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Revised Compendium on Circulars & Guidelines on the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 & Rules, 2008 and Amendment Rules, 2012

Manuals & Guidelines
Legislation
September, 2012
India
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
community forestry
forest conservation
forest land
forest management plans
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India enacted the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, a tribal friendly legislation to address the historical injustice and critical issues, pertaining to the forest rights deprivation of the Forest Dwellers. To facilitate its implementation, FRA Rules, 2008 was framed and then made amendment to the Rules in 2012. However, several constraining factors and issues came to the notice in the implementation process of the Act in letter and spirit.
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The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016

Legislation
August, 2016
India
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
compensation
forest conservation
forest land
forestry
An Act to deal with establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and of each State, credit the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered from such agencies under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
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Heritage Rivers Act 1992.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
The purpose of this Act is to make provision for Victorian heritage rivers by providing for the protection of public land in particular parts of rivers and river catchment areas in Victoria which have significant nature conservation, recreation, scenic or cultural heritage attributes and to make related amendments to other Acts.
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Planning and Subdivision Act, 2010 (No. 4 of 2010).

An Act to combine, consolidate and revise the law relating to town planning and law relating to the development of subdivisions and to provide for matters connected thereto.

Legislation
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
land-use planning
natural resources management
land subdivision
environment
fisheries
land management
land law
This Act makes provision for land use planning and regulates the subdivision of land.
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Act relative to the management of natural resources (1987:12).

Legislation
Sweden, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
protected areas
natural resources management
environment
fisheries
land management
forest land
forest conservation
An Act to make provision for the ecologically, socially and economically sustainable use of natural resources, i.e. land, water and the physical environment (sect. 1).The Act is divided into 6 Chapters: Introductory provisions (1); Basic management provisions (2); Particular management provisions for specified areas in the country (3); Admission testing for industrial plants, etc. (4) Environment impact assessment statements (5); Duties of authorities, distribution of responsibilities, etc.
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Act No. 426 promoting new interventions in the environmental field.

Legislation
Italy, Europe, Southern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
fisheries
protected areas
coastal areas
land management
The purpose of the present Act is to establish a public intervention scheme for the rational exploitation of environmental resources. The scope of this plan is remediation and restoration of polluted sites involving marine areas, lakes and rivers. The Ministry of Health shall start the plan, together with the Regions, in national interest sites and in industrial areas (art. 1). Incentives and financial contribution shall be given to industries and industry consortia interested in the research and development of new rehabilitation technologies.
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Ley Nº 19.561 - Modifica el Decreto Ley Nº 701 sobre fomento forestal.

Legislation
Chile, Americas, South America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
forest land
land management
forest conservation
La presente Ley modifica, entre otros, los siguientes artículos del Decreto Ley Nº 701 de 1974 sobre fomento forestal, cuyo texto fue reemplazado mediante el Decreto Ley Nº 2.565 de 1979. El objeto de la ley es regular la actividad forestal en suelos de aptitud preferentemente y en suelos degradados e incentivar la forestación, en especial, por parte de los pequeños propietarios forestales y aquélla necesaria para la prevención de la degradación, protección y recuperación de los suelos del territorio nacional (art. 1º).
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Law No. 8501 amending Law No. 8405 on urban planning.

Legislation
Albania, Europe, Southern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
protected areas
urban areas
farmland
Article 6 of Law No. 8505 specifies that "outside urbanized territories construction is allowed only when new facility has been included in a regional study and master plans approved by appropriate institution. Regional studies and master plans shall be compiled excluding agricultural land of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th category, as well as protected natural areas", as defined by a technical report of the District Office of Agriculture and Food.Article 1 of Law No.
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Ley Nº 4/1992 - Ley sobre suelo no urbanizable.

Legislation
Spain, Europe, Southern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farmland
public ownership
land-use planning
environment
protected areas
land management
La presente Ley parte de un concepto positivo de suelo no urbanizable, de manera que no lo define como una negación residual del urbanizable así, se considera como suelo no urbanizable: (a) el dominio público natural marítimo e hidráulico, (b) los terrenos que estén sujetos a un régimen específico de protección o mejora, (c) los terrenos que reúnan valores o presenten características que, conforme a la legislación urbanística, de protección del patrimonio histórico, de conservación de la naturaleza, fauna y flora o del medio ambiente, los hagan merecedores de una especial protección, (d) lo
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Ley Nº 12/2014 - Ley agraria de las Illes Balears.

Legislation
Spain, Europe, Southern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
public ownership
land-use planning
land registration
fisheries
farmland
sustainable land use
La presente Ley tiene por objeto la ordenación general de los sectores agrícola, ganadero, forestal y agroalimentario y el desarrollo rural de las Illes Balears, a los que se reconoce el carácter estratégico y multifuncional, en el marco de la política agraria común europea y la legislación del Estado. El ámbito material de aplicación de esta ley comprende la regulación y el registro del ejercicio de la actividad agraria y complementaria; la producción, la transformación y la comercialización agraria y agroalimentaria; los usos agrarios; y otras materias relacionadas.