The City of Ulaanbaatar (UB) is
undergoing a historic transformation toward market-driven
urban development. This growth remains strongly influenced
by city policy decisions that affect the supply and location
of land for public and private uses. Private investment is
concentrated in well-serviced land located in the central
portion of the city and along major transportation
corridors, which represent a small part of the total built

Cerrito Totora es un Campo Comunal, declarado así en el año 2000 por el Instituto de Bienestar Rural IBR, actual INDERT a propuesta de los beneficiarios que lucharon por su recuperación, es propiedad estatal y su aprovechamiento se realiza en forma colectiva por familias de pequeños productores agropecuarios de las comunidades aledañas al campo para fines agrícola- ganaderos.

Cerrito Totora es un Campo Comunal, declarado así en el año 2000 por el Instituto de Bienestar Rural IBR, actual INDERT a propuesta de los beneficiarios que lucharon por su recuperación, es propiedad estatal y su aprovechamiento se realiza en forma colectiva por familias de pequeños productores agropecuarios de las comunidades aledañas al campo para fines agrícola- ganaderos.

Cutting 3,712.56 ha in Tamegn village of Kroya commune in Sontok district of Kampong Thom province : 1,165.41 ha from 2002 forest cover, 2,547.15 ha from ELC of CCV company ; Reclassifying 3,461.42 ha as state private land for donating to 1,050 families; Reserving 251.14 ha for physical infrastructure development; and Granting ownership to 1,537 private land parcels.

Cutting a total land of 3,268.6418 ha in Kbal Romeas commune in Sesan district of Stung Treng province: 2,159.9393 ha from 2002 Forest Cover, 91.6542 ha from confiscated land, 589.1020 ha from ELC of SIV GUEK InvestmentCo.,Ltd, 243.7158 ha from ELC of SOPHEAK NIKA Investment Agro-Industrial Plants Co.,Ltd, 156.0460 ha from ELC of SAL SOPHEA PEANICH Co.,Ltd, 13.8454 ha from ELC of (Cambodia) Research Mining Development Co.,Ltd and 14.3391 ha from ELC of UNHNTER Trading &Development Group (Cambodia) Co.,Ltd; Reclassying 2,628.7292 ha as state private land for granting donation of owners

Reducing land area of investment project of Kirirom Eco-Tourism Investment Company from 609 ha to 20 ha and including the reducted 589 ha in the scope of Kirirom National Park under MOE, and reducing land area of investment project of TTY Agricultural Plant Development Co., Ltd from 9,780 ha to 215 ha and including the reducted 9565 ha in the scope of Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary under MOE.

The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources having conducted oversight at the Council of Geosciences (CGS), the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), from 21 – 22 October 2014 reports as follows:

1. Background and Introduction

Individuals cannot privately own land in China but may obtain transferrable land-use rights for a number of years for a fee. Currently, the maximum term for urban land-use rights granted for residential purposes is seventy years. In addition, individuals can privately own residential houses and apartments on the land (“home ownership”), although not the land on which the buildings are situated.

Cutting 431.16 ha in O Krouch village of Trapaeng Prasat commune in Trapaeng Prasat district of Uddor Meanchey province from ELC of Tay Ninh Siem Reap Aphivath; Reclassifying 383.70 ha as state private land for donating to 90 families; Reserving 47.46 ha for physical infrastructure development; and Granting ownership to 104 private land parcels.

The oil and gas potential of
Vietnam's continental shelf remains relatively
unexplored compared with that of its neighbors, including
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. A number of
factors affect the decision to undertake petroleum
investments: geology, geography, geopolitics, and investment
climate. Host governments cannot control the first three
factors. However, they do control the investment climate,

Since 1985, Uttaran, an NGO, has been striving to establish the rights of poor people in the South-West regions of Bangladesh. During the operation of this development project, Uttaran has observed that providing the poor with productive elements can help eliminate poverty to a great extent. With the ownership of productive elements, their sources of income become multifarious. The productive element-the small piece of land-changes their social, cultural and psychological behavior. Statistics show that there are about 33lac acres of khas land in Bangladesh.

Land degradation has been a major political issue in Java for decades. Its causes have generally been framed by narratives focussing on farmers’ unsustainable cultivation practices. This paper causally links land degradation with struggles over natural resources in Central Java. It presents a case study that was part of a research project combining remote sensing and political ecology to explore land use/cover change and its drivers in the catchment of the Segara Anakan lagoon.