Assessment of 6th draft of the National Land Use Policy (NLUP)

This assessment is in response to the 6th draft of the NLUP, released in May
2015, following months of public and expert consultations. It outlines some
of the key positive and negative points of the new draft. The new draft NLUP
has taken on board many of the concerns and recommendations raised by
the public during the consultation process, and includes several key issues
that would greatly improve Myanmar’s land governance arrangements.
However, some serious concerns remain. As in our past responses to the
earlier (5th) draft of the NLUP, we take as our starting point how the draft
fulfills principles and provisions negotiated and agreed upon by the world’s
governments – including the Government of Myanmar – and captured
guidelines of the UN Committee on World Food Security (UN CFS) known
as the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land,
Fisheries and Forests (hereafter referred to as the “TGs”). In addition, the
assessment that follows is based on the English version of NLUP-6...