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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 26 4.8 Erosion control and watershed protection ............................ … conservation. Soil conservation on riverbanks is part of a flood control programme. Damaged watersheds pose serious … application that there must not be a negative impact on flood or erosion control, or slope stability. The Toronto …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… 130 5.1.1 Land Tenure 135 5.1.1.1 NWFP Gomal Zam Project (Control and Prevention of Speculation in Land) Ordinance 2001 … and adopted children; (ix) ‘disaster’ includes famine, flood, cyclone, fire, earthquake, drought, and damages caused … of the Zilla Accounts Committee; (t) review measures for flood relief, and storm water drainage; and (u) require the …
Land and water - the rights interface
… to water legislation have seen the assertion of state control over water resources and the introduction of complex … the construction of an impoundment for water supply, flood control and recreational purposes – have profound … set of legal rules apply particularly in the context of flood plains.151 As described above, the construction (and …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… es of particular ethnic or tribal groupings that govern the control, … laws and their perceptions regarding ownership and control of land and land‐related conflict … Table 1: Authority to control and/or own land (2014 KAP Survey) … designated “family heads” wield enormous control over family holdings and make allocation …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… rely on communal rangelands. Many pastoralists do own or control individual resources, including parcels of land, … their ownership of water resources gives them de facto control. There can be important differences between seasonal … environment, bringing more powerful events like drought, flood or blizzard. The absolute extent of the rangelands will …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… use land, they are generally less likely than men to have control over it. In practical terms, this lack of control places many women in insecure and precarious … the verification of forest operations, as well as the control of timber transport and processing as it passes from …