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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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Legislation
June 1985
China

This Law is enacted with a view to protecting, developing and making rational use of grasslands, improving the ecological environment, maintaining the diversity of living things, modernizing animal husbandry and promoting the sustainable development of the economy and society.The grasslands are owned by the State, with the exception of the grasslands owned by collectives as provided for by law.

Legislation
January 1950
United States of America

This Chapter of the Code of Virginia provides for the preservation of farm and forest lands in Virginia. It establishes the Office of Farmland Preservation as a continuation of the Agricultural Vitality Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of Virginia.

Legislation
January 1941
United States of America

This Chapter of the Florida Statutes regulates forestry.

Legislation
Kenya
Eastern Africa
Africa

This Act: confers powers upon the President of Kenya to grant title or other rights in Government lands; provides for the appointment of a Commissioner of Lands and such other officers as may be necessary for the administration of this Act; and defines procedures and other requirements such as registration in respect to grant of title or other rights in Government land.The Act consists of 146 s

Legislation
Philippines
South-Eastern Asia
Asia

Amendments made to the principal Act concern its application sphere, compulsory land acquisition, incentives for aquaculture projects, conversion of agricultural land into fish ponds and prawn farms, protection of mangrove areas, and change of crops.

Legislation
Republic of Korea
Eastern Asia
Asia

The purposes of this Act are to designate development-restricted areas, to limit acts performed in such areas, to purchase lands and to efficiently manage development-restricted areas in order to prevent the proliferation of cities, and to sustain the conservation of the natural environment surrounding cities.An urban management planning with respect to the designation of a development-restrict

Regulations
Vietnam
Asia
South-Eastern Asia

The Decision provides for planning, management and conservation of the natural resources in Vietnam, through the educational, economical, institutional and environmental improvement and innovations.

Legislation
Bahamas
Americas
Caribbean

This Act concerns legal proceedings and proof regarding the ascertainment or evidence of title in land or interest in any estate.The Act sets out the procedures for obtaining a certificate of title and the effects of a certificate of title. The Act also allows a person to request a court to investigate matters that may affect a title in land.