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Law No. 921 of 11 November 1985 on the creation of tourist areas.

Legislation
November, 1985
Brazil

This Law, composed of 12 articles, sets the criteria for defining areas of tourism interest in order to protect them and to plan programmes for tourism development. It confers to the Tourism Agency of Rio de Janeiro State (FLUMITUR) the power to promote agreements with the concerned Government institutions in order to identify the areas to be protected and to establish compatible tourist utilization. It stipulates that all State tourist areas will be created by Government Decree while the tourist amenities will be created, on FLUMITUR proposal, by Resolutions of the State Tourism Council.

Landlord and Tenant (Forms, Fees and Costs) Rules.

Regulations
Belize

Rules to implement provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act. The forms set out in Part I of the Schedule to these Rules are prescribed pursuant to section 69 of the Landlord and Tenant Act. The fees and costs set out in Part II of the said Schedule are the fees and costs which are to be demanded and taken in respect of the several matters to be done under the said Act. Forms contain distress warrant, inventory of goods distrained, order for recovery of possession, ejectment warrant, fees and costs are related to recovery of possession, court proceedings, distress, etc.

Water Laws of the Tuzla Canton.

Legislation
October, 1999
Bosnia and Herzegovina

This Regional Law regulates management and conservation of water for the purpose of use of water, protecting water from pollution, management water basins, and protection from flood and erosion and other negative impact of water. Within this framework it also provides for tasks, functions, powers or rights of bodies of the Tuzla Canton, municipalities, and other legal entities and citizens. The Act shall apply to surface waters, water springs, natural lakes, and water in artificial accumulations, retentions and lakes, underground waters and thermal and mineral waters.

Regulation on the implementation of the Law on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization.

Regulations
December, 2005
Turkey

The objective of this Regulation is to define procedures and principles regarding the implementation of the Law on Soil Preservation and Land Utilization. A nine-member Land Preservation Board shall be established in each province, chaired by the Governor. Its main tasks include, inter alia, the research, assessment and monitoring of all activities involving land utilization; and, the implementation and conformity of national, regional or local level plans. Procedural details are provided in the Regulation.

Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981.

Constitution
July, 1981
Antigua and Barbuda

The Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981, which came into effect on 31 October 1981, was promulgated simultaneously with the country's formal independence from Britain. It Consists of 127 Sections divided in ten Chapters: The State and the Constitution (I); Protection of Fundamental Rights andFreedoms of the Individual (II); The Governor-General (III); Parliament (IV); Executive Powers (V); Finance (VI); The Public Service (VII); Citizenship (VII); Judicial Provisions (IX) and Miscellaneous (X).

Land Act (Cap. 227).

Legislation
Uganda

This Act makes provision with respect to a wide variety of matters regarding land in Uganda such as land tenure, customary ownerhip, grant of land in freehold, management of communal land, management of land by the Uganda Land Commission, land-use control and functioning of land tribunals.

USAID Country Profile: Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2010

This summary of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) issues in Kenya is part of a series of LTPR Country Profiles produced by Associates in Rural Development, World Resources Institute and Rural Development Institute for USAID. The profile includes information on property rights and tenure concerning land, forests, freshwater, and minerals, as well as an aggregation of LTPR-related indicators. Options and opportunities for intervention by USAID are presented at the end of the profile, along with an extensive list of references for additional information.

REDD and Rights In Cameroon

Reports & Research
January, 2011

"In this report, it is argued that national REDD readiness planning activities in Cameroon, including activities involving the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), lack effective actions to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, miss solid data on the drivers of deforestation and gloss over critical land tenure, carbon rights and benefit sharing issues.