Ghana

Country land legislations: 36 ENTRIES

Treaties, laws and regulations on land and soil extracted from FAOLEX

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Rents (Stabilization) Act, 1962 (Act No. 109).Date of entry: 10 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
State Lands Act, 1962 (Act No. 125).Date of entry: 10 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
State Lands Regulations, 1962.Date of entry: 10 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
Land Registry Act, 1962.Date of entry: 10 Oct 1995, Last edit: 23 Mar 2010
Farm Lands (Protection) Act, 1962 (Act 107 of 1962).Date of entry: 10 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
Concessions Act, 1962 (Act No. 124).Date of entry: 10 Oct 1995, Last edit: 20 Mar 2006
Rents (Stabilization) (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act No. 168).Date of entry: 11 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
Administration of Lands Act, 1962.Date of entry: 11 Oct 1995, Last edit: 23 Mar 2010
Administration of Lands Regulations, 1962.Date of entry: 11 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
Land Planning and Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act, No. 35 of 1957.Date of entry: 11 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
Concessions Regulations, 1962 (L.I. 228).Date of entry: 11 Oct 1995, Last edit: 26 May 2000
Lands (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1963.Date of entry: 11 Oct 1995, Last edit: 23 Mar 2010
Land Title Registration Act, 1986.Date of entry: 16 Jul 1996, Last edit: 23 Mar 2010
Land Title Registration Regulations, 1986.Date of entry: 16 Jul 1996, Last edit: 26 May 2000
Lands (Statutory Wayleaves) Act, 1963.Date of entry: 04 Feb 2004, Last edit: 23 Mar 2010
Land Title Registration (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (L.I. 1837).Date of entry: 11 Dec 2008, Last edit: 18 Dec 2008
Public Lands (Protection) Decree, 1974 (N.R.C.D. 240).Date of entry: 23 Mar 2009, Last edit: 06 Apr 2009
Mortgage Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 96).Date of entry: 23 Mar 2009, Last edit: 06 Apr 2009
Survey Act, 1962 (No. 127).Date of entry: 23 Mar 2009, Last edit: 06 Apr 2009
Land Development (Protection of Purchasers) Act, 1960 (No. 2).Date of entry: 03 Apr 2009, Last edit: 20 Apr 2009
Lands Commission Act, 1994 (No. 483).Date of entry: 03 Apr 2009, Last edit: 23 Mar 2010
Public Conveyancing Act, 1965 (No. 302).Date of entry: 03 Apr 2009, Last edit: 08 Apr 2009
Conveyancing Decree, 1973 (N.R.C.D. 175).Date of entry: 06 Apr 2009, Last edit: 20 Apr 2009
Confiscated Assets (Recovery and Disposal) Committee Act, 1979.Date of entry: 22 Mar 2010, Last edit: 26 Mar 2010
Town and Country Planning Act, 1945.Date of entry: 26 Mar 2010, Last edit: 29 Mar 2010
Landed Properties of Ghana Rubber Estates Limited and Firestone Ghana Limited (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1977.Date of entry: 26 Mar 2010, Last edit: 29 Mar 2010
Forest Ordinance (Cap. 157).Date of entry: 28 Jan 2004, Last edit: 08 Jan 2007
Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 1954 (No. 45 of 1954).Date of entry: 28 Jan 2004, Last edit: 10 Jan 2007
Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act No. 759).Date of entry: 11 Dec 2008, Last edit: 18 Dec 2008
National Development Planning (System) Act, 1994 (No. 480).Date of entry: 23 Mar 2009, Last edit: 06 Apr 2009
Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703).Date of entry: 09 Feb 2009, Last edit: 13 Feb 2009
Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Law, 1984 (P.N.D.C.I 84).Date of entry: 06 Apr 2009, Last edit: 20 Apr 2009
Local Government Act, 1993 (No. 462).Date of entry: 15 Jan 2010, Last edit: 23 Mar 2010
Volta River Development Act, 1961 (Act No. 46).Date of entry: 13 Feb 2004, Last edit: 17 Sep 2012
Timber Resources Management Regulations, 1998 (L.I. 1649).Date of entry: 10 Jan 2007, Last edit: 19 Mar 2010
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).Date of entry: 12 Aug 2004, Last edit: 08 Dec 2007
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FAO Land publications: 22 ENTRIES

Extracted from the FAO Corporate Document Repository

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Access to and Control over Land from a Gender Perspective - A Study Conducted in the Volta Region of GhanaYear of Publication: 2004
Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Regional Assessment for the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and Other Natural ResourcesYear of Publication: 2010
Improving tenure security for the poor in AfricaYear of Publication: 2006
International Land Deals in AfricaYear of Publication: 2009
Land access in rural Africa:Strategies to fight gender inequalityYear of Publication: 2008
Livestock and Gender: A Winning PairYear of Publication: 2000
Natural Resources and Environment newsletterYear of Publication: 2012
Till to Tiller: Linkages between international remittances and access to land in West AfricaYear of Publication: 2004
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food SecurityYear of Publication: 2012
Assets, Activities and Rural Poverty AlleviationYear of Publication: 2007
FORESTRY OUTLOOK STUDY FOR AFRICA - Subregional Report - West AfricaYear of Publication: 2003
Fertilizer use by crop in GhanaYear of Publication: 2005
Foodcrops and Shortages - No. 2 May 2004Year of Publication: 2004
Foodcrops and Shortages - No. 3 October 2005Year of Publication: 2005
Linkages between Farm and Non-Farm Sectors at the Household Level in Rural GhanaYear of Publication: 2008
NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS IN AFRICA: A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL OVERVIEWYear of Publication: 2001
Non-thematic issueYear of Publication: 1998
Where are the best opportunities for fish farming in Ghana? The Ghana Geographical Information System as a decision-making tool for fish farming developmentYear of Publication: 1991
ETUDE PROSPECTIVE DU SECTEUR FORESTIER EN AFRIQUE - RAPPORT SOUS-REGIONAL AFRIQUE DE L'OUESTYear of Publication: 2003
Numero non thematiqueYear of Publication: 1998
التفريغ الاصطناعي الصدفيات - دليل عمليYear of Publication: 2007
Número no temáticoYear of Publication: 1998
News
[17/05/2013] Large Farming Developments: reviewing the evidence
What are the impacts of different types of large farming developments in Africa? On her blog, Rebecca Smalley explains the highlights from a literature review from the project Land and...
Documents
[14/05/2013] Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law?
“Growth of emerging economies, policy commitments to biofuels and volatility in commodity prices have contributed to a marked increase in the pace and scale of foreign direct investment in land...
Multimedia
[07/05/2013] VIDEO: The price of gold: Chinese mining in Ghana
“Figures for the scale of illegal mining are non-existent because the Ghanaian authorities struggle to address the problem. But 23% of Ghana’s gold production is from small-scale mining...
Documents
[05/05/2013] Emerging forest regimes and livelihoods in the Tano Offin Forest Reserve, Ghana -
“Greater attention for law enforcement resulting from new forest governance initiatives may make livelihoods of people living in or near protected areas in the tropics more vulnerable due to...
Documents
[26/04/2013] Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing
“This synthesis report emerged from work led by the Landscapes for Peo­ple, Food and Nature (LPFN) initia­tive, an international coalition of leading conservation and develop­ment organizations...
Documents
[25/03/2013] Grands Investissements agricoles et inclusion des petits producteurs: leçons d'expériences dans 7 pays du Sud
“L’ampleur prise récemment par le phénomène d’appropriations foncières  à grande échelle  dans les pays du Sud a ravivé les débats sur la sécurité alimentaire, la gouvernance foncière...
News
[13/03/2013] WHO IS DOING WHAT: Improving Access and Equity for Smallholder Carbon Projects
Jeff Hayward, director of the Rainforest Alliance’s climate program  “It is abundantly clear that there are systematic barriers to entry preventing smallholder participation in carbon projects....
Documents
[11/03/2013] Land Grabbing, il Mercato della Terra: Nuovo Colonialismo o Opportunità di Sviluppo?
“Nell’estate del 2007 il mercato azionario globale è investito da una profonda crisi determinata dal crollo dei mutui subprime. Successivamente, nell’incertezza generale, si è iniziato ad...
Documents
[20/12/2012] Bioenergy, Sustainability and Trade-offs: Can we Avoid Deforestation while Promoting Biofuels?
“A recent CIFOR report summarises the findings from a three year research project looking for ways to address these new challenges, including putting in place stronger regulations on large-...
Documents
[16/11/2012] Trends and impacts of foreign investments in developing country agriculture
“International investments that give local farmers an active role and leave them in control of their land have the most positive effects on local economies and social development, according to...
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