Sentences with phrase «community ownership of land»

The research was carried out to examine the links between community ownership of land and development of associated assets, and the resilience of those communities.

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It is of great importance that profits from land ownership belong to the community rather than being appropriated by private citizens.

Land trusts are typically community - based nonprofit groups that protect land by acquiring the land outright, or by entering into legal agreements called conservation restrictions, where landowners do not give up ownership, but instead agree to reduce the development potential of their land, generally in return for cash payment, tax advantages, or bLand trusts are typically community - based nonprofit groups that protect land by acquiring the land outright, or by entering into legal agreements called conservation restrictions, where landowners do not give up ownership, but instead agree to reduce the development potential of their land, generally in return for cash payment, tax advantages, or bland by acquiring the land outright, or by entering into legal agreements called conservation restrictions, where landowners do not give up ownership, but instead agree to reduce the development potential of their land, generally in return for cash payment, tax advantages, or bland outright, or by entering into legal agreements called conservation restrictions, where landowners do not give up ownership, but instead agree to reduce the development potential of their land, generally in return for cash payment, tax advantages, or bland, generally in return for cash payment, tax advantages, or both.

«The sense of alienation of Niger Delta indigenes from the resources of their land will continue until there are affirmative actions that guarantee the involvement of these communities in the ownership and participation in the oil and gas industry.

DAILY POST learnt that trouble started when one of the newly installed chiefs from Numaye community claimed ownership of a particular portion of land which according to sources was not part of Numaye riverine community.

He pointed to the support his office has offered to land banks, which battle blight by allowing communities to take ownership of dilapidated properties.

These 16 solutions were divided up between governmental, business and individual initiatives and the options ranged from more inclusive zoning, to repurposing community housing land, to developing a living wage, to giving up on the idea of home ownership altogether.

As its title implies, the exhibition addresses the concept of ownership — both literally and figuratively — and the notion of «reclaiming» what belongs to a person and their communities, from their lands and governments to their physical bodies and basic human rights.

As the elected president of the community of Agua Caliente, Tot brought documents showing Q'eqchi ownership of land to the government and petitioned for land titles.

The team spent years preparing its case to establish the community's legal claims to the land, including a geographical study of Agua Caliente and the land's chain of ownership.

Represented community group through trial and appeals process in a dispute over ownership of cottages built on land owned by a town

It could also provide proof of land ownership in rural communities and could be used to provide digital identities for example.

Such negotiations must aim to cover the types of services, plans, and support that Indigenous communities will require to be able to achieve sustainable control and management of Indigenous natural and cultural resources, as well as the ownership, control and maintenance of Indigenous community lands».

Despite this, the potential to realise economic or home ownership outcomes for Indigenous communities has not been fully explored and there has been a lack of government policy directed towards using Indigenous land to achieve these outcomes within existing frameworks.

Similarly, the Prime Minister has given preliminary support to the Principles by endorsing home ownership on communal lands and «individual aspiration as a driving force for progress in all sections in the Australian community».50 Such a perspective is inconsistent with research focusing on social capital, which argues that the erosion of community and shared networks is undermining the progress of society.

The Committee is concerned, despite positive developments towards recognising the land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders through judicial decisions (Mabo 1992, Wik 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limits the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.

As discussed in Chapter 3, sustainable home ownership requires a stable and adequate individual income to service debt; access to financial institutions; and a strategy to address the high cost of housing against the low value of land in remote communities.

Nor have the principles addressed the cultural context of communities in terms of communal ownership of land and the economic benefits that can be gained from Indigenous communities» strong connection to their land through an ongoing and vibrant culture.

A key objective of the NIC Principles is to increase Indigenous home ownership on communally owned lands in the Northern Territory this may include remote communities on ALRA (NT) land.

A reform process should instead aim to provide long - term clarity through changes that deliver improved Indigenous land ownership, support the development of local governance and allow communities to meet their development needs.

The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has said that another aim of the reforms is to provide «greater economic opportunities (business investment and home ownership) as a result of resolution of land tenure and land administration issues».

[the] progressive resolution of land tenure on remote community - titled land in order to secure government and commercial investment, economic development opportunities and home ownership possibilities in economically sustainable communities.

A table of these communities, including a brief description of the land ownership, is provided at Appendix 5 to this Report.

«While we have differing views within our community on how to improve the variety of special Indigenous land tenures across Australian, we recognise that collective ownership is inherent in Aboriginal custom and we believe in the fundamental importance of securing that underlying land title for future generations.»

Government policies need to be flexible to accommodate different types of land ownership (for instance, communally - held native title land or freehold land granted under a land rights regime) and to support the distinct development aspirations of specific communities.

The Committee is concerned... that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limit the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.

But where it does apply it has led to some large areas of land being returned to the ownership of some Indigenous traditional owners and communities.6

... Among indigenous peoples there is a communitarian tradition regarding a communal form of collective property of the land, in the sense that ownership is not centred on an individual but rather on the group and its community.

The Bonner Report focused on the issue of land ownership and how Aboriginal people could be provided with improved forms of land ownership that recognised both the economic and cultural aspirations of diverse Aboriginal communities.

The Committee is concerned, despite positive developments towards recognizing the land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders through judicial decisions (Mabo, 1992; Wik, 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limit the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.

They are not usually representative of those Indigenous groups that can not demonstrate traditional ownership of areas covered by the land council or NTRB, nor do they always have close ties to existing Indigenous community service organisations.

despite positive developments towards recognising the land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders through judicial decisions (Mabo 1992, Wik 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limits the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title lands, particularly pastoral lands.

Michigan's highest court has considered whether the government could, through a condemnation proceeding, shift ownership of land from one private owner to another, on the grounds that the second owner was going to create a business park which would benefit the entire community.