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use rights

These are rights to use the land for agriculture, grazing, gathering of forestry products, etc. The right to use land is one of the essential rights of landownership, but may also be the right to use and profit from immovable property as if the user were the owner (usufruct).
 

Source: FAO Land Tenure Manuals, No.2, FAO, 2006

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How Do Differences in Land Ownership Types in China Affect Land Development? A Case from Beijing
Peer-reviewed publication
January 2017
China

China has a unique land use system in which there are two types of land ownership, namely, state-owned urban land and farmer collective-owned rural land.

Regulations
January 2017
Ghana

These Regulations reform the law in Ghana with respect to the granting of timber rights and related matters.

Pinterest
Reports & Research
December 2016
Brazil

A Geografia é uma ciência que estuda o espaço (re)produzido a partir das relações sociais - dentre as quais as de gênero - estabelecidas no âmbito do trabalho social e conduzidas pelas demandas hegemônicas do capital.

Pinterest
Reports & Research
December 2016
Brazil

A Geografia é uma ciência que estuda o espaço (re)produzido a partir das relações sociais - dentre as quais as de gênero - estabelecidas no âmbito do trabalho social e conduzidas pelas demandas hegemônicas do capital.

Manuals & Guidelines
December 2016
Kenya

Cities and Urban Areas play a crucial role as engines of development as well as centers of connectivity, creativity, innovation, and as service hubs for the surrounding areas. Kenya has experienced unprecedented urban growth. At independence the urban population was about 8%. This had grown to be about 40% by 2015.

State Ownership of Land in Uzbekistan – an Impediment to Further Agricultural growth?
Peer-reviewed publication
December 2016
Uzbekistan

The present paper aims to demonstrate how the state land ownership affects development of agricultural sector in Uzbekistan, and what are its strengths and weaknesses. It highlights the importance of secure land right regardless of ownership. Land in Uzbekistan is state-owned; the exclusive state ownership of land was first incorporated in the 1992 Constitution.

Regulations
September 2016
Algeria

Le présent arrêté fixe les modalités de conversion du droit de jouissance perpétuelle ou du droit de concession en droit de location des terres wakfs destinées à l’agriculture détenues par l’Etat, en application des dispositions de l’article 29 du décret exécutif n° 14-70 du 10 Rabie Ethani 1435 correspondant au 10 février 2014 fixant les conditions et modalités de location des terres wakfs des

Legislation
August 2016
Kenya

This Act makes provision for the recognition, protection and registration of community land rights and also provides for conversion of community land, special rights and entitlements with respect to community land, environment and natural resources management of community land and settlement of disputes relating to community land.

Reports & Research
August 2016
Mozambique
Africa

Analyses inclusive land governance in Mozambique. Focuses on the country’s legal framework and the DUAT, the right to use and benefit from the land. The DUAT is a distinctive element of the Mozambican legislation that has land as the property of the state but recognises land use rights for occupants and users on the basis of a unitary system of tenure.