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The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 11 May 2012.

Today, access to these dark earths is limited by land pressures and changing land tenure systems, and these exact practices of enhancing soil fertility no longer exist.

Antonio Conte bucked that wider trend and emulated both Mourinho's first tenure and Ancelotti's spell by landing the main prize in his debut season.

A croft is often referred to jovially as a piece of land surrounded by red tape, but it is a system of subsistence land - holding created by the 1886 Crofting Act to give security of tenure to those in the areas where the Highland Clearances had been savage.

Yes now by allocating choice lands to his family friends and cronies to the extent that a day old baby has a land during his tenure and this is somebody who calls someone else corrupt,

Into the wild by Rachel Bernstein, 10 March 2015 After finding out that his early successes wouldn't land him the tenure - track position he desired, Ethan Perlstein felt like he was «in the wilderness» for about a year before he reinvented himself, first as an independent scientist and then as a biotech startup founder.

The likelihood that a young American - trained Ph.D. would land that coveted tenure - track job was the same in 2003 as it was a decade earlier; however, the new academic posts are supported mainly by soft money and are off the tenure track.

Technological barriers can be overcome by research and development; logistical and political / bureaucratic barriers can be overcome by better governance and institutions; education barriers can be overcome through better education and extension networks; and risk ‐ related barriers can be overcome, for example, through clarification of land tenure uncertainties.

In many parts of the world, significant expansion of plantations for bioenergy may be hampered by impediments to investment such as conflicting land claims, insecure land tenure, risk of expropriation and ineffective governance.

The regions of the world that are experiencing first - time land conversion are characterized by market isolation, lawlessness, insecurity, instability, and lack of land tenure.

Some data sets displayed on Global Forest Watch include land and resource rights governed by customary tenure systems but that are not recognized by national laws.

As part of defending a claim by Haida Nation for aboriginal title over lands in which third - persons had interests under Canadian law, British Columbia sought to stay the proceedings until either Haida Nation declared they would not disturb the tenures, permits and licences of third parties not named in this action, or it added those third parties as defendants to their action.

Indeed, John Locke first extolled the benefits of such separation, yet in A Letter Concerning Toleration in 1689 said: «Nobody is born a member of any church; otherwise the religion of parents would descend unto children by the same right of inheritance as their temporal estates, and everyone would hold his faith by the same tenure he does his lands, than which nothing can be imagined more absurd.»

Recent advisory work includes advising on the strength of a claim to a right of way by prescription of residential land; advising on the scope of a restrictive covenant contained in a transfer of freehold land; advising a prospective vendor on an aborted conveyance of land; advising on security of tenure under the Rent Act 1977; advising in respect of a nuisance claim concerning an interference with a right of way; advising a commercial landlord in respect of a tenant's breach of user covenant; and advising in a claim for rectification of the title to the property in respect of a void transfer.

To better understand the situation and problems with Ghana Land Tenure, Ghana Real Estate Registration, Property Rights and Ghana Property Rights Resource Governance we found this PDF article by USAID that better explains the situation in Ghana.

The B.C. Forestry Revitalization Act permitted the Province to reduce by 20 % the land base and allowable annual cut of forest tenures held by forestry companies, including the Applicant, Teal Cedar Products Ltd. («Teal»).

Arbitration: The Forestry Revitalization Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 17 permitted the Province of British Columbia to reduce by 20 per cent the land base and allowable annual cut of forest tenures held by British Columbia forestry companies, including the applicant, Teal Cedar Products Ltd..

Shortly after, the first communiqué was released by the National Indigenous Council (NIC), presenting a draft set of «Indigenous Land Tenure Principles» (NIC Principles) for discussion at the annual Native Title Conference on 3 June 2005.11

He continues by noting that «it is more likely to be the communal rather than the inalienable aspects of the indigenous land tenure arrangements that may be the problem.»

In recognition of the limited role of the NIC, the Chair of the Council, Dr Gordon, has stated the need for effective consultation processes to minimise misunderstandings regarding land tenure issues and to receive broad ranging feedback.41 To date, such broad ranging consultation has not been conducted by the Commonwealth Government or the NIC on the land tenure principles.

For opportunities such as these to be successfully realised by Indigenous people, an assessment of the current land tenure arrangements is required.

This basis for land rights legislation recognises that Indigenous societies in Australia are governed by their own systems of law, including customary land tenure systems, and strives to create space for these within the Australian legal system.

the release of «Indigenous Land Tenure Principles» by the federal government - appointed National Indigenous Council.

While the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme proposes that individuals and companies will be able to acquire reduction permits, many Indigenous rights and interests (including on the Indigenous estate) are still limited by land tenure such as native title and national parks.

the relationship between the legal ability to a home (such as by individualising land tenure) and financial ability (income, wealth and credit rating), and

That new legal principle accepted that the common law of Australia would give recognition to native title without altering that title or imposing on it all of the characteristics of other interests in land derived from the different... law of land tenures inherited by Australian law from English law upon settlement.

«The meeting will focus on a set of draft Indigenous land tenure principles that have been formulated by NIC members as a starting point for obtaining the views of interested stakeholders.

Township leasing, which was introduced in 2006, remains important as the first changes made by the Australian Government as part of its Indigenous land tenure reform policy.

Firstly, it states that the objectives and outcomes of the Agreement will be achieved by «changes to land tenure and administration to enable the development of commercial properties and service hubs».

priority for enhanced infrastructure support and service provision should be to larger and more economically sustainable communities where secure land tenure exists, allowing for services outreach to and access by smaller surrounding communities.

Reforms to land tenure for the purpose of attracting commercial investment will be experienced differently by diverse Indigenous communities across Australia.

If the aim of tenure reform is to provide clarity of ownership and improved opportunities for development, this can be achieved by quickening processes for the return of land to Indigenous people and supporting them to pursue their right to development.

At times references by governments to Indigenous land tenure blur the distinction between the two policies.

The mode of holding land All land in Australia and the United Kingdom that has been granted by the Crown, even that in fee simple, is held by tenure rather than by absolute ownership, as the Crown alone is the source of all tenure.

priority for enhanced infrastructure support and service provision should be to larger and more economically sustainable communities where secure land tenure exists, allowing for services outreach to and access by smaller surrounding communities, including:

The High Court decision on native title (the Mabo decision [27]-RRB- recognised our connection to our lands and waters by creating a unique form of land tenure that attempts to intersect our traditional laws and customs and Australian common law and legislation.

This can give the impression that by obtaining secure tenure, governments will be helping Indigenous land owners to make better use of their land.

... The legal practitioner who ventures into this field must know not only the detail of the Native Title Act, but must also have a thorough understanding of the common law system of tenure and its different estates as well as the various statutory schemes by which the several States and Territories have, from time to time, provided for the creation of private interests in and for the use by governments and individuals of public lands.

These processes enable land councils to articulate decisions about land use made under traditional law and custom by the land owners to the outside world in conformity with standard Australian land tenure and land use procedures, while maintaining Aboriginal control.

Yet it is clear that in such cases the statutes by which new interests in land were created had the same discriminatory impact on native titleholders as those tenures created after 1975; either to extinguish or impair only native title rights or, where other interests were affected, to fail to confer a right to compensation on native title holders only.

This is the first time that the «collective ownership characteristic of Maori land was officially recognized and its continuance as a permanent tenure accepted» under this new approach.152 The legacy of this earlier approach clearly remains as the following definition of Maori freehold title by the Maori Land Court shland was officially recognized and its continuance as a permanent tenure accepted» under this new approach.152 The legacy of this earlier approach clearly remains as the following definition of Maori freehold title by the Maori Land Court shLand Court shows:

The preservation of traditional lands in ultimately inalienable form for the use and enjoyment of future generations is still an important principle of Indigenous land tenure, as recognised by the first and second NIC Principles.136 There has been a strong policy focus over more than thirty years on Indigenous people gaining traditional land, having the right to manage it in accordance with Indigenous tradition, and being able to make decisions about land use in accordance with traditional decision - making processes.

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Support for the Government and NIC push for a move to individual titling of communal land tenure has been given mainly by conservative commentators30 while the majority of Indigenous leaders oppose it.

For those native title holders with limited rights to land, economic development may not be an option afforded by tenure rights.

The Native Title Report 2005 seeks to refute the assumptions that are raised by the Indigenous land tenure debate, in particular, the assumptions of the National Indigenous Council's Indigenous Land Tenure Principland tenure debate, in particular, the assumptions of the National Indigenous Council's Indigenous Land Tenure Princtenure debate, in particular, the assumptions of the National Indigenous Council's Indigenous Land Tenure PrincipLand Tenure PrincTenure Principles.

Unless a more comprehensive and inclusive economic development strategy is development, the inadequacy of historical government actions to include Indigenous Australians in the share of the bounty from national development, and of existing government programs and services to deliver better outcomes, Indigenous Australians will continue to be eclipsed by the current debate about land tenure.

In Walker v NSW (19), the High Court had to consider whether customary Aboriginal criminal law is something which has been recognized by the common law and which continues to this day, in the same way that Mabo decided that customary law relating to land tenure continues to exist.

The fact that tenure is not a barrier to financial lending for major commercial development on Aboriginal land is also demonstrated by the Alice Springs to Darwin railway project.29

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community governance can be greatly impacted by the nature of the land tenure held or managed by the community.