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August, 2015
Zambia
This Act makes provision with respect to planning management and administration and the system and procedures for planning.
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Library ResourceLegislationAugust, 2016Kenya
This Act makes provision for the recognition, protection and registration of community land rights and also provides for conversion of community land, special rights and entitlements with respect to community land, environment and natural resources management of community land and settlement of disputes relating to community land.
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Library ResourceLegislationApril, 2017Mali
Le chapitre I prévoit les dispositions générales. Cette loi porte sur le foncier Agricole.
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Library ResourceLegislationMay, 1997Malawi
This Act provides for the management and conservation of forestry resources in Malawi.
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Library ResourceLegislationSeptember, 2016Malawi
This Act makes provision with respect to customary land in Malawi and in particular the administration of customary land and the adjudication of an interest in customary land.
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Library ResourceLegislationBurundi, Africa, Eastern Africa
Cette loi porte Code foncier.
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Library ResourceLegislationLesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
The Act makes provision with respect to titles in land, the development of selected land, and the resolution of disputes regarding land and various other matters relating to land. As a corollary to the principle that land in Lesotho is vested absolutely and irrevocably in the Basotho Nation and is held by the State, no person, other than the State, shall hold any title to land except as provided for under customary law or under this Act. Where the customary law is inconsistent with this Act, this Act shall prevail (sect. 3).
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Library ResourceLegislationZambia, Africa, Eastern Africa
This Act provides for the continuation of leaseholds and leasehold tenure as well as for the continued vesting of all lands in the President who has the power of alienation (land held under customary tenure is subject to certain conditions) (sect. 3). It also provides for the statutory recognition and continuation of customary tenure (sect. 7), for the conversion of customary tenure into leasehold tenure (sect. 8) and establishes a Land Development Fund and Lands Tribunal (Parts III and IV).
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Library ResourceLegislationLiberia, Africa, Western Africa
This Act seeks to empower communities to fully engage in sustainable management and conservation of forests of Liberia by creating a legal framework that defines and supports community rights in the management and use of forest resources. It provides the legal framework that empowers local communities located in or near forest lands to access, manage, use and benefit from forest resources on those lands for sustenance and livelihood improvements as well as for community development. The Act provides for forestry land to be classified as Community forestry land.
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Library ResourceLegislationUganda, Africa, Eastern Africa
The Act consists of 99 sections which are divided into 6 Parts: Preliminary (I); Land Holding (II); Control of Land Use (III); Land Management (IV); Land Tribunals (V); Miscellaneous (VI).Sections 3 declares all land in Uganda to be vested in its citizens and divides land tenure systems into 4 categories: customary; freehold; mailo; and leasehold. Section 4 defines these titles in detail. Mailo tenure is a form of tenure that permits the separation of ownership of land from the ownership of developments of the land made by a lawful or bona fide occupant.
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