This publication has been prepared as a background paper in view of the UN conference on the human environment that was held in Stockholm in 1972. This background document had contribution from UNESCO, IAEA and WHO. While the demand for land for land increases at a very rapid rate through…
Land Tenure Working Paper 16 Governance of Land Tenure Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) looks at the land governance situation in the region. It has been prepared to provide a base for discussion for the regional consultation meetings on the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on…
In countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the development of arrangements for land consolidation takes place in the wake of the transition to a new private property regime, and in the context of accession to the European Union. The process of institutional change is complex and sensitive to…
EU membership has profound implications for all parts of a country’s economy,
as well as for its relationships with the other countries in Europe and its internal
political structures. Members of the EU must be democracies governed by the rule
of law and which guarantee human…
This Law provides rules applicable to the acquisition of land by the States through compulsory purchase on behalf of the public as authorized by Special Law, i.e. a Law confirmed by Order of Her Majesty in Council. The power under Special Law may include the right to acquire or extinguish a…
Esta Ley complementa las normas locales sobre pastoreo basadas fundamentalmente en los usos y costumbres. Se aplica a los pastos en régimen común, a las zonas tradicionalmente destinadas al pastoreo así como a otras áreas situadas en la inmediata proximidad de las de pastoreo (arts. 1º-3º). Las…
Esta Ley establece las primeras normas de procedimiento que regulan el proceso de concentración parcelaria. El procedimiento de concentración se iniciará cuando existan razones de utilidad pública que agronómica o socialmente lo justifiquen. Estas razones serán libre e inapelablemente apreciadas…
La Ley limita el desarrollo urbano en las zonas rurales. A tal fin, las municipalidades deberán identificar, sobre la base de criterios reglamentarios, suelos no urbanizables en las zonas rurales (art. 2º). Los usos en suelos no urbanizables se clasifican en permitidos, autorizables,…
This Order amends the Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Designation) Order 1990 and applies to England only. It expresses the definition of 'economic optimum' in terms of the fertilizer's nitrogen content and changes restriction on the use of fertilizers to restrictions on the application…
The text of the Code, consisting of 153 articles arranged under 8 titles, is given in the schedule. Article 2 lists twenty-two items in respect of which registration is obligatory.