China has a unique land use system in which there are two types of land ownership, namely, state-owned urban land and farmer collective-owned rural land. Despite strict restrictions on the use rights of farmer collective-owned land, rural land is, in fact, developed along two pathways: it is formally acquired by the state and transferred into state ownership, or it is informally developed while remaining in collective ownership.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJanuary, 2017China
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Library ResourceRegulationsMay, 2014Vietnam
This Decree, consisting of 103 articles divided into ten Chapters, details a number articles and clauses of Land Law No. 45/2013/QHB. Other decrees of the Government shall detail a number of articles and clauses of the Land Law concerning: compensation, support, resettlement; land prices; collection of land use levy; collection of land and water surface rentals; and sanctioning of land-related administrative violations. The subjects of application are: 1.
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 1950United States of America
This Chapter of the Code of Virginia provides for the preservation of farm and forest lands in Virginia. It establishes the Office of Farmland Preservation as a continuation of the Agricultural Vitality Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of Virginia.
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Library ResourceLegislationAugust, 2016Kenya
This Act makes provision for the recognition, protection and registration of community land rights and also provides for conversion of community land, special rights and entitlements with respect to community land, environment and natural resources management of community land and settlement of disputes relating to community land.
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Library ResourceRegulationsJanuary, 2017Oman
This Regulation consisting of 59 articles aims at regulating the use of agricultural land in the Sultanate.
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Library ResourceLegislationJuly, 2017Russia
This Federal Law sets forth the requirements land-use planning scheme for insertion of a land plot in public land cadaster map either in electronic form or in paper version as established by the acting federal executive body in the Far Eastern Federal District by agreement with the public registration authority.The supreme regional executive bodies of the Russian Federation specified in Article 1 of this Federal Law, within the boundaries of hunting grounds managed by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs on the grounds provided for by Federal Law No.
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Library ResourceRegulationsMay, 2008Peru
La presente Resolución aprueba el procedimiento para edificación y/o modificación de infraestructura con fines de vivienda, comerciales, industriales o de prestación de servicios en predios ubicados al interior de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (ANP) de carácter nacional y sobre los que existan derechos adquiridos por particulares previamente a la creación del Área Natural Protegida respectiva.
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Library ResourceLegislationJune, 2017Portugal
This Regional Legislative Decree, consisting of 171 articles divided into nine Chapters, establishes the general bases of the Public Policy for Land, Regional Territorial Planning and Urbanism within the Autonomous Region of Madeira. This Regional Legislative Decree under Law n. 31/2014, of May 30, defines the regional system for the territorial management.
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Library ResourceLegislationMarch, 2016Cape Verde
This Decree-Law, consisting of 7 Chapters and three Annexes, regulates the preparation and implementation process of the Plans for the Management of Coastal Zones and the Adjacent Sea (POOC_M). This Plans are territorial management tools containing a set of actions for the coastal zone management, which interventions are planned for the terrestrial areas, referred as 'onshore', and areas called as 'adjacent sea areas'.
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 1941United States of America
This Chapter of the Florida Statutes regulates forestry.
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