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Ley Orgánica de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales.

Country/Territory
Ecuador
Document type
Legislation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Registro Oficial Nº 711 Suplemento, 14 de marzo de 2016.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Forestry, Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Agricultural development Institution Agricultural land Smallholders/peasants Indigenous peoples Sustainable development Family farming Special fund Financial agricultural measures Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Land reform Farming Right to food Food sovereignty Human rights Agro-forestry Land clearing Timber extraction/logging Forest management/forest conservation Basic legislation Land consolidation Land tenure Land valuation Land commission Property rights Dispute settlement Gender Traditional rights/customary rights Common property Soil conservation/soil improvement Land-use planning Cadastre/land registration Water supply Irrigation Water rights Water users' associations Aquaculture
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Andean States, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, South-Eastern Pacific
Abstract

La presente Ley Orgánica de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales, tiene por objeto normar el uso y acceso a la propiedad de la tierra rural, el derecho a la propiedad de la misma que deberá cumplir la función social y la función ambiental. Regula la posesión, la propiedad, la administración y redistribución de la tierra rural como factor de producción para garantizar la soberanía alimentaria, mejorar la productividad, propiciar un ambiente sustentable y equilibrado, y otorgar seguridad jurídica a los titulares de derechos. Además esta Ley garantiza la propiedad de las tierras comunitarias, el reconocimiento, adjudicación y titulación de tierras y territorios de comunas, comunidades, pueblos y nacionalidades indígenas, pueblo afroecuatoriano y pueblo montubio, de conformidad con la Constitución, convenios y demás instrumentos internacionales de derechos colectivos.

Full text
Spanish
Website
www.registroficial.gob.ec

References - Legislation

Amends

Decreto Ley Nº 3.289 - Ley de Fomento y Desarrollo Agropecuario.

Legislation | Ecuador | 1979

Keyword: Basic legislation, Agricultural development, Research, Credit, Internal trade, Agricultural commodities, Non-governmental entity, Subsidy/incentive, Institution, Agricultural extension, Capacity building, Smallholders/peasants

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Código Orgánico de organización territorial, autonomía y descentralización (COOTAD).

Legislation | Ecuador | 2010

Keyword: Governance, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Local government, Indigenous peoples, Food sovereignty, Dispute settlement, Public land, Survey/mapping

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Ley de Tierras Baldías y Colonización (Texto codificado).

Legislation | Ecuador | 1936 (2006)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Public land, Expropriation, Prescription/adverse possession, Land reform, Land consolidation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Codificación de la Ley de Desarrollo Agrario (Texto codificado).

Legislation | Ecuador | 1997 (2004)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Agricultural development, Institution, Agricultural land, Policy/planning, Irrigation, Credit, Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development, Agricultural extension, Right to food, Food security, Food sovereignty, Human rights, Concession, Dispute settlement, Gender, Land consolidation, Land reform, Land tenure, Property rights, Water supply

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decreto Nº 1283 - Reglamento General para la aplicación de la Ley Orgánica de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2016

Keyword: Agricultural development, Institution, Agricultural land, Smallholders/peasants, Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development, Family farming, Special fund, Financial agricultural measures, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Land reform, Food sovereignty, Farming, Land consolidation, Land tenure, Land valuation, Land commission, Property rights, Dispute settlement, Traditional rights/customary rights, Common property, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Land-use planning, Cadastre/land registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Acuerdo Nº 67 - La Autoridad Agraria Nacional delega y desconcentra atribuciones otorgadas en la Ley Orgánica de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales para sustanciar y resolver las solicitudes de saneamiento, peticiones, reclamos y recursos en materia de tierras rurales.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2016

Keyword: Institution, Dispute settlement, Land consolidation, Land reform, Land tenure, Property rights, Traditional rights/customary rights, Smallholders/peasants, Common property, Agricultural land, Cadastre/land registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Acuerdo Nº 73 - Manual de procedimientos y trámites administrativos en materia de tierras rurales establecidos en la Ley Orgánica de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales y su Reglamento General.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2017

Keyword: Institution, Dispute settlement, Land consolidation, Land reform, Land tenure, Property rights, Traditional rights/customary rights, Smallholders/peasants, Common property, Agricultural land, Cadastre/land registration, Family farming, Farming

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Acuerdo Nº 25 - Norma técnica para establecer el valor de la tierra adjudicada en procedimientos de titulación.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2017

Keyword: Institution, Dispute settlement, Land consolidation, Land reform, Land tenure, Property rights, Traditional rights/customary rights, Smallholders/peasants, Common property, Agricultural land, Cadastre/land registration, Family farming, Farming

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Acuerdo Ministerial N⁰ 077 – El Procedimiento para la Aplicación del Párrafo Tercero del Articulo 100 de la Ley Orgánica de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2020

Keyword: Family farming, Agricultural development, Smallholders/peasants, Financial agricultural measures, Farming, Land reform, Land consolidation, Land tenure, Land valuation, Land commission, Property rights, Dispute settlement, Indigenous peoples, Common property, Agricultural land, Land-use planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Ley Orgánica para el Fomento Productivo, Atracción de inversiones, generación de empleo, y estabilidad y equilibrio fiscal.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2018

Keyword: Business/industry/corporations, Gender, Indigenous peoples, International trade, Less favoured areas, Subsidy/incentive, Tax/levy, Special fund, Tourism, Internal trade, Contract/agreement, Data collection/reporting, Family farming, Farming, Sustainable development, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ley Orgánica de vivienda de interés social

Legislation | Ecuador | 2022

Keyword: Social protection, Decentralisation, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Education, Protection of environment, Right to clean/healthy environment, Human rights, Framework law, Policy/planning, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Governance, Subsidy/incentive, Cadastre/land registration, Offences/penalties, Land-use planning, Public participation, Poverty, Land tenure, Land valuation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX