FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and other development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, donors and development specialists on the…

The Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Regional Assessment meeting was organized by a task force consisting of FAO, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, African Land Policy Initiative, the United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the…

Cette loi établit le régime foncier en Romanie. Elle comprend 100 articles répartis en 9 chapitres, à savoir: Dispositions générales (I); Etablissement du droit de propriété privée sur les terrains (II); Dispositions concernant les terrains propriété de l'Etat et certaines dispositions…

This Act concerns land resources in Romania and consists of 9 Chapters; General provisions (1); Establishment of private property right to land (2); Provisions regarding state owned land (3); Legal distribution of the land (IV); Land usage for agricultural and forestry production (V); Temporary…

This Ordinance establishes rules for the creation and functioning of associations of water users and defines the rights and obligations of such non-profit legal entities and their members.The text consists of 41 articles which are divided into 8 Chapters: General provisions (I); Establishment of…

The Convention applies to the Carpathian region to be defined by the Conference of the Parties. Each Party may extend the application of this Convention and its Protocols to additional parts of its national territory by making a declaration to that effect. The Parties shall pursue a…

According to Government Decision No. 942 of 2002 mountain areas shall be delimited by the Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development, the Minister of State and the Minister of Internal Affairs. Delimitation concerns cities, towns and communes, respectively component villages. The…

This Law establishes basic rules relative to the conservation and development of mountain areas in Romania. The mountain area of Romania is delimited in accordance with principles laid down in Government Decision No. 948 of 2002 and in accordance with criteria set out in article 1 of this Law.…

The present Law sets the regulatory framework for carrying out activities concerning electricity and heat, optimization of the primary energy sources in compliance with the environmental protection norms. The aforesaid activities are meant to: (a) ensure a sustainable development of the national…

This Decree of the Government specified criteria for the delimitation of “mountain areas” in the sense of the Mountain Law. Mountain areas are areas where use of lands is costly due to the climatic conditions determined by altitudes of more than six-hundred metres, or, on lower altitudes of…