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Legal Instruments to implement the objective “Land Degradation Neutral World” in International Law

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Brazil, United States of America, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
land degradation
The protection of fertile soils is a precondition for sustainable development. In the final document of the conference of the United Nations on sustainable development in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20 Conference), the international community thus agreed to strive for a “land degradation neutral world”. The legal study by Ecologic Institute, Berlin, firstly scrutinizes some national legislation (Germany/EU, USA and Brazil) in order to identify legal instruments which are suitable for the implementation of the goal of a “land degradation neutral world”.
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[The use of degraded lands for the development of sustainable land use in the transboundary regions of Latvia and Belarus]

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2017
Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
land economics
land use
research
land management
land degradation
land information systems
The main idea of the project on the cross-border cooperation of Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus, as well as a unified methodology for its implementation, is based on cooperation between local and regional authorities and the use of innovative technologies: current remote sensing data (space images, aerial photographs and images from unmanned aerial vehicles), land information system, GIS and WEB-technologies.
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Analysis of damaged land changes in Klaipeda County of Lithuania

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2017
Latvia, Lithuania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
mining
land degradation
The article presents the analysis of the current situation of the damaged land in Klaipeda County. The study found that the number of affected areas in the county – 266. Because the damaged areas consist of mineral quarries and territories occupied by dumps, the article contains the description and condition of these areas. It was found that mostly sand deposits (60) predominate in Klaipeda County, of which only 8 are used. The smallest number of the deposits – the salt deposits (2). The mainly used deposits in the county are sand and gravel deposits – 29, unused – sand deposits (52).
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Order No. D1-561 of the Minister of Environment regarding methods of land rehabilitation of landscapes damaged as a result of subsoil management.

Regulations
August, 2016
Lithuania
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
farmland
urban areas
land management
The Minister validates the methods of land rehabilitation of landscapes damaged as a result of subsoil management due to mining and extraction of minerals. It shall not be applicable to deep quarries subject to issuance of special permits for operation thereof. Land rehabilitation procedure must be performed by land owners and land tenants that have extracted common minerals on surface or near surface for their own individual needs.
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Law No. XIII-705 amending Law on territorial planning (No. I-1120).

Legislation
November, 2017
Lithuania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
environment
Article 22 shall be amended to add the following wording: “The decisions of the municipal council or local level special territorial planning documents (except for special territorial planning land use planning documents) specify the solutions of the municipal master plan and, by the decision of the municipal council, special territorial planning documents are recognized as an integral part of the municipal master plan.
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FOREST LEGISLATION IN EUROPE: HOW 23 COUNTRIES APPROACH THE OBLIGATION TO REFOREST, PUBLIC ACCESS AND USE OF NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Slovenia, Liechtenstein, France, Estonia, Switzerland, Lithuania, Croatia, Sweden, Germany, Ukraine, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Austria, Finland, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Albania, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Norway, Czech Republic, Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
land improvement
land rights
This report presents the results of an extra budgetary project which analyses similarities and common approaches in European national forest legislation. The forest laws of 23 countries have been examined in order to find out whether provisions are made to put into practice the following three legal issues: (1) reforestation obligations after logging through final cutting or loss of forest cover due to fire and natural calamities, (2) regulations concerning public access to forests and (3) public use of non-wood forest products occurring on forest land.
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Livestock and the Environment - International Conference

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1998
Lithuania, Zimbabwe, Denmark, Bulgaria, Eswatini, Netherlands, Ethiopia, China, Colombia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
environment
deforestation
grazing
farming systems
One of the greatest challenges faced by mankind is to satisfy the needs of the fast growing global population and at the same time preserve land, water, air and biodiversity resources. Livestock are a crucial element in this balancing process. Demand for livestock products is growing fast, especially in the developing world. Livestock, through their multiple functions, are a cornerstone of the livelihood of most of the rural population in the developing world.
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Constitution of Finland.

Constitution
June, 1999
Finland, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Europe, Northern Europe
food security
customary law
sustainable development
land governance
land tenure
environment
fisheries
property rights
gender equity in access to land
farmland
land rights
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Law relative to Taxes on State Natural Resources (No. I-1163)

Legislation
Lithuania, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
The objective of this Law is to increase the responsibility of users of natural resources (not defined) for the effective and economical utilization of the national resources which are at their disposal, and to compensate the amount spent by the State on the investigation of natural resources and on the measures implemented for the preservation of the amount and quality thereof. The Department of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Lithuania shall control the validity of tax returns.
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Law on territorial planning (No. I-1120).

Legislation
Lithuania, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
environment
land law
Territorial planning is described as a process and procedure of land use planning in article 2. The objectives of territorial planning are outlined in article 3. Articles 4 to 20 concern territorial planning at national, county, and municipal level. Planning shall be: general or "master" (arts. 5-10); special (arts. 1-14), or; detailed (arts. 15-20). There shall be master plans for each of the specified territorial subdivisions. Master planning shall establish priorities, objectives and strategies for the territory in question.