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2009 > Tenure and land use > Can you provide examples of forest tenure disputes?

Tenure and land use

Forest lands cannot be sold.
However, the following conflicts emerge:
Rights referred to the ownership of forest lands: conflicts of superposition of other rights conferred on native communities' lands (Amazonians indigenous communities) or peasant communities (Peasant indigenous communities) or rural properties.
Over resources: conflicts caused by illegal logging and other activities affecting the forest resource.
On resource management: issuing special procedures that contradict the general rule. For example, the Ministerial Resolution No. 0192-2009-AG

Yes. According to the Monthly Report on Social Conflicts No.67 of the Ombusdman, 132 socio-environmental conflicts have been registered in September 2009 (most of them related to the implementation of high-impact extractive activities in indigenous peoples' territories), 16 communal conflicts, 14 conflicts for land boundaries and 4 specifically related to selling lands illegally. Furthermore, there might be an undetermined number of unregistered overlaps.

Title Monthly Report Nº 67 on Social Conflicts, produced by the Department for Conflicts Prevention and Governance Governability of the Ombusdman.
Ministerial Resolution Nº 192-2009-AG
Date 22/02/2009
Source http://www.defensoria.gob.pe/modules/Downloads/conflictos/2009/conflictos-67.pdf
http://www.asesorempresarial.com/web/pdf/22022009.pdf
Language Spanish
Accuracy Yes
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