The objects of this Act, consisting of 233 sections divided into twelve Chapters and completed by four Schedules, include assisting in the achievement of ecologically sustainable development in the State by establishing an integrated scheme to promote the use and management of natural resources in a manner that recognises and protects the intrinsic values of natural resources; seeks to protect biological diversity and, insofar as is reasonably practicable, to support and encourage the restoration or rehabilitation of ecological systems and processes that have been lost or degraded; provides
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Library ResourceLegislationSeptember, 2004Australia
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Library ResourceLegislationSeptember, 2004Mauritius
This Act provides for: (a) in relation to land development for – (i) the promotion and co-ordination of the orderly and economic use and development of land; (ii) the proper management, development and conservation of natural and man-made resources for the purposes of promoting the social and economic welfare of the community and a better environment; (iii) use of land for public purposes; and (iv) ecologically sustainable development; (b) for the appropriate sharing of responsibility for planning and development between the different levels of government.
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Library ResourceLegislationSeptember, 2004Germany
The present Law lays down provisions relating to land survey and information on geo-data. The text consists of 23 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Land survey (II); Land survey register (III); Geo-basis information system (IV); Final provisions (V).
Repeals: Sachsen-Anhalt Land Survey Geo-Information Law. (1998-11-21)
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 2004Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
This Act sets forth provisions on application to the Court for a declaration of possessory title in Article 3, content of application in accordance with Form 1 of the First Schedule in Article 4, written statement of the applicant and of at least two other persons having knowledge of the applicant’s adverse possession of the piece or parcel of land annexed to the application in Article 5, plan of the piece or parcel of land authenticated by the signature of the Chief Surveyor annexed to the application in Article 6, publication of notice in the newspapers in Article 7, service on all owners
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 2004Israel
This Law is aimed at: protecting the coastal environment, restoring and preserving coasts as a resource of unique value, and preventing and reducing as much as possible any damage to them; preserving the coastal environment and the coastal sand for the benefit and enjoyment of the public, for present and future generations; and establishing principles and limitations for the sustainable management, development and use of the coastal environment. Under the law, sea and shore are considered one integral unit that extends from Israel's territorial waters to 300 meters inland.
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Library ResourceLegislationNovember, 2004Turkmenistan
This Land Code stipulates that land shall be public property protected by the state and shall be rationally and efficiently managed. It regulates land relations and applies to natural and legal foreign and domestic persons and to foreign states and international organizations.
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Library ResourceLegislationDecember, 2004Thailand
This Act aims at utilizing land more appropriately with regard to transportations, economics, social, the environment and communities, and so as to be in line with urban planning. The Act consists of 89 Sections.A Land Readjustment Committee shall be appointed. Section 6 provides the the Committee's powers and duties, including: (1) Formulate policies, establish goals and important measures relating to Land Readjustment; (2) Approve master plans and target areas for Land Readjustment; etc. The Land Readjustment Association shall be appointed to implement the Land Readjustment Projects.
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Library ResourceLegislationMarch, 2004Congo
La présente loi fixe fixant les principes généraux applicables aux régimes domanial et foncier, notamment aux droits des personnes physiques, morales et publiques (Etat, collectivités territoriales et établissement publics), et privées sur la propriété les sols (droits réels y afférents, les droits résultant du transfert du transfert de propriété, entre vifs ou en cas de succession).
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Library ResourceLegislationJuly, 2004Paraguay
La presente Ley tiene por objeto la creación del Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra (INDERT), cuya misión consistirá en promover la integración armónica de la población campesina al desarrollo económico y social de la Nación.
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 2005Ethiopia
This Proclamation grants the power to specified local public bodies to expropriate rural or urban landholdings for public purpose where it believes that it should be used for a better development project to be carried out by public entities, private investors, cooperative societies or other organs, or where such expropriation has been decided by the appropriate higher regional or federal government organ for the same purpose. The Proclamation sets out the procedure of expropriation and provides with respect to compensation (which shall be paid in advance) and appeals.
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