Translation of "public access to land " (English → French) :

access to land [ access ]

boat launching area | boat lunch area | launching area | boat lunch | launching site | boat hoist launching area | boat access | boat landing area

Interregional Consultation on Access to Land and Security of Tenure for Africa and Arab States

Global Conference on Access to Land, and Security of Tenure

public access catalog | public access online catalog | online public access catalog | OPAC | open access catalogue | on-line public access catalogue

cut trees to allow public access | tree felling to clear public access | cut trees to clear public access | cutting trees to clear public access

public access to documents of the institutions | public access to information

access to the public telegram network | access to the public telegraph network

public land | state land | crown land | demesne of the Crown | Royal demesne | Crown property

The EU and its Member States will support improvements in governance relating to sustainable forest management, participatory rangeland management, and to equitable access to land tenure, particularly for women, respecting the rights of local populations and of indigenous peoples, including customary land use and access to water.

- Support national and international initiatives for the definition of principles and codes of conduct governing sustainable large scale domestic and foreign investments in farm land, focusing on the protection of land rights, secure access to land and other natural resources for smallholder farmers and pastoral communities and on sustainable management of these resources.

Observes that agricultural investment policies mostly focus on large-scale land acquisitions and on export-oriented agriculture that is usually unrelated to local economies; notes that the development of extensive irrigation in the targeted geographical investment areas of NAFSN may reduce water availability for other users, such as small-scale farmers or pastoralists; stresses that under those circumstances the ability of mega-PPPs to contribute to poverty reduction and food security must be critically assessed and improved; emphasises that agricultural investment policies should be linked to and should support the development of the ...[+++] local economy, including smallholders and family farming; recalls that the FAO Tenure Guidelines recommend secure access to land in order to allow families to produce food for household consumption and to increase household income; stresses the need to base large-scale land-based investment in Africa on these guidelines, ensuring smallholders’ and local communities’ access to land, promoting local SME investment. and ensuring that PPPs contribute to food security and to reducing poverty and inequality.

Highlights that 1,2 billion people still live either without permanent access to land or else occupying property for which they have no formal claim, with no legal titles, no surveys delineating their lands and no legal or financial means of turning property into capital.