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reerealion ean supporl rrseli lor wood, luel, and
building mabeeials hy lhe evnveraion ol lawns lo use,
ll people who rrally want land ser up a dererrnlned
reaeareh group on "ways and means”, or open en
advisory eenne on aueh rnerhods, rhey wvuld achieve
lhelr needs muzh inter and wrlh iar lue expense ihan
ii lhey rely on undenlking a yu|ih€a| 'Iievolulwn“ (I
lransier oi power), or saved lherr penrues, and wilh
rnneh erearerlongrenn benenr msodery
lusl lreep m rnind (hat lhere rr more rhan mnuh
land already (land lor au people, and rhal ir ion lmlg
ago been paid ror rn labour or sash, Lien- Li mlly no
need lo buy n Again, nasr lhe eel rhe nglrl u) use, Every
enrmny has some. or many, merhods lo obraln usage
ri is,
“free a usually an, on, a a no one, on
lhere are probably lhousands ol possible :15th upon
any land, Think oi lhe ~ownershrp" as a blanlr eanvas
or empry wardrobe. We can pame on or hare, up an
aney ol nghis, and (unless we are very lhonruehl never
llll lhe land spaee ivaflablle
land in ("Jun ean be developed in a number oi ways,
and an rnelrrde garden eluhs, eornrnonworks, and as
leased land lor speerlie purposes Many have warer
eonservalran, developing loresi, wrldlrie mmdors,
werlands, and apeeral speeres reserves as pnnrary alrns
Puma] warnings are "at in aeeepr land gins rhar
have many mmdlw: mndlllons arraehed; in van, ii is
wrse lo perhaps lrrrnr amt-Me lo nneondmonal gins
These ean rhen be sold ro purehase more sulrable land,
or lo eapiralise land elsewhere
Sewndly, unless a lug: cnih reserve is avarlahle,eaeh
lrusl an only nun-gt one area or land, and only slowly
expand Every pareel ol hrusl land rs a unique and
lonelerm developmenr, and i! loo mneh land is
aeeepred. simple rnamrenanee and land has eosls can
banlrnapr lhe rnrsr
Above all, a Iuld reusi should have a very elear idea
ol whal n wanrs lo aehreve, and lo ser a pnedoal rirne
llanrr lo do rhe yeb. All mm: need an more, and may
rhus need a blumfis or leading arm The anal an gill
land lo inner regional masir or assodadoro M whom u
approves, so rhai lrxal glhs ean be nnroed rhrouyr a
landedueirble Imsl,
Why should people grve land awayi Some or lhe
reasons are-
a a (9n n e and .n is use as an organic larrn,
wrldlrie reruge, eeonolnre bolanrerl garden, or a. an
example oi good land nae.
- Wm: Many oi us
do no! believe in pnvabe land ownerenip, bur rn onsa
ownerships lor poblre use under sound envimnmmhl
oonnol,
' WM A lrw
people own loo much land lare whal rs lerrrred
~landpoorl. rhus aehrere low prodoerivrry and rneur
land rnainienanee eosrs. By giving some land away
(especially to a las-deduelilrle trusn lhey ean
eonrenlraie on a srnaller produelrve area. Guod
imminmlg advise will onen dlmhe ehal land shardd he
erealrvely giired no such a irusli u henehls (h: gim;
lhra rs esperrally irue oi donors who have a large
ineome horn olher sum-«5),
. As a Lenuesh senne goodheannd older people will
bequeaeh land, yreldin, up sueeesarve nghls as lhey
:52. to younger landless people or la a land Imsr, hills in
lorm ol publle hequesl, and is a lairly common
neeurrenee lo eslabllsh parks, wildlxle areas, or
demonsrrarson and reselling {m Trusls can also raxve
ro orher rnasrsondera bequesx hasrs
. am so m wanr a village or M wle on m
m, in modern runes, Micki! lamilies or mdrvidrrals
are sae lly very rsolared on Inge lanns By esubllshnlg
a land rrusr, rhey eon legafly enmuxage olhers lo
develop pans ol lhe propeny, and so set up a socially
neharea wrlh mulople pmonnal
Thereare many more reasons why people you land in
fruits, so rhal (gmzrnfly spealnngl lhere are more lands
available ihan ihere are reliable arewards lo oeeupy
drern
As wirh rnoney, land ownership and rims land usage
in soerery ls Imbahnczd, exeepl where lrrbal land
eonnells sdll ensl; even m rnbes, earlle nr resooree
ownership ean mam: unbalanced as in Bolswam,
where «we ol lhe yuwle own 80% or lhe eanlel rl oops
and herds (rm ro he rnbally owned and are pnvarelv
owned on eommon lands
LAND oceans omc:
People olren eomplarn rhi| rhey lash neeoss in land
resourees, ar lhe sarne nrne. we llVl “I a delinquenl or
devaslared landscape lion do we rnar-rv needs and
land vesanm The esrablrshrnenr nla Rgmnzl office (a
land aeeess uffiKHLAO! opens up rhe pniennal lor
oflem'lg a ser ol slralegles enabling bener land use, and
nailed ha rhe llnanees and lnmlvzmzm or people usmg
lhe semen A seleerron nl snakgis iollow, and all be
rnodiiied lor local eondirions
- landloase syarern within urban areas,
a Cardin“ or larrn dub:
. Crry iarrns;
. anlls and ndesas Ianns;
- rarrn lmksyslrm: and
. Communworrk
Land lease sysiern nlrhin urban .eeas imlam
Model): This is parueularly sur ed in young larnrlres in
renral aeeamrnodahon The regional allree posls paired
“sly Liar A is (or lhoae who wani zoo-um sq IBM
or garden to gmw lood. Lls| s eernpreaa lhore people
luauauy elderly or aboenlee landlordsl whn vvill lease
errher vaeanl land or rhe land around lherr houses on
an annual, renewable basis i-eople IBt WINS and.
as Inca] land eornea up, rnrrodure aernaelves rhe mo
prepares a sundard lease specifying renral irl anyi,
goods exchange, length and rype oi lease. aeeess. and
lhe naanes oi lhe parries.
linrs, many yuung lam us gu legal zixeis lo garden
land, on an ~allonnenl~ basis. The regional oiheo may
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