Pollution Control (VII); Spill and Environmental Emergency (VIII); Environmental Management (IX); Environmental Restoration Notice and Order (X); Inspection and Record (XI); International Environmental

The text of the Act consist of 65 sections divided into 5 Parts: Preliminary and general (I); Promotion of interests of forestry and development of afforestation, and production and supply of timber (II); Extinguishing of easements, creation of rights of way and compulsory acquisition, of land (III); Restrictions on cutting down and injuring trees (IV); Miscellaneous (V).Section 9 of Part II defines general powers of the Minister in relation with promotion of forestry, etc, including purchase or take on lease or otherwise acquire any land suitable for forestry or required for purposes in co

The amendments made concern the payment of compensation for the acquisition of land by the Minister for purposes of forestry.

The purpose of the present Act is the economic and expedient use of the soil; the protection and care of the environment and, in particular the conservation or reinstatement of the sustainable purity of the air, water and soil, as well as the avoidance of noise; the conservation or reinstatement of a healthy nature, the protection of the indigenous fauna and flora and their natural living spaces, of the cultural heritage and, finally, in particular that of housing and recreational areas.

This Act makes provision for rights in land of the Crown and citizens of Barbuda and related matters such as registration and provides rules relative to the development of land in Barbuda.The Act states that all land shall be owned in common by the people of Barbuda and that the land shall vest in the Crown on behalf of the people of Barbuda. No land in Barbuda shall be sold and no person shall acquire the ownership of any land. The Council of Barbuda may grant leases of land for major developments.

The objectives of the Act are to achieve orderly land development and orderly, efficient and equitable planning, allocation and development of resources of Dominica (sect. 3).