Sentences with phrase «land tenure make»

At times there is an overlap between tenure reform and secure tenure, such as when reforms to land tenure make it easier to grant a lease to the government.

Not exact matches

Pataki, a moderate Republican, made environmental issues — and land acquistion in the Adirondacks in particular — a focus of his 12 - year tenure, so much so that he was sometimes referred to as the «green» governor — a nickname his administration encouraged.

So how do those all - important admissions decisions, which essentially determine who will be landing tenure - track jobs 5 to 10 years hence, get made?

One of the main reasons for tenure reform is to make Indigenous land available to attract «commercial investment», including «private sector investment to expand the housing asset base».

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.

First, we are working to establish the policy foundations required in relation to land tenure and housing reform; and second, we have made unprecedented financial commitments directed to changing the face of Indigenous housing across the nation within a decade.

While there is some confusion about the aims of Indigenous land tenure reform, a common theme is the aim of making it easier for Indigenous land owners to make use, including commercial use, of their land.

This includes making funding for communities conditional on the reform of land tenure arrangements that obstruct new housing investment.

However, this focus on secure tenure is not about assisting Indigenous people to make use of their land — it is about governments having control over decision - making.

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

Each decision — from leases and land tenure through to the residential planning — is made with the informed participation of Yarrabah residents.

There is no evidence that we can see that shows that there was a balanced approach to try and give people the full suite of information you may need to make, for example, a decision around something like five - year leases or land tenure arrangements.

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.

In 2006 the Australian Government amended the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 to make 99 year lease tenures possible over Indigenous townships on communal lLand Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 to make 99 year lease tenures possible over Indigenous townships on communal landland.

In making this recommendation I recognise that native title is a co-existing right so it may be necessary to support tenure holder's engagement and negotiation with native title claimants / holders over the use of land.

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.

While governments» renewed interest in Indigenous land matters is a welcome one, we run the risk of «throwing the baby out with the bath water» where policy aims to make fundamental changes to land tenure when the potential for existing leasing options has not been fully explored or realised.

There may be some real issues here where traditional owners comprise a minority of the community, and where non-traditional (historical) people make decisions to establish a land council and to change the land tenure arrangements over the community.

The Review's scope requires the Committee to «consider all elements of government decision - making» relevant to development projects, specifically including government decisions on Aboriginal heritage, land tenure and native title practices.

I am concerned that these reforms have been focused on enabling governments to obtain secure tenure, rather than on assisting Indigenous people to make use of their land.