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Gwich'in Land Claim Settlement Act (S.C. 1992, c. 53).

Legislation
Canada
Americas
Northern America

The present Act declares valid the Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Gwich’in, as represented by the Gwich’in Tribal Council, signed on 12 April 1992. Section 5 establishes that for the purposes of carrying out its objectives, the Renewable Resources Board established by the afore-mentioned Agreement has the capacity,rights, powers and privileges of a natural person. The text consists of 11 sections.

Implements: Gwich’in Comprehensive Agreement. (1992-04-22)

Treaty Land Entitlement Implementation Act (S.S. 1993, c. T-20.1).

Legislation
Canada
Americas
Northern America

For the purpose of the present Act “Framework Agreement” means: i) the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement dated 22 September 1992 and entered into by Canada, Saskatchewan and certain Indian bands with respect to the settlement of the outstanding treaty land entitlement claims of the Indian bands; ii) the Nekaneet Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement Agreement dated 23 September 1992 and entered into by Canada, Saskatchewan and the Nekaneet Indian Band with respect to the settlement of the outstanding treaty land entitlement claim of the Nekaneet Indian Band; and iii) any

Ley ambiental para el desarrollo sustentable del Estado de Sinaloa.

Legislation
Mexico
Americas
Central America

La presente Ley tiene su fundamento en el derecho de todo ser humano a gozar de un medio ambiente saludable, y tiene como objetivos principales la preservación, la restauración del equilibrio ecológico, la protección al ambiente y el desarrollo sustentable. En este marco se establecen los principios de la política ambiental estatal y los instrumentos para su aplicación, así como las bases para el establecimiento y funcionamiento eficaz de un sistema estatal de educación ambiental.

USAID Supports Legal Analysis of Libya’s Draft Law on Property Restitution and Compensation

August, 2013

Since the ousting of Muammar Qadhafi in Libya in 2011, the country has been on a shaky path to peace and security. Libyans have been dealing with the consequences of Qadhafi’s rule and the short, destructive civil war that followed his ouster. Due to a long history of property expropriation by the Qadhafi regime and disregard for long-standing customary claims to land in rural areas, issues relating to housing, land, and property (HLP) rights are often the cause of grievances and conflicts.

Lao People's Democratic Republic - Sustainable Forestry for Rural Development Project : resettlement policy framework

The objective of the Sustainable Forestry for Rural Development (SUFORD) Project for Lao People's Democratic Republic is to institute systematic management of natural production forests nation-wide to alleviate rural poverty, protect biodiversity, and enhance the contribution of forestry to the development of national and local economies in a sustainable manner.

Vietnam - Three Cities Sanitation Project : resettlement action plan

This plan proposes to compensate project-affected persons (PAP) according to the land tenure rights they hold. It pays PAPs who are legal users with permanent rights to use the affected land, replacement costs for acquired land, crops and forest produce, and productive trees. Legal users with temporary rights will receive the same compensation described and also be allowed to opt for either cash assistance for affected land corresponding to 30 percent of the replacement costs of affected land or cash assistance for lost income from affected land.

Land Claims and Self-Government Agreement among the Tlicho and the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada.

Canada
Americas
Northern America

The present Agreement is the first combined land, resources and self-government Agreement in the Northwest Territories. Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories(GNWT) and the Tlicho are Parties to the Agreement. The Agreement provides the Tlicho with ownership of a single block of 39,000 square kilometres of land, including subsurface resources, adjacent to or surrounding the four Tlicho communities. The Agreement also provides for self-government. A regional Tlicho Government was created with law-making authority over Tlicho Citizens in their communities and on their lands.

Law No. 374-V “Housing Code”.

Legislation
Russia
Turkmenistan
Asia
Central Asia

Local government shall be responsible for supervision over land-use planning of urban land in residential areas. This Housing Code shall establish requirements for acknowledgement of land plots destined for residential areas and the establishment of the boundaries thereof. It also regulated the issues of expropriation of land plots under residential facilities for public need and the modalities of compensation to the owners of the aforesaid residential facilities. The right of ownership to land plot under residential facility of the owner thereof shall be regulated by land legislation.

National Environment Strategy for Jordan - A Resource Book of Information and Guidelines for Action.

National Policies
Jordan
Western Asia

The present National Environment Strategy for Jordan is a Resource Book of Information and Guidelines for Action and is based on Jordan’s pledge to maintain environmental protection as a national priority to preserve the earth, wind and water as a symbol of the bond between the legacy of ancestors, contemporary responsibilities and capabilities, and the promise for future generations.

Law on expropriation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Legislation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
Southern Europe

This Law provides all necessary conditions, manner and procedure of expropriation of property and land on the territory of the Bosnia and Herzegovina for the purpose of construction of facilities and/or similar that are defined as public interest.This Law also defines various administrative, procedural and financial aspects regarding the duties and obligation for all participants during the expropriation processes.The Law is divided into VII Chapters and 72 article, including the provisions defining the compensation for expropriated properties.

Compulsory Acquisition of Land (Guernsey) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations, 2012 (G.S.I. No. 30 of 2012).

Regulations
Guernsey
Europe
Northern Europe

These Regulations prescribe forms for the purposes of the Compulsory Acquisition of Land (Guernsey) Law, 1949. The forms sets out in the Schedule are forms of: a Draft Compulsory Purchase Order; a Drafi Temporary Possession Order; a Draft Control of Use Order; a Draft Variation Order; a Notice to a qualifying person; other notices made under the Law.

Implements: Compulsory Acquisition of Land (Guernsey) Law, 1949. (2011)