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  Alternative Palestinian Agenda - Land Ownership in Palestine/Israel
The registration of land was to be in the names of specific individuals and not in the name of the village, the family, or the tribe (Falah, 1983).
Some of these lands were sold to the Zionist Agency by individuals who were not the rightful owners of the land, but used their positions in previous governments to register large portions of lands to their names.
The process of land confiscation of the Palestinian residents of what is now Israel continues to this day, but on a smaller scale in the Galilee and continues on a large scale in the south region.
www.ap-agenda.org /nasser/nasser3.htm   (3026 words)

  
 Land ownership key to Somalia solution
The land ownership and control of its harvest is the lifeline for many militias.
Land ownership issues and problems of access to natural resources have been aggravated by changes that began with colonization.
To justify this wicked plan, the so-called Land Ownership Law, (No. 23) was passed on 21st October 1975 decreeing that land title had to be acquired from the State (which "owned" all the land), in order to claim usufruct rights.
www.arlaadinet.com /Forum/land_ownership_key_to_somalia_so.htm   (802 words)

  
 Land Ownership in Israel/Palestine
The fellahin of Palestine are rural farming communities with communal shared ownership of the land and have means of cultivation.
The feddan is a measurement of a share of land that varies in size from village to village and may vary from year to year, even within the same village.Villages owned their land collectively by the village residents or by the Hamoula family.
Land owners were instructed to have their property inscribed in the land register.
www.progress.org /land28.htm   (3208 words)

  
 Land ownership and tenure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This picture of "complete ownership" is, of course, complicated by the obligation in most places to pay a property tax and by the fact that if the land is mortgaged, there will be a claim on it in the form of a lien.
Under both common law and civil law, land may be leased or rented by its owner to another party; a wide range of arrangements are possible, ranging from very short terms to the 99-year leases common in the United Kingdom, and allowing various degrees of freedom in the use of the property.
In addition, there are various forms of collective ownership, which typically take either the form of membership in a cooperative, or shares in a corporation, which owns the land (typically by fee simple, but possibly under other arrangements).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Land_ownership_and_tenure   (514 words)

  
 DMMR - Arizona Land Ownership Status
Ownership of land and mineral rights in Arizona and its related mineral entry status is complex.
If the lands in question have been deeded to the State of Arizona, (state lands), the State Land Department, 1616 W. Adams, Phoenix, AZ 85007, (602) 542-4631, should be contacted as to the surface and mineral status under their jurisdiction.
If the lands of interest are now known to be private, the County Assessor's Office for the county in which the lands are situated may be contacted to determine the landowner.
mines.az.gov /Publications/circ002landstatus.html   (742 words)

  
 Ownership
The consequences of land speculation are tenantry and debt on the farms, and slums and luxury in the cities.
The right to possess and to pass on the ownership of things that in their nature decay and soon cease to be is a very different thing from the right to possess and to pass on the ownership of that which does not decay, but from which each successive generation must live.
Individual ownership and management are best, and it is not at all improper for the community to allow the owner something for caring for the land to which he holds title, and for collecting and transmitting to the treasury the economic rent.
www.wealthandwant.com /themes/Ownership.html   (10468 words)

  
 Land Rights for Women
The draft National Land Policy, which includes a commitment to ensuring that 30 percent of demarcated land goes to women, is a good document says Joseph Mbinji from the alliance.
The government holds state land which is supposed to be six percent of the total land available for production and the chiefs and tribal heads holds customary land, which is 90 percent of arable land in their fiefdoms, in rural areas.
In rural areas, married women have access to land for farming through their husbands, but in the event of a divorce or widowhood, they may continue to use the land but will not inherit control of the land.
www.landaction.org /display.php?article=129   (1118 words)

  
 Landed property - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Landed property or landed estates is a real estate term that usually refers to a property that generates income for the owner without the owner having to do the actual work of the estate.
Landed property was a key element of feudalism, and freed the owner for other tasks, such as government administration, military service, the practice of Law or religious practices.
The last large exemplar of the principle of a landed aristocracy as a basis of rule, Russia under the Romanov dynasty, literally died in the Bolshevik Revolution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Land_ownership   (443 words)

  
 E Law: LAND OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL IN NAURU
Land devolved in precisely calculated shares."[16] He asserts without clear evidence that "...every part of Topside was the subject of private ownership.
The determination of land ownership before the creation of the Committee was done by the Chiefs whose decision could be appealed to the Administrator under a system which followed closely the practice of the previous German administration.
If there are no owners recorded the Lands Committee is notified and they search to see if their records show any owner and if not (as is usual) they then announce a day when the ownership of the land will be determined.
www.murdoch.edu.au /elaw/issues/v2n2/macsporran22.html   (6796 words)

  
 Ownership
Land value increase was the primary benefit for six percent of owners and three percent indicated that timber income was the primary benefit received from owning timberland.
In addition, two thirds of forestland owners surveyed have never removed timber from the property, indicating that the land was purchased as a luxury item and not for the profit that could be generated by timber sales.
The newer forestland owners and their land are most likely to be outside the “forestry community”, largely unaffected and undetected by forestry programs as they operate today.
www.uwsp.edu /cnr/landcenter/forestplanning/cycle/ownership.htm   (753 words)

  
 Farm Land Ownership
The land purchase decision is one of the most important decisions farmers will make in their life.
The price of land is determined in the market, whereas the value of the land is an individual determination.
This course is designed for purchase of agricultural land in Iowa.
www.extension.iastate.edu /ames/flo.htm   (432 words)

  
 Here Today, Here Tomorrow -- Chapter 5
Separating rights in land from the land itself was an ingenious legal development in that it made it possible to develop a framework to accommodate the interests of different people in one piece of land.
if land is fenced or posted with signs prohibiting trespassing at the access points to the property, a person coming onto the land is deemed to be a trespasser unless that person can show that he or she had the consent of the owner, lessee or occupier.
This is the case unless the person who owns the land benefited by the common law easement grants a release of the easement to you or the person who purchased the land from you, or unless you or the person who buys the land from you applies to court for an order releasing the easement.
www.wcel.org /wcelpub/5110/5110c5.html   (7814 words)

  
 Pacific Region - Land Ownership in California-Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Land Ownership in California and the Transition to a New Government
After California's transfer from Mexico to the United States, land ownership became one of the major flash points of hostility between native Californians and new settlers.
While under the Mexican system, any Californian desiring a land grant applied to the Governor, listing his or her name, age, country, vocation, quantity and description of the land, and a hand-drawn map, or diseño, of the boundaries and natural features of the desired land.
www.archives.gov /pacific/education/4th-grade/land-ownership.html   (564 words)

  
 navigation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Land issues are so important because land is one of the scarcest resources in the world.
The bill stated, "Kamehameha I was the founder of the kingdom, and to him belonged all the land from one end of the islands to the other." This gave the monarchy the foundation for giving away or selling land, often times to pay for their newly acquired debts.
The Mahele sent 1,600,000 acres to the other chiefs, 1,500,000 acres were set aside for public lands to be used by the government, 1,000,000 acres were reserved as crown lands for the royal family, and only 30,000 acres were given to the rest of the Hawaiian commoners.
www.brown.edu /Departments/AmCiv/Studentprojects/GISP10/week8/week8.htm   (1609 words)

  
 Tape #324 - Land Ownership
  I hope to bring to light a positive approach to land ownership, where and when, what' s appears to be the barrier of cultural conflict exists.
  Coexistence is a model of land ownership in Australia whereby people from different cultures enhance people holding differing conceptions of land ownership occupy the same land or be it in different ways.
That is what has been told to the Senate Committee involves the issue of land ownership in South Australia as distinct from what has been previously considered to be native title rights.
www.wia.usda.gov /sessions/TAPE324.htm   (5342 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Who owns the land?
But much of the white-owned land is in more fertile areas with better rainfall, while the fl farming areas are often in drought-prone regions.
"The land question" was a major cause of the guerrilla war which led to Zimbabwe's independence in 1980.
Land reform and redistribution is expensive: farmers asked to give up some of their property demand compensation; and infrastructure, such as roads, bore-holes, schools and clinics, is needed for those who are given the land.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/594522.stm   (487 words)

  
 Records of Land Ownership and Settlement
Land development is an important component in the settlement of North Dakota.
The final certificate was the document issued by the land office indicating that the individual had met all requirements and was entitled to a patent.
Their efforts to attract settlers to their lands through the distribution of pamphlets and other advertising literature describing the western country lured thousands from their homes in the eastern states, from developed sections of the West, and from Europe.
www.state.nd.us /hist/sal/gen/infland.htm   (2214 words)

  
 Gustavus land legacy ownership options
An easement is an agreement between the land owner and a second party that grants the second party rights to use the land.
The owner of the land is generally paid for the easement because they are giving up some of their rights to use or control their own land.
The Mental Health Lands Trust (MHLT) has indicated that they are interested in selling some of their lands to the community outright.
www.gustavuslandlegacy.org /ownership.htm   (1576 words)

  
 USAID Agriculture: Land Management
Land degradation due to desertification, soil erosion and deforestation is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, leading to loss of productivity, increased poverty worldwide and conflict.
As a result, the Agency approaches planning and management for the sustainable use and development of lands in an interdisciplinary way that can extend from evaluating poverty reduction strategies in a natural resources management best practices context to development of sustainable agriculture and sustainable tourism enterprises.
This cross-sectoral approach includes evaluation of scientific information, analysis of appropriate technologies, review of land ownership and management policies and institutions, application of geo-information technologies within the broad arena of knowledge management, and effective use of environmental education and advocacy.
www.usaid.gov /our_work/agriculture/landmanagement/index.html   (375 words)

  
 Land Management Information Center - MN Land Ownership Resources
Original Public Land Survey plats of Minnesota: View or download digital copies of historic Minnesota township plat maps collected during the original Public Land Survey.
The approximately 800 cubic feet of records were created primarily by four agencies: the State Land Office, the Land Department of the State Auditor's office, the U.S. General Land Office in Minnesota, and the U.S. Surveyor General for Minnesota.
Published from 1867 to the present, these atlases contain records of land use and land ownership, directories of businesses and residences, photographs of buildings and people, genealogies, county histories, and advertisements.
www.lmic.state.mn.us /chouse/land_own_resources.html   (523 words)

  
 Land Management Information Center - Minnesota Land Ownership
Property boundary basemaps and ownership records are maintained at the county level, usually by the recorder's, assessor's or land surveyor's office.
Several inventories have assessed overall patterns of public land ownership in Minnesota.
If you know of other publicly available land ownership information sources, please contact the Land Management Information Center at: clearing.house@state.mn.us, (651) 201-2499 or 658 Cedar Street, Room 300, St. Paul, MN 55155.
www.lmic.state.mn.us /chouse/land_own.html   (371 words)

  
 Intelligent Land Ownership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Essentially UK Land remove much of the complexity of buying land, by identifying prime pieces of land with development potential, in areas where there is a growing need for new homes.
Brian Smith, UK Land’s Strategic Land Director who is based at the company’s Head Office in Mayfair, says, “The local planning authority within whose area the site is located will be faced with having to make significant provision for additional housing need within the near future in order to meet regional growth requirements.
Buying land has proven to be one of the best ways to create real personal wealth over the years.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/4/prweb373315.htm   (570 words)

  
 RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE - Home Page
RDI is an international nonprofit organization working to secure land rights for the world’s poorest people, those 3.4 billion chiefly rural people who live on less than $2 a day.
For decades, RDI has used the law to bring land rights to the poor in a peaceful, fair and democratic manner.
Over the past 38 years, RDI professionals have worked with the governments of 40 developing countries, foreign aid agencies, and other partners to design and implement laws, policies, and programs that provide opportunity, further economic growth, and promote social justice.
www.rdiland.org /HOME/HomeOne.html?gad1   (156 words)

  
 National Farmers Union › Land Ownership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Every effort should be made to preserve farmer ownership, including the preservation of farm land in any rezoning efforts.
Agricultural land must be preserved for the future.
Current or new individual family agriculture operators should not be liable for contamination that did not occur during their ownership.
www.nfu.org /issues/environment/land-ownership   (151 words)

  
 Land Ownership
The LAND data set was first started in 1984 and updated in the spring 1988 by the State Land Department Forestry Division and ALRIS.
Federal boundaries are done by the Bureau of Land Management, Indian reservation boundaries are done by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and State Land boundaries are done by the Arizona State Land Department.
The state land ownership portion of the land coverage is updated along with the surface parcels coverage.
www.land.state.az.us /alris/metadata/ownership.htm   (640 words)

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