Law No. 951 “On pastures”. Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Contract/agreement Certification Land tenure Lease Monitoring Basic legislation Grazing Pastoralism Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force after its official publication. Abstract This Law regulates social relations concerning use of pastures. The principles of use of pastures shall be as follows: (a) efficient and complex management of pastures; (b) protection of pastures and environment; (c) correspondence of national and regional interests; (d) transparency related to the use of pastures; (e) accessibility of pastures to natural and legal persons; and (f) creation of favorable conditions for investments related to improvement of the efficiency of pastures management. All pastures in the Republic of Tajikistan shall be national property. Local government by agreement with local land-use planning public bodies shall be responsible for allotment of pastures. In order to ensure efficient use of pastures shall be performed the following arrangements: (a) state monitoring of pastures; (b) state registration of pastures; and (c) state expertise of pastures. Natural persons owning livestock shall have the right to constitute pasture users associations and apply to the respective public bodies for allotment of pastures on lease. The right of use of pastures shall be granted in the presence of land tenancy certificate or land lease contract. Full text Russian Website www.cawater-info.net References - Legislation Implemented by Governmental Decree No. 509 “On the definition of authorized state bodies for management and use of pastures”. Legislation | Tajikistan | 2015 Keyword: Institution, Pastoralism Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Law No. 1618 “On pastoralism”. Legislation | Tajikistan | 2019 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Public participation, Classification/declassification, Local government, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Land tenure, Lease, Monitoring, Basic legislation, Grazing, Pastoralism Source: FAO, FAOLEX