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Tr Nyutan Ak Jani & Ors Vs Lembaga Perlindungan Tanah & 2 Ors

Pays/Territoire
Malaisie
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Fév 23, 2012
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
High Court in Sabah and Sarawak
Siège de la cour
Kuching
Juge
Datuk Clement Skinner
Numéro de référence
[2012] MYSSHC 30
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Terre et sols, Agriculture et développement rural
Mot clé
Forêt privée Défrichement Foresterie communautaire Populations autochtones Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Droits de propriété Mesures de protection des forêts Agro-foresterie/sylvopastoralisme Service forestier/agents forestiers Terres privées Propriété
Résumé

In this case, the plaintiffs, a group of indigenous people, complained that the defendant had cleared for oil palm cultivation without their authorization. The defendant objected by saying that the plaintiff had no right over the land as it was not registered as indigenous land.

Consequently, the plaintiffs requested the court issue an order preventing the defendants to trespass over their land and to compensate them for the loss of the trees that were cut in the clearance operation.

After studying the question of the plaintiffs’ ownership right over the land, the court concluded that even though the land was not registered, traditions legitimized the plaintiffs’ claim over the land and granted them a native customary right over the lands. Consequently, their rights over the land have been registered within the map of the competent authority, and ordered the defendant to withdraw all his agricultural material within 30 days and to compensate the plaintiffs for the damages caused on his land.

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