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Tribal Land Act (Chapter 32:02).

An Act to provide for the establishment of tribal Land Boards: to vest tribal land in such boards; to define the powers and duties of such boards and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

Legislation
Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
leases
customary law
grazing
The Act is divided into 13 Parts: Introductory (I); Land Boards (II); Application (IIa); Administration and appointment to land board service (IIb); Termination of Appointments and Retirements (IIc); Land Board Officers (IId); Offences and penalties (IIe); Land Board Service Commission (IIf); Grant of customary land rights (III); Grant of land rights under common law (IV); Land required for public purposes (V); Land Board Funds (VI); General (VII).There is established in respect of any tribe listed in the Fist Schedule a Land Board as a body corporate (sects. 3 and 9).
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Order by Ngwenyama in Libandla (No. 4 of 1954).

Regulations
Eswatini, Southern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
farmland
grazing
land management
This Order empowers the Central Rural Development Board to report on the condition of natural resources, i.e. water, soil, grass and timber, on land held by the State and to recommend to the Ngwenyama the steps to be taken for the protection of these resources and for the improvement of grazing control methods.
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Fencing Act (Chapter 33:03).

An Act to make further and better provision for the construction of fences dividing farms, for the apportionment of the cost thereof and for matters incidental thereto.

Legislation
Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
grazing
land ownership
This Act regulates the construction and maintenance of fences dividing adjoining farms, i.e. pieces of land registered as a farm in the Deeds Registry. The owners of adjoining farms not divided by a sufficient fence or by some other feature which is capable of preventing the trespass of animals that should be impounded, shall be liable to contribute in equal proportions to the construction between those farms of a dividing fence.
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Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act: Regulations: Declared Weeds and Invader Plants (G.N.R. No. 1048 of 1984).

Regulations
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
forestry
farmland
agricultural land management
farming systems
deforestation
land management
grazing
These Regulations, made by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture under section 29 of the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, provide for measures to protect soil from erosion and in general conservation of the soil and combating of weeds and plant invaders. In particular attention is given to cultivation of land (especially on slopes), protection of cultivated land against erosion through the action of water or wind, and prevention of waterlogging and salination of irrigated land.
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Land Husbandry Act, 1969 (No. 22 of 1969).

An Act to control and improve, in respect of agricultural land, the use of land, soil conservation, water resources, irrigation and certain agricultural practices, and to provide for incidental or connected matters.

Legislation
Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agricultural land management
pastoralists
land-use planning
farming systems
environment
sustainable land use
land management
grazing
The Act provides for soil conservation and livestock control. It harmonizes soil conservation activities in agriculture, livestock management and proper management of water resources. The Act contains provisions on range management and grazing control for communities to manage range resources in a sustainable manner, guaranteeing equal access.The Act applies to agricultural land, i.e. land utilised for the purpose of the growing of crops or the grazing of livestock.
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Range Management and Grazing Control (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (No. 31 of 1995).

Regulations
Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land management
grazing
pastoralists
These Regulations amend the Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 in a provision which prescribes a penalty for trespass upon leboella. Section 6 stipulates that a person shall not, except in cases specially approved Trespass by the chief, graze his stock or any stock in his possession or upon leboella cause such stock to be grazed in any area set aside by a chief as leboella.

Amends: Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 (No. 30 of 1980). (1980-09-09)
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Range Management and Grazing Control (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (No. 150 of 1992).

Regulations
Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land-use planning
land management
grazing
pastoralists
These Regulations amend the Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 with respect to grazing fees and penalties for grazing offences. They also concern fees in relation with organization of rotational grazing and regulation of stock numbers.

Amends: Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 (No. 30 of 1980). (1980-09-09)
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Range Management and Grazing Control (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 (No. 144 of 1986).

Regulations
Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land-use planning
grazing
pastoralists
These Regulations amend the Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 with respect to a wide variety of matters including: interpretations; grazing fees and penalties for grazing offences; organization of rotational grazing; regulation of stock numbers; and inspection of stock by an Agricultural Officer. Definitions that are added by these Regulations include: "grazing season", "carrying capacity" (i.e. the maximum stocking rate possible without damage to vegetation or related resources), and "range".
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Range Management and Grazing Control Regulations 1980 (No. 30 of 1980).

Regulations
Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
deforestation
pastoralists
farming systems
environment
land management
grazing
sustainable land use
These Regulations, made under section 4 (1) of the Land Husbandry Act by the Minister of Agriculture and Marketing, provides for the protection of agricultural land.
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Pastoralism and conflict – two sides of a coin?

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2014
Africa, South Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Land Conflicts
pastoralists
pastoral land rights
land dispute
land conflicts
Pastoralism – the predominant form of livestock keeping in the Horn of Africa – has always been a source of disputes and tensions in the region. So it is maybe no coincidence that precisely those countries with the largest cattle and camel herds should be the ones that have been suffering from prolonged armed conflict for years. This article takes a look at the closely interwoven aspects influencing conflicts in the Horn of Africa in general and South Sudan more specifically.