Guiding Principles:
Land Tenure in Development Cooperation

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Orientierungsrahmen:
Bodenrecht und Bodenordnung

 
Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Technische Zusammenarbeit
Abt. 45 / Div. 45

 

National Land Agency BPN - Republic of Indonesia (1995):
International Workshop on the Implementation of Rural Land Consolidation

11.4.3 Surveying the participants rights

11.4.3.1 The participants, i.e. Iandowners (primary participants) and holders of rights (secondary participants) have to be surveyed. Sources of information are:

  • cadastar (number, location, boundaries, area of parcels)
  • the land register (especially ownership)
  • other public registers (water rights register, register of building restrictions), and the recorded non-registered rights (e.g. Iease)

The participants are surveyed by the land consolidation authority. This may be farmed out to appropriate institutions.

 

11.4.3.2 Procedure and Results:

 

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3. List of secondary participants

4. List of main structures, trees, etc.

  • How can a participant influence the reallotment?
  • General right of information
  • right of intervention against each act concerning his property
  • right to be heard about the wishes concerning the own compensation
  • right of control

 

11.4.3.3 Land Evaluation

Following the survey of the properties, the land is valued. The value of agricultural and forested property is determined by its yielding capacity under normal management. Land for special uses or of special value building land, quarries etc.) is to be valued in terms of its commercial ( or market) value.

 

The (technical an legal) valuation process comprises the following steps.

1. Survey and evaluate existing valuations

2. Draw up valuation framework calling in experts

  • agricultural land
  • land used for special crops
  • forested and
  • landused for special purposes or special value

3. Review the valuation framework

4. Conduct the valuation, examining all land systematically make field entries in valuation outline

5. Produce valuation map

6. Calculate parcel values

7. Supplement lists prior to land reallotment

8. Make public the valuation map and list (each participant receiving an extract showing his/her property, and an invitation to a meeting)

9. Conduct meeting (the valuation is explained to the participants, objections can be raised)

10. Review objections, make adjustment as and where appropriate

11. Make final result public once more (participants not in agreement with final results may again and file complaint)