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Jamaica

<p>Jamaica is a Caribbean island with a population of approximately 2.6 million people that mostly live in rural areas and largely depend on the county’s natural resources. Jamaica’s population is 47% rural, with the majority of poor people living in rural areas.</p>
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02 March 2017
Date: 2 March 2017 Source: Jamaica Observer PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says informal settlements or squatting cannot be used as a means for securing land tenure in Jamaica. He added that it is the orderly settlement of land which is led by the Government that will ensure Jamaicans own land…
By: Denise Dennis  Date: August 24th 2016 Source: Jamaican Information Service The Government is finalising a draft Bill to amend legislation governing land registration and ownership. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said amendments will be made to the Registration of Titles,…
Date: October 24th 2016 Source: Jaimaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition spokesperson on land, Senator Sophia Frazer Binns, says the contentious informal settlement at 85 Red Hills Road in St Andrew is another reason to place the issue of land tenure, ownership and rectification on the…

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A systematic management of resources is used for the increase of climate resilience and as an instrument for sustainable development in selected CARICOM-states.

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Donors:
Government of Germany, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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      A new series of case studies authored by researchers at Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies program profiles recent initiatives to strengthen tenure security and reform land registration systems in seven countries: South Africa, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, Mozambique…