Land Resources
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Niue has a National Forest Policy (2004), a Code of Harvesting Practice for the Indigenous Forests of Niue (2003), and a National Action Plan (NAP) for Combating Land Degradation and Drought.
Niueans have always had strong cultural ties to the land. They apply a number of traditional conservation practices to its use. Throughout the island, the soils are of marginal fertility for intensive agriculture and long-term monoculture. Thirty to forty percent of Niue’s land is unsuitable for...
Beth
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01 Aug 2011
A review of the land tenure system has not occurred and remains a sensitive issue in Nauru.
Land tenure is of prime importance in Nauru, representing wealth in both the spiritual and material sense, and has always been a mark of status contributing strongly to a person's identity as a Nauruan. Land in Nauru is limited both in its availability and also in its use. The lack of land for urban development and the lack of a secure groundwater supply are the two main issues currently being...
Beth
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01 Aug 2011
Land ownership is limited by the Constitution to citizens of FSM and property is held in family trusts with rights passed down from generation to generation.
In three FSM States, land resources are generally sufficient to support food production and needs. Farming is predominantly small scale, low in productivity and based mainly on family labour and low adoption of modern technologies. Produce is largely consumed on farm, with limited amounts marketed. Almost every household engages at least...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
The Marshall Islands has submitted its First Report to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Land is held communally by family groups called bwij, which trace their claim to land matrilineally through the alap, or the person in immediate charge of a piece of land. Food crops in the Marshall Islands are produced primarily for private consumption. The main staple food crops are green and mature coconut, breadfruit and pandanus, which produces fruit...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
General Land Use Plans have been adopted for the two urbanized islands, South Tarawa and Kiritimati.
The land area of each of the atolls is very small. There is little forestland on the atolls, but “agroforestation” efforts to increase agricultural productivity are underway. The demands of a rising population and an increasing level of socioecomomic development have implied a loss of “forest” land. Human settlements on the outer islands are traditional village settings...
