Forestry (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 5 of 2017). Pays/Territoire Malawi Type du document Législation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Malawi Gazette 2017. Titre completAn Act to amend the Forestry Act. Sujet Forêts, Terre et sols Mot clé Gestion communautaire Collectivité locale Aire protégée Régime foncier Droits traditionnels/droits coutumiers Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Pays les moins avances Résumé This Act makes amendments to the Forestry Act consequential to the entry into force of the Customary Land Act, 2016. It inserts in section 2 the definition of the "customary land committee" and "local government authority" and amends section 26 by inserting the words "the Minister responsible for physical planning," immediately after the words "the Minister responsible for land matters", section 30 by replacing the words "any village headman' with the words " a customary land committee" and section 32 by replacing "District Councils" with "local government authorities". Section 26 concerns declaration of protected forest areas, section 30 concerns demarcation of village forest areas and section 32 concerns the power of the Minister to make rules which shall apply to all customary land outside forest reserves and protected forest areas. Texte intégral Anglais Site web malawilaws.com Références - Législation Amende Forestry Act (Chapter 63:01). Législation | Malawi | 1997 (2020) Mot clé: Petits exploitants/paysans, Agro-foresterie, Forêt de protection, Loi-cadre, Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts, Aire protégée, Biodiversité, Institution, Droits traditionnels/droits coutumiers, Bois de chauffe, Sous-produits forestiers, Éco-audit, Boisement/reboisement, Infractions/sanctions, Gestion communautaire, Parasites/maladies, Éducation, Conservation du sol/amélioration du sol, Remise en état des sols, Planification territoriale, Préservation de l'écosystème, Développement durable, Bassin/captage/bassin versant, Eaux continentales Source: FAO, FAOLEX