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Joining small plots of land together to form larger farms or large fields.

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Azerbaijan begins preparing a national strategy for land consolidation

Azerbaijan

Date: September 29th 2016
Source: ABC.AZ

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The Food & Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) has launched a project in Azerbaijan, aimed at assisting in the development of a national strategy for land consolidation.

Blogs

Land consolidation or…. can land markets solve land fragmentation?

10 June 2020

Authors:

Frank van Holst

Morten Hartvigsen

Kristina Mitic Arsova

North Macedonia

Global

It happened on the 29th of January 2020 in Bitola in North Macedonia. More than 200 landowners from Egri village gathered in Bitola’s theatre, taking turns to vote on the Land Consolidation Plan. The serious faces of men and women, old and young, were a sign that they may have been as nervous as we were ourselves. The voting on the first majority based land consolidation ever in the country was coming to an end. And then the result was there….. 83% in favour of land consolidation! The villagers were cheering. Our team was overwhelmed by emotion.

Safeguarding tenure rights in land consolidation

10 June 2020

Authors:

Kristina Mitic Arsova

Margret Vidar

North Macedonia

I was assigned to lead the preparation of the assessments and amendments to the land consolidation legislation in 2016. That appeared to be a burdensome task. The first two land consolidation projects in North Macedonia were initiated according to the existing Land Consolidation Law and the implementation was blocked. The Law simply had no legal solutions for the identified field situations. The problems were many and each was ascending the other in its magnitude and sensitivity.

Multi-purpose land consolidation in support of sustainable development

10 June 2020

Authors:

Marije Louwsma

Morten Hartvigsen

Maxim Gorgan

Western Europe

The increasing number of salmon in the Skjern River in Denmark is a positive sign, as the Danish salmon is the only strain of wild salmon left in Danish rivers. Before the Skjern River Nature Restoration Project, the salmon had almost gone extinct owing to the state of the environment. The project area now offers ideal conditions for flora and fauna and has already acquired great natural value. In fact, it has already grown into a bird site of national importance.

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Events

Webinar - Land Consolidation Legislation: FAO Legal Guide and Its Application at the Country Level

18 June 2020

Location

Online

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Europe

Global

Land consolidation is a well-proven land management instrument, which has traditionally been used for agricultural development with a main objective of reducing land fragmentation and increasing holding and farm sizes. Some European countries have a land consolidation tradition that goes back a hundred years or more. It is also widespread in particular in countries in Asia but also in Africa.

Organizers:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)

Land Portal Foundation

IV Fórum Brasileiro de Áreas Degradadas

9 May 2017 to 12 May 2017

Location

Centro Brasileiro para Conservação da Natureza e Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Rua Christovam Lopes de Carvalho nº27, Sala 801

Viçosa, Minas Gerais

Brazil

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BR

Brazil

Com intuito de promover conhecimentos e experiência desenvolvidas na recuperação e degradação ambiental nos diversos biomas brasileiros, o evento pretende contribuir com a difícil tarefa de restauração desses biomas.

International symposium on land consolidation and land readjustment

9 November 2016 to 11 November 2016

Location

Bilderberg Hotel De Keizerskroon

Koningstraat 7

7315 HR Apeldoorn

Netherlands

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NL

Global

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Webinar Report: Land Consolidation Legislation

Reports & Research

July 2020

Global

Land consolidation is a well-proven land management instrument, which has traditionally been used for agricultural development with a main objective of reducing land fragmentation and increasing holding and farm sizes. Some European countries have a land consolidation tradition that goes back a hundred years or more.

FAO Support to Land Consolidation in Europe and Central Asia During 2002-2018

Peer-reviewed publication

February 2019

Central Asia

Cyprus

Turkey

Europe

Greece

Spain

Shortly after the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was founded in 1945, the organization had started to support member countries addressing structural problems in agriculture with land fragmentation and small holding and farm sizes through the development of land consolidation instruments (Binns, 1950).

Land consolidation cases relating to grazing arrangements

Reports & Research

March 2021

Norway

Land consolidation courts deal with cases where the relationship between holders of grazing rights needs be regulated, but also where the rights holders are competing with other potential land uses, such as building holiday cabins, forestry, hunting, etc. These cases are governed by the provisions of sections 3-8 and 3-10 of the Land Consolidation Act.

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Organizations

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR)

The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) was established in 1999 through the merger of the former Institute of Geography (IOG), founded in 1940, and the former Commission for the Integrated Survey of Natural Resources (CISNAR), founded in 1956.

Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (Kenya) (MOLPP)

Mission

To facilitate efficient land administration and management, acess to adequate and affordable housing, social and physical infrastructure for national development

Vision

To be a globally competitive organization in sustainable management of Land and built environment

National Land Commission (NLC)

OUR VISION

Excellent administration and management of land for sustainable development

OUR MISSION

To implement an efficient land administration and management system in order to ensure equity in access to land

CORE VALUES

Efficiency
Transparency and Accountability
Innivativeness
Integrity
Professionalism
Rule Of Law
Independence

MOTTO

Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency supports entrepreneurs, NGOs, knowledge institutions and organisations. It aims to facilitate entrepreneurship, improve collaborations, strengthen positions and help realise national and international ambitions with funding, networking, know-how and compliance with laws and regulations.

Van Oord

Royal Van Oord is a Dutch maritime contracting company that specializes in dredging, land reclamation and constructing man made islands. Royal Van Oord has undertaken many projects throughout the world, including land reclamation, dredging and beach nourishment. The company has one of the world's largest dredging fleets.

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