Assessment of 6th draft of the National Land Use Policy (NLUP)

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"This assessment is in response to the 6th draft of the NLUP, released in May 2015, following months of public and expert consultations. It outlines some of the key positive and negative points of the new draft. The new draft NLUP has taken on board many of the concerns and recommendations raised by the public during the consultation process, and includes several key issues that would greatly improve Myanmar?s land governance arrangements. However, some serious concerns remain. As in our past responses to the earlier (5th) draft of the NLUP, we take as our starting point how the draft fulfills principles and provisions negotiated and agreed upon by the world?s governments ? including the Government of Myanmar ? and captured guidelines of the UN Committee on World Food Security (UN CFS) known as the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (hereafter referred to as the ?TGs”). In addition, the assessment that follows is based on the English version of NLUP-6..."

Source/publisher: 

Transnational Institute (TNI)

Date of Publication: 

2015-09-16

Date of entry: 

2015-09-26

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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