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Internal and external discourse of communality, tradition and environment: Minority claims on forest in the northern hills of Thailand

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 1997
Thailand

ABSTRACTED FROM THE INTRODUCTION: This paper addresses the question of land rights and forest conservation for those on the periphery, i.e. the minority hill-dwelling population, specifically, the Karen.

Shifting Cultivation in Thailand: Its Current Situation and Dynamics in the Context of Highland Development

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Reports & Research
December, 1994
Thailand

ABSTRACTED FROM IIED WEBSITE INTRODUCTION: One of the outputs of a research project considering shifting cultivation in Thailand, Lao PDR and Vietnam. It considers the dynamics of shifting cultivation and alternative land use systems in the context of highland development in Thailand, gathered in order to provide up-to-date information to policymakers.

Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994

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Legislation & Policies
November, 1994
South Africa

To provide for the restitution of rights in land to persons or communities dispossessed of such rights after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices; to establish a Commission on Restitution of Land
Rights and a Land Claims Court; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Communal Land Rights Act

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Legislation & Policies
July, 1994
South Africa

To provide for the temporary protection of certain rights to and interests in land which are not otherwise adequately protected by law; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Land tenure and property rights: theory and implications for development policy

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 1991
Thailand

This article explores the nature of property rights systems, their evolution, and their effect on resource allocation. It is argued that certain institutional arrangements for land rights have evolved in order to reduce uncertainty and increase efficiency in credit as well as in land markets.