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Changes in in "customary" land tenure systems in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2006
Burkina Faso
Benin
Nigeria
Belgium
Rwanda
Mali
Zimbabwe
Eswatini
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Ethiopia
Niger
Cameroon
Kenya
Mozambique
South Africa
Lesotho
Uganda
Italy
Tanzania
Botswana
France
Africa

Across rural Africa, land legislation struggles to be properly implemented, and most resource users gain access to land on the basis of local land tenure systems.

Land tenure alternative conflict management

Reports & Research
November, 2006
United States of America
Kenya
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
United Kingdom
Canada
Mozambique
Philippines
South Africa
Nicaragua
Uganda
Italy
Ecuador
Bolivia
Paraguay
Mexico
Brazil

This training manual focuses on how to manage and resolve conflicts over land tenure rights, security of tenure and land access in the field of rural development. It results from complementary activities undertaken within FAO's Livelihood Support Programme (LSP) and the Land Tenure and Management Unit and with the International Land Coalition. It addresses the specific issues of land tenure identified in the volume Negotiation and Mediation Techniques for Natural Resource Management published by the LSP.

Geoinformation Technologies in Land Management and Beyond: Case of Georgia

Conference Papers & Reports
September, 2006
Georgia

Introduction of geoinformation technologies for building up a modern land management system in Georgia goes back to mid-1990s. This has been stimulated by start of land reform resulting in privatization of over 3 million agricultural land plots in whole in the entire country. These new properties were to be properly surveyed, registered and recorded in a newly established cadastral system with the aim of launching free market transactions.

Administrative Regulations on land development of the Yili River Basin.

Regulations
September, 2006
China

These Regulations, consisting of 17 articles, are enacted in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, aiming to strengthen the management of land resources in the Yili River Basin, rationally develop and use land, protect and improve the ecological environment, and achieve sustainable development.The land development of the Yili River Basin refers to the activities of scientific, rational and effective exploitation and business operation of the undeveloped land in the Yili River Baisin.

Law on agricultural land.

Legislation
August, 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina

This Law regulates the planning, protection, development, use and management of all land parcels defined and classified as agricultural land on the territory of the Republic of Srpska (part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).This Law also prescribes various administrative and concrete technical rules and requirements including the common interest principles, inspection, monitoring issues and additional practices to be implemented in order to obtain a more safe, secure and sustainable use of the agricultural land (considered as a natural resource good of major interest).The Law is

National Forest Policy.

National Policies
June, 2006
Nigeria

The overall objective of the present national cross-sectoral Forest Policy is to achieve sustainable forest management that would ensure sustainable increases in the economic, social and environmental benefits from forests and trees for the present and future generation including the poor and the vulnerable groups.

Crown Title Act (Cap. 8.11).

Legislation
December, 2005
Montserrat

This Act vests any interest in land remaining unclaimed since the coming into force of the Land Adjudication Act, and which by the provisions of section 17(1) of that Act were deemed to be Crown Land, shall, if not claimed by 31 December, 2020, in the Crown. Any person who claims any right or any interest in land which has not already been claimed by that person under the Land Adjudication Act, shall, if he or she does not claim his or her right or interest in that land within one year from the coming into force of this Act, forfeit such right and the land shall vest in the Crown.

Law on construction land (Republic of Srpska).

Legislation
December, 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina

This Law regulates the conditions and methods for determining of the correct, safe, sustainable and controlled use and planning (spatial also) of the construction land (private and state-owned construction land), including the financial issues (as regards the territory of the Republic of Srpska, autonomous province part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).The Law is divided into VIII Chapters and 51 articles (for mechanisms and instruments for financing the construction of construction land see Chapter V).

Buitenlui: een aanzienlijke groep potentiële landschapsbeheerders

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005

De daling van het aantal agrarische bedrijven roept de vraag op, wie het cultuurlandschap in de toekomst zal beheren. Want ruim tachtig procent van de vrijkomende agrarische bebouwing verandert van boerderij in woonhuis. In de praktijk vernadert daarmee ook het uiterlijk van het gebouw, van het erf en het landschap. De twaalf provinciale organisaties Landschapsbeheer willen deze nieuwe buitenlui gaan inforemeren en van advies dienen. Met financiële steun van LNV is een project opgestart om de nieuwe doelgroep te leren kennen.

Thésaurus multilingue du foncier

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2005
Burkina Faso
Mali
Burundi
France
Madagascar
Ghana
Congo
Sierra Leone
Niger
Togo

En 1999, la FAO publiait la première version française du Thésaurus multilingue du foncier. Cette version avait surtout pour vocation d'être mise à l'épreuve du terrain, c'est-à-dire soumise aux critiques constructives tant des usagers à la recherche d'informations et d'éclairages nouveaux que des experts du foncier. En effet, sur le fond comme sur la forme, sont apparus un certain nombre de points forts mais aussi des lacunes, relevés depuis 1999 par l'équipe des rédacteurs et par de nombreux autres spécialistes du foncier.