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1. Library Resource

   

   Protection Zone Law (1997)

   Legislation

   February, 1997

   Latvia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Landscape Restoration

   Forest Tenure

   protected areas

   use rights

   palm oil industries

   coastal areas

   environment

   land management

   forest conservation

   forest land

   waste (abuse)

   The Law provides rules on different types of protection zones, protected areas, and protection strips, which are specified in laws and other regulatory enactments. Its purpose is to determine the types of protection zones and the functions thereof; the basic principles for the establishment of protection zones; the procedures for the maintenance and control of the condition of protection zones; and restrictions of economic activity in protection zones.

2. Library Resource

   

   Gender and Land Rights

   Reports & Research

   December, 2010

   Bangladesh, Lithuania, Zambia, Mali, Chile, Guatemala, Latvia, Malawi, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Italy, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Africa

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   land

   customary tenure

   land governance

   land tenure

   land rights

   land access

   right of access

   Indigenous Peoples

   land tenure systems

   land ownership

   indigenous people's tenure

   Increasing women’s access to land is crucial to fight hunger and poverty. However, gender disparities in land access remain significant in most countries, regardless of their level of development. A new FAO database helps to understand the factors that prevent women from accessing land; and to design better policies to effectively address this situation.

3. Library Resource

   

   European Regional Assessment for the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources

   Reports & Research

   December, 2010

   Georgia, Europe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, United Kingdom, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland

   Land & Investments

   Urban Tenure

   VGGT

   land administration

   land registration

   land policies

   land reform

   land-use planning

   urban planning

   urban areas

   natural resources management

   land markets

   land economics

   land tax

   land rights

   land access

   land ownership

   FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and other development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure. By setting out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices, the Voluntary Guidelines will provide a framework and point of reference that stakeholders can use when developing their own policies and actions.

4. Library Resource

   

   Good Governance and Natural Resources Tenure in Eastern Europe and CIS Region

   Reports & Research

   December, 2009

   Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Europe, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

   VGGT

   land governance

   natural resources management

   land access

   land tenure

   Land tenure working paper 3. This document reflects the policies, status and trends of governance in Eastern Europe and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The study assesses the state of governance and evaluates the ability of countries to contribute to the elaboration of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.

5. Library Resource

   

   Law on the Rights of Landowners to Compensation for Restrictions on Economic Activities in Specially Protected Nature Territories and Microreserves.

   Legislation

   Latvia, Europe, Northern Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   use rights

   compensation

   protected areas

   public ownership

   land ownership

   This Law provides conditions by which compensation for restrictions on economic activities in protected territories established by the State or local governments shall be granted and the procedures for granting such compensation. Compensation granted for restrictions on economic activities in protected territories shall be divided as follows: (a) reimbursement; and (b) exchange of a land parcel situated in a protected territory to an equivalent land parcel owned by the State or local government.

6. Library Resource

   

   Law on protection of cultural monuments.

   Legislation

   Latvia, Europe, Northern Europe

   use rights

   This Law regulates protection of cultural monuments as a part of cultural heritage. It shall be applicable to historical landscapes and individual territories such as parks and areas of historical, cultural and scientific value. The State or local governments, as well as natural persons and other legal persons may own cultural monuments in the Republic of Latvia. When recording the right of ownership in respect of immovable property that has been acknowledged as a cultural monument, an appropriate notation on limitations of rights shall be made in the Land Register.

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   Cabinet Regulation No. 883 regarding territorial local government spatial planning.

   Regulations

   Latvia, Europe, Northern Europe

   land-use planning

   use rights

   This Cabinet Regulation regards the territorial local government spatial plan is the administrative spatial plan of a local government, in which is reflected the current utilisation of the territory, and in which is specified the planned (permitted) utilisation and restrictions on such utilisation with a long-term outlook for 12 years.