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National Land Use Policy.

National Policies
Myanmar
South-Eastern Asia
Asia

The National Land Use Policy aims at enhancing people’s food security, water resource development, improvement of transportation, economic and business development, and protection of environment and cultural heritage.

Executive Regulation on Law of the Urban Land.

Regulations
Iran
Western Asia
Asia
Southern Asia

This Regulationt enforces the Law of Urban Land of 13 September 1987. The Regulation consists of 75 articles divided in 5 Chapters: Definitions and Regulations related to the Land Construction (I); Rules regarding Recognition of Land (II); Purchase and Ownership of Lands (III); Preparation, Construction and Transfer of Land Ownership (IV); Miscellaneous Provisions (V).The Regulation defines the concepts and explains the provisions of the Urban Land Law based on the Civil Code and other prevailing Act.

Act of the Republic of Indonesia No. 23 of 2014 on the Local Government.

Legislation
Indonesia
Asia
South-Eastern Asia

This Act, consisting of 411 articles divided into 27 Chapters, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the Local Government. It specifies implementation of government affairs which will be carried out by the local government as well as related legislation according to the principles of autonomy and assistance with the broad autonomy within the system and the principles of the Republic of Indonesia as defined in the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Year 1945.

Assignment of Functions (Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement) Notice, 2014 (S.I. 24 of 2014).

Regulations
Zimbabwe
Africa
Eastern Africa

This Notice of the President assigns to the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement - (a) the administration of the Acts set out in the Schedule; and (b) the functions conferred or imposed on the Minister save to the extent that those functions have not been assigned to some other Minister. The list of Scheduled Acts includes the Acquisition of Farm Equipment and Material Act, the Agricultural Land Settlement Act, the Communal Land Act, the Rural Land Act and other Acts concerning land tenure.

Statute of the Urban Land Organization.

Legislation
Iran
Western Asia
Asia
Southern Asia

The Act is the Statute of the Urban Land Organization as a subordinate department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The main duty of the Organization is to implement the rules and regulations regarding the lands which are inside of city limits. The Organization consists of a General Assembly, a Board of Directors, an Executive Manager and an Inspector. The Statute consists of 22 articles divided into 3 chapters: General Provisions (I); Structure (II); Miscellaneous provisions (III).

Regional Law No. 3303/903-U-OZ “On management of land resources on the regional territory”.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

The scope of this Regional Law shall be improvement of state regulation in the sphere of land property relations, originating in the process of ownership, tenancy and governance of land on the regional territory. Land governance shall be based upon the principles of efficiency, equity, publicity, openness and transparency. Land tenure must ensure ecosystems conservation, thus guaranteed reproductive qualities of agricultural land and forestland.

Programme d'Action National de Lutte Contre la Dégradation des Terres.

National Policies
Burundi
Africa
Eastern Africa

Le PAN, contrairement aux autres programmes antérieurs de lutte contre la dégradation des terres, présente une tonalité originale découlant, d’une part, de son caractère d’instrument de mise en œuvre d’un accord international et, d’autre part, des principes directeurs qui sous-tendront le processus de sa mise en œuvre à savoir le partenariat, la participation effective de tous les acteurs et l’appréhension du problème de dégradation des terres dans son ensemble.Son objectif global est de contribuer au processus de développement durable du pays à travers le renforcement des capacités nationa

Understanding Access to Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources: What Can a Livelihoods Perspective Offer?

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2003
Mozambique
Burkina Faso
Laos
Honduras
Kenya
Uganda
Mali
Zimbabwe
China
Kyrgyzstan
Ghana
India
Sierra Leone
Vietnam

This study uses a livelihoods perspective to facilitate understanding of the role played by seeds and PGRs in rural people’s livelihoods and considers how a livelihood perspective may strengthen understanding of issues of access. A sustainable livelihoods perspective offers a way of thinking about the linkages among vulnerability, poverty and environmental or natural resource management.

Réforme Agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2002/2

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2002
Switzerland
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Bolivia
Guinea
Costa Rica
Niger
Mozambique
Philippines
South Africa
Nicaragua
Italy
Ecuador
Norway
Sudan
Mexico
Brazil
Asia
Africa
Americas

The management of conflict over land and natural resources is a very broad issue and there is a growing literature on techniques that have potential for use in this field. At the moment, the Land Tenure Service of FAO’s Rural Development Division is working towards achieving a deeper understanding of the current methods and practices in land conflict management and is gathering cases from all over the world to ascertain the techniques used and the results achieved. This edition of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, prepared with the strong support of Ms A.

Analysis of the Forest Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Reports & Research
November, 2015
Slovenia
Serbia
France
North Macedonia
Slovakia
United States of America
Croatia
Germany
Austria
Iceland
Switzerland
Romania
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey
Albania
Italy
Hungary
Montenegro
Europe

This is one of the seven sector analyses (Meat and Dairy; Fruit and vegetables; Cereals; Wine; Diversification, Fishery and Aquaculture, and Forestry) that have been prepared since spring 2011 for the agricultural authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina at state, entity and Brčko District level. The sector analyses are inputs to the design of measures to be financed under the European Union (EU) Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD), once available, as well as for the design of the country’s policies interventions in general.

土地权属及行政管理中的完善治理

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2007

This guide is written for people who work in land administration and all those with an interest in land, land tenure and their governance. Although much has been written about the importance of good governance in achieving development goals, there is comparatively little material on good governance in land tenure and administration. Failings in governance have adverse consequences for society as a whole. By contrast, good governance can help achieve economic development and the reduction of poverty. Good governance matters.

Communal Tenure and the Governance of Common Property Resources in Asia

Reports & Research
November, 2011
Bangladesh
United States of America
Afghanistan
China
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Australia
Laos
United Kingdom
Guinea
Republic of Korea
Thailand
Nepal
Pakistan
Yemen
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Kyrgyzstan
Myanmar
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Japan
India
Kazakhstan
Georgia
Malaysia
Papua New Guinea
Mongolia
Asia
Oceania

Land Tenure Working Paper 20. This paper presents an analysis of communal tenure and its role for natural resource management system, in different contexts of selected Asian countries. The current market driven pressures on natural resources create both challenges and opportunities for communities and governments to use and strengthen communal tenure in order to promote sustainable management of some natural resources.