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Décret n° 100-95 du 28 mars 2011 portant missions, organisation et fonctionnement du ministère de l’eau, de l’environnement, de l’aménagement du territoire et de l’urbanisme.

Regulations
Burundi
Africa
Eastern Africa

Le présent décret détermine les missions, l’organisation et le fonctionnement du ministère de l’eau, de l’environnement, de l’aménagement du territoire et de l’urbanisme.Pour réaliser ses missions, le Ministère de l’Eau, de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement du Territoire et de l’Urbanisme, dispose des organes relevant de l’administration centrale (le Cabinet du Ministre; la Direction Générale des Ressources en Eaux et Assainissement ; la Direction Générale de l’Environnement et des Forêts ; la Direction Générale de l’Aménagement du Territoire et de la Protection du Patrimoine Foncier; la Di

Regional Law No. 58-ZSO amending Regional Law No. 23-ZSO on land.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

Article 2 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional Government shall have the competence in determination responsible for management and governance of regional public land and also of plots of land pertaining to federal property administered by the regional administration due to transferred plenary powers by the Russian Federation”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 23-ZSO on land. (2004-05-21)

Regulation to the Community Rights Law with Respect to Forest Lands.

Regulations
Liberia
Africa
Western Africa

This Regulation of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) implements provisions of the Community Rights Law of 2009 with Respect to Forest Lands ("Community Rights Law"), and determines the rules, guidelines and procedures for the establishment of forest communities and to access, manage, use and the benefits of forest resources within the Republic of Liberia, and participation by communities in the reforestation, rehabilitation and conservation of forest and wildlife resources in Liberia.

G8 Takes Steps to Improve Land Governance, Enhance Transparency

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2013

On June 18, the 2013 G8, under UK leadership, announced bold steps to strengthen land governance and improve transparency in land transactions. G8 leaders expressed support for and announced a series of concrete steps to accelerate implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security and the African Union Land Policy Initiative (LPI).

Haiti Rebuilding, but Land Governance Challenges Remain

January, 2014

By Dr. Gregory Myers, USAID Division Chief, Land Tenure and Property Rights.
Last week, I visited Haiti to assess the land tenure and property rights situation there—four years after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed between 100,000 and 300,000 people and displaced another 1.5 million. Many Haitians continue to live in extreme poverty and much needs to be done to address the weak property rights system that slows economic growth and hinders infrastructure rebuilding efforts.

U.S. Announces Land Governance Partnership with Burkina Faso

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2013

On June 14, the United States announced a Partnership with Burkina Faso, in coordination with the G8, to improve land governance and strengthen transparency. The Partnership will build on progress achieved under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Country Cooperation Framework with Burkina Faso, which support a number of the principles of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of the Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.

Ethiopia Partners with the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany to Improve Rural Land Governance

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013

USAID is pleased to announce a first-of-its-kind partnership between the Governments of Ethiopia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Federal Republic of Germany to improve rural land governance. Building on existing programs and the seven land country partnerships announced at this year’s G8 Open for Growth Summit, this new partnership will support greater transparency in rural land governance, promote responsible agricultural investment, and improve Ethiopia’s legal framework and practices related to rural land administration and land use.

World Bank Conference Emphasizes Centrality of Land Governance Across Diverse Development Goals

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2013

Last week, the World Bank's 14th Annual Conference on Land and Poverty – which was sponsored by USAID along with several other organizations – brought together more than 800 participants from 90 countries, representing government, private sector, civil society, academia, and development partners. The large attendance from a diverse set of participants reinforces the increasing recognition that good land and resource governance is central to a variety of development objectives. The theme of this year’s conference was “Moving towards transparent land governance: Evidence-based next steps”.

New Interactive Map of USAID and MCC Land Governance Programs

Maps
October, 2013

Over the past year, USAID has led a global effort in the land and resource governance sector to improve donor coordination and support the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security(Voluntary Guidelines). Working with the Global Donor Working Group on Land, a newly formed group of bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors and development agencies, USAID led a data collection and visualization project that gathered information on land and resource governance programs from around the globe.

Increasing Recognition of the Importance of Land Governance

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2013

As the World Bank’s Annual Conference on Land and Poverty convened this week, the World Bank Group released a statement recognizing the importance of secure land rights for a variety of development objectives and reiterating the World Bank’s commitment to improving land governance and promote environmentally and socially sustainable agriculture investments. According Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, “securing access to land is critical for millions of poor people.