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A Contribuição Tributária da Indústria Extractiva na Economia Moçambicana

Legislation & Policies
October, 2013
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land governance
mining
natural resources management
A Contribuição Tributária da Indústria Extractiva na Economia Moçambicana.
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A Vision for Canada’s Forests 2008 and Beyond.

National Policies
Canada, Americas, Northern America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
private forests
protected areas
public ownership
environment
forest conservation
land governance
forestry
land-use planning
sustainable land use
deforestation
land management
forest land
agriculture
land use
The present Vision wants Canada to be the best in the world in sustainable forest management and a global leader in forest sector innovation.
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Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014 (S.I. No. 2935 of 2014).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land-use planning
land management
coastal areas
This Order allows for the creation of a nationally significant infrastructure project and associated development described in Schedule 1 and a corresponding marine habitat. There shall be put in place for the affected coastal area a compensation environmental management and monitoring plan and other environmental compensatory measures.

Implements: Planning Act 2008 (Cap. 29). (2008-11-26)
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Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
customary law
This Act, consisting of 52 sections divided into seven Parts and completed by one Schedule, provides for the establishment of an Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority and an Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Council for the purpose of providing consultative and other services and for the economic, social and cultural advancement of persons of Aboriginal descent in Western Australia and for incidental and other purposes.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

An Act to establish a Torres Strait Regional Authority, an Indigenous Land Corporation and a corporation to be known as Indigenous Business Australia, and for related purposes.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
customary law
land ownership
This Act concerns self-government and self-sufficiency of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, the economic and cultural development of and the use of lands by descendants of original habitants of Australia. The Act establishes the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), the Indigenous Land Corporation and a corporation to be known as Indigenous Business Australia. TSRA shall, among other things, formulate and implement programs for Torres Strait Islanders, and Aboriginal persons, living in the Torres Strait area.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984.

Legislation
May, 1984
Australia
Land Conflicts
land dispute resolution
customary law
This Act, consisting of 99 sections divided into twelve Parts, establishes the local government and community justice groups for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. It applies to indigenous local government areas of laws relating to public places in Queensland.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.

An Act to preserve and protect places, areas and objects of particular significance to aboriginals, and for related purposes.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
customary law
The purposes of this Act are the preservation and protection from injury or desecration of areas and objects in Australia and in Australian waters, being areas and objects that are of particular significance to Aboriginals in accordance with Aboriginal tradition.The Minister may, upon application made orally or in writing by or on behalf of an Aboriginal or a group of Aboriginals seeking the preservation or protection of a specified area from injury or desecration, make a declaration in relation to the area.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Regulations 1984.

Regulations
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
customary law
A Regulation to implement selected provisions of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act which aims at the preservation and protection from injury or desecration of areas and objects in Australia and in Australian waters, being areas and objects that are of particular significance to Aboriginals in accordance with Aboriginal tradition.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Holding Act 2013.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land Conflicts
land dispute resolution
leases
customary law
The Act, consisting of 11 Parts and 1 Schedule, divided into 165 Sections, establishes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Holding Act.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Act 2013 (No. 18).

An Act to provide for the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and for related purposes.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
customary law
The Act, consisting of five Sections, establishes that the Parliament, on behalf of the people of Australia, recognises that the continent and the islands now known as Australia were first occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and so respects the continuing cultures, languages and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In addition, it states that the Minister must cause a review of support for a referendum to amend the Constitution to commence within 12 months after the enactment of this Act.