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La transferencia del manejo de la irrigacion en Mexico: una estrategia para lograr la sostenibilidad de los distritos de riego. In SpanishIrrigation management transfer in Mexico: a strategy to achieve irrigation district sustainability

Reports & Research
December, 1997
Mexico
Central America

Describes the process of transfer of irrigation districts in Mexico from public ownership to joint management, where responsibility for irrigation O&M is shared between the public irrigation agency and water user associations. It evaluates the sustainability of transferred systems and discusses needed changes.

Regulation of Xinjiang on land supervision and inspectation.

Regulations
December, 1997
China

These Regulations, consisting of 30 Articles, are formulated in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China and the Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Implementing the Land Administration Law, aiming to strengthen the land supervision and inspection, ensure the implementation of land management laws and regulations and timely and correctly to investigate and handle violations.The land administration departments of the people's government at or above the county (city) shall, according to law, supervise and inspect: (a) the situation of cult

Chronicle of a land redeemed: The struggle for agrarian reform in Barobo, Valencia

Videos
December, 1997
Philippines

This video documents the struggle of sugarcane farmers of Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines in claiming their rights to the land they have long been cultivating. It tells how farmers were harassed by the former landowner who, despite notice of redistribution under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), wanted to hold on to the land and continued to force evict them.

Extension of security of tenure (land) Act, 1997

Legislation & Policies
November, 1997
South Africa

To provide for measures with State assistance to facilitate long-term security of land tenure; to regulate the conditions of residence on certain land; to regulate the conditions on and circumstances under which the right of persons to reside on land may be terminated; and to regulate the conditions and circumstances under which
persons, whose right of residence has been terminated, may be evicted from land; and to provide for matters connected therewith…”

National Land Policy.

National Policies
December, 1996
Jamaica

The National Land Policy was adopted by Jamaica in 1997 as a national policy for the land sector. It establishes the framework needed for Jamaica to become more progressive, transparent and modern in its approaches to land and geographic information management systems, land administration and utilization, land resources and environmental management, and land development planning. The goals and objectives of this Policy are to ensure the sustainable, productive and equitable development, use and management of the country’s natural resources.

National Land Policy.

National Policies
December, 1996
Tanzania

The overall aim of the National Land Policy is to promote and ensure a secure land tenure system, to encourage the optimal use of land resources, and to facilitate broad-based social and economic development without upsetting or endangering the ecological balance of the environment. The specific objectives of this National Land Policy are to: promote an equitable distribution of and access to land by all citizens; ensure that existing rights in land especially customary rights of smallholders (i.e.