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Ruling No. 1128 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania validating the Regulation on monitoring of land resources use.

Country/Territory
Lithuania
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Crops/grasses Monitoring Erosion Land tenure Cadastre/land registration Data collection/reporting Access-to-information
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

Regulation on monitoring of land resources use lays down the rules for the monitoring of land use periodicity, structure and content. 2. Monitoring means the systematic monitoring of land resources (i.e. land use and soil) monitoring, evaluation and forecasting of use, protection, condition and changes. Monitoring shall be carried out at the state level throughout the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and at the site level in selected permanent areas. Monitoring data at the state level shall be obtained using land information system data, georeferenced databases, satellite images, Lithuanian Real Estate Cadastre, Real Estate Register of the Republic of Lithuania and State Forest Cadastre data, integrated environment monitoring data and material from other monitoring sources. Monitoring at the state level assesses the condition of land resources, changes and providing analysis of these changes. Monitoring shall consist of: (a) monitoring of natural and anthropogenic land use and soil; (b) monitoring of the use and protection of agricultural land; and (b) monitoring of land reclamation condition of land. Content of monitoring of natural and anthropogenic land use and soil: (a) analysis of land use composition and changes; (b) analysis of soil types and particle size distribution; (c) soil agrochemical properties (acidity, mobile phosphorus, mobile potassium, analysis of the structure and changes in the amount, humus content. Content of monitoring of the use and protection of agricultural land shall be as follows: (a) analysis of the composition and changes of agricultural land user groups; (b) analysis of the composition and changes of agricultural crop groups; and (c) analysis of agricultural land and soil protection. Content of land reclamation condition monitoring shall be as follows: (a) analysis of drained land areas and their changes; (b) analysis of the condition of drainage systems and their changes; and (c) condition of land in need of improvement and anti - erosion measures, and analysis of changes.

Full text
Lithuanian
Website
www.e-tar.lt

References - Legislation

Implements

Law on land (No. 1-446).

Legislation | Lithuania | 1994 (2023)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Land tenure, Foreign land tenure, Ownership, Common property, Right of use, Lease, Agricultural land, Urban land, Cadastre/land registration, Expropriation, Smallholders/peasants, Public land, Contract/agreement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX