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ESTADO, “QUESTÃO AMBIENTAL” E CONFLITOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2020
South America, Brazil
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land governance
expropriation
indigenous peoples' lands
mining
nature reserves
land rights
land conflicts
government
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The structure and changes of China’s land system

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2019
China
land law
agricultural and rural legislation
land policies
farmland
agricultural land management
agriculture
land rights
migration
farm tenancy
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structure and changes of China’s land system. To achieve this aim, the paper is divided into four parts.
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STATISTIK INDONESIA 2019 - Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia 2019

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2019
Indonesia
land administration
land information systems
land area
land cover
land investments
open data
Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia 2019 is an annual publication presenting various data from BPS-Statistics Indonesia and other agencies. The publication provides general pictures of geographic and climate conditions, government, as well as key socio-demographic and economic characteristics of Indonesia. The data in some particular tables are presented at provincial and international level to compare socio-economic condition inter-regions and inter-countries.
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A Preliminary Study on The Formation of Land Legislation and Cadastre System in Sarawak, Malaysia

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2019
Malaysia
land administration
sources (land administration)
land information systems
cadastres
geographical information systems
cadastral administration
land surveying
land governance
land law
government
Recent decades have witnessed a perceptible impact of land policy and cadastre on the urbanisation around the globe. Land legislation and cadastre system are the tools and mechanisms in order to achieve the objectives of land policy in delivering sustainable development. According to the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, article 74 empowers the State Legislative Assemblies to enact laws for the matters under the state list while land matters are one of the subjects under the list.
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Singapore as a sustainable city

Past, present and the future

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2019
Singapore
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
sustainable development
land-use planning
urban planning
urbanization
urban land
land use
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
water
water management
This paper outlines Singapore’s major sustainability challenges and its policy response in the areas of land use, transportation, waste management, water, and energy. We review the current and past Concept Plans from the perspective of sustainable land use and provide an overview of transportation policy in Singapore. We also examine Singapore’s policies to manage increasing wastes and review the four tap water management plan. Finally, we look at various initiatives by the government for sustainable use of energy.
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Development Assessment of the Singapore Land

A GIS Spatial-Temporal Approach Based on Land Cover Analysis

Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2019
Singapore
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
geographical information systems
land cover mapping
development
land-use planning
urban planning
urban areas
land cover
land cover change
urban land
Urban indicators plays an important role in the planning and sustainable development of the cities. This paper presents a methodology to determine the favorability index for development of Singapore based on land cover. The ‘City Index’ of Singapore was calculated using five indicators – Social, Environmental, Industrialization, Economic, and Naturality. Two indices ‘Environmental Capacity of Development’ and ‘Land Restriction’ were used as correction factors in the Singapore favorability index for development determination.
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Land governance in Brunei Darussalam

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Brunei Darussalam
land administration
land governance
land policies
land management
leases
land ownership
Land governance is proven to be significant in the development and survival of any nation. However, challenges associated with land governance have been a continuing debate as they keep changing due to the progress of any given society. Most researches on land governance have concentrated on the general aspects of land administration and management with reference to best practices of good governance.
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Rethinking the Importance of Identifying and Addressing the Customary Laws in the Context of Land Law Making Process (Based on the Sri Lankan Experience of Registration of Title System)

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2019
Sri Lanka
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land registration
land titling
land law
customary law
legal pluralism
customary land rights
land ownership
religious tenure regimes
The land is an integral part of every state. Especially land has sacred and cultural value in most of the Asian traditions apart from its social and economic value. Sri Lanka is an island state which has 25,330 sq. Mi for 21,670,000 ("Department of Census and Statistics-Sri Lanka," 2019) of population and a country which inherent legal pluralism as a result of multi-cultural ethnicity and imperialism.
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Report of a Home Office fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka

Conducted between 28 September and 5 October 2019. Published: 20 January 2020.

Reports & Research
January, 2020
Sri Lanka, United Kingdom
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
post-conflict settings
compensation
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
ABSTRACTED FROM PURPOSE OF THIS MISSION: The purpose of the mission was to gather accurate and up-to-date information from a range of sources about a number of issues concerning the treatment of Tamils including the government’s attitude to diaspora activities and the treatment of members of diaspora groups, in particular members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE). The mission was also interested in gathering information about the treatment of members and former members of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE).
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Input of the MoL for the ‘Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 formulation Project’

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2019
Bangladesh
development
rural development
infrastructure
land economics
private sector
In an agrarian economy like Bangladesh, the importance of land in the production process need not be overemphasized. Personal possession of land is considered to be a symbol of social prestige and security. Land plays a very important role in both income generation and social life in various ways. In view of the scarcity of land and the future population management, the ministry of land has a very important role to be played in the Delta Plan 2100 formulation project. The input from the ministry of land for the delta plan 2100 formulation project is summed up hereinafter.