Markets and fishing rights

The right to harvest a certain amount of fish of a particular species, in a designated area, in a given period of time, is usually called a "property right" and is implemented only in Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). Depending on the countries, those holding the fishing right may be allowed or not to transfer their right by sale to someone else. Transferability tends to be considered as a necessary condition as it is this participation as an "owner" in the fishery, and the future benefits that improved management can bring, that creates the incentive for better management. This in turn has generated the interest of managers in this approach as a better form of fisheries management.

Investments in agricultural land

Mozambique is exploring models of partnerships between government, investors and local communities for investments in their lands that lead to sharing of benefits, with the technical assistance of FAO.

see also:

• Bioenergy and land tenure: the implications of biofuels for land tenure and land policy, Land Tenure Working Paper 1, IIED.
• Making the most of agricultural investment: A survey of business models that provide opportunities for smallholders, IIED.
• Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa, IIED.
• Land ownership and foreigners: A comparative analysis of regulatory approaches to the acquisition and use of land by foreigners, Legal Paper Online 6.
  
  

Land consolidation and land banking

Lithuania and Serbia have adopted national strategies to guide the implementation of land consolidation and land banking. These strategies were prepared with the technical assistance of FAO. Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina are currently preparing strategies and developing capacity in land consolidation and land banking with the assistance of FAO.

FAO has assisted in developing capacity in land consolidation and land banking through a series of technical projects, workshops and publications.

see also:

• The design of land consolidation pilot projects in Central and Eastern Europe, FAO Land Tenure Studies 6.
• Operations manual for land consolidation pilot projects in Central and Eastern Europe,FAO Land Tenure Manual 1.
• Opportunities to mainstream land consolidation in rural development programmes of the European Union, FAO Land Tenure Policy Series 2.