Land Resources
Beth
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03 Aug 2011
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a Physical Planning Act administered by the Department of Lands for managing its land resources.
Almost 97% of land in PNG is customary land, owned either by individuals or under some form of clan ownership. Some six million hectares are used in the rotational gardening cycle. Of the country’s total land area, approximately 470,000 square kilometers, or about 58%, is subject to strong or severe erosion. A further 18% is permanently inundated or...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Palau has a Strategic Plan developed by the Bureau of Agriculture to manage the sustainable develppment of its land resources.
Agricultural activity is mostly of a semi-subsistence nature. There is a trend away from the traditional small-scale farming and agroforestry methods used by Palauan women towards larger farms operated by foreign males and planted with single crops destined for restaurants and supermarkets in Koror. There are about 22 commercial agriculture farms, nearly all located in...
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...
