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Sugar Industry Efficiency (Reduction Factor) Regulations 2017 (GN No. 34 of 2017).

Regulations
February, 2017
Mauritius

These Regulations, made by the Minister under sections 28(4FA) and 34 of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act (28A was introduced by the Sugar Industry Efficiency (Amendment) Act 2016), specify the circumstances in which a person is entitled to convert land free of land conversion tax and the conversion factor.

Implements: Sugar Industry Efficiency Act. (1990)

Decreto Nº 4 - Establece Tabla de costos para el año 2017, que fija los valores de las actividades que se bonificarán en el marco del sistema de incentivo para sustentabilidad agroambiental de los suelos agropecuarios.

Regulations
February, 2017
Chile

En el marco de la Ley Nº 20.412, que introdujo un sistema de incentivos para la sustentabilidad agroambiental de los suelos agropecuarios, el presente Decreto fija la Tabla de Costos para el año 2017, que fija los valores de las actividades que se bonificarán. Asimismo se establecen especificaciones técnicas generales y los niveles mínimos técnicos de aquellas prácticas que correspondan, tales como prácticas de recuperación, incorporación de fertilizantes y otros métodos de intervención del suelo.

Acuerdo Nº 25 - Norma técnica para establecer el valor de la tierra adjudicada en procedimientos de titulación.

Regulations
February, 2017
Ecuador

El presente Acuerdo expide la Norma técnica para establecer el valor de la tierra adjudicada en procedimientos de titulación, que tiene como finalidad normar el procedimiento de valoración de las tierras rurales realizado por la Autoridad Agraria Nacional o su delegado, por parte de la Subsecretaría de Tierras y Reforma Agraria, las Direcciones Distritales de Tierras y las Unidades Provinciales de Tierras.

Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 3 of 2017).

Legislation
January, 2017
Belize

This Act amends the Land Tax Act by inserting a new section 22A, which allows the Minister to delegate certain functions. The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, delegate to any Minister of State appointed to assist him, the exercise or performance of all or any of the powers or functions conferred upon the Minister under the provisions of this Act specified in this Act (The specified provisions are sections 3, 12, 21, 23A, 23B and 39).

Amends: Land Tax Act, 1982. (2001)

Ministerial Decree № 10 on land categorization and change in category of land.

Regulations
January, 2017
Azerbaijan

This Decree sets forth provisions on land classification, cadastral information system, change in the category of agricultural land and pastures, change in the category of lands affected by radioactive and chemical contamination and degraded by natural hazards, expansion of lands in forests and protected areas, and the procedures and principles for the change in the category of land. This Decree shall apply to agricultural land under the condition that the intended purpose does not change.

Access to farmland gets quick and dirty in sub-Saharan Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mozambique
Uganda
Ghana
Senegal

Who can access and use the land? The answer to this age-old question is changing fast in many parts of rural Africa. Land that used to be allocated within the community by chiefs is now increasingly changing hands in more diverse ways. The wealthy and well-connected within the community or from further afield are frequently able to override local statutory or customary land rights, dispossessing the previous occupants or forcing them to divide their already small plots of land.

Promoting Gender Equality in Foreign Agricultural Investments: Lessons from voluntary sustainability standards

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Africa

Contains framework for analysing the gender impacts of foreign investment in agriculture; gender analysis of the certification criteria of voluntary sustainability standards and responsible investment frameworks; do voluntary sustainability standards improve gender equality?; lessons for responsible investment frameworks and recommendations.

Government Lands Act 2017.

Legislation
December, 2016
Malta

This Act regulates the administration of Government land and land acquisition for public purposes. Further it establishes the procedure to be followed for such acquisition and provides for eviction from lands and properties which are either held or administered by the Government.

Provincial Lands (Agriculture) Regulations (R.R.S. c. P-31.1 Reg. 1).

Regulations
December, 2016
Canada

The present Regulations are mande under the Provincial Lands Act, 2016. In particular, the Regulations provide for use and ownership of agricultural land in the Province of Saskatchewan. Furthermore, the Regulations address the issue of foreign ownership, sale of provincial land, agricultural leases, leases for oil and gas development or mineral development.

National Environment Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) 2016-2023.

National Policies
December, 2016
Cambodia

The National Environment Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) 2016-2023 is developed in accordance with the the Constitution and 1996 Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management. It is aligned to Rectangular Strategy Phase III (RSIII), that reaffirms the RGC’s mission and commitment to sustainable development and poverty reduction responding to the people’s will and changing contexts of national and international developments.

Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017.

National Policies
December, 2016
Jamaica

The Vision of the Forest Policy is that: by 2062, Jamaica’s forests and its biodiversity are sufficiently restored and sustainably managed, so once again the island can adequately be described as “the land of wood and water”, capable of meeting the social, economic and ecological needs of current and future generations.