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Customary law

Current law

Types of land ownership

Community ownership, individual possession and use

State/collective ownership and individual tenure rights, of which state ownership has the vital role.

Access right

All community members have access right. For outsiders, this may vary, depending who they are.

All can go into forest, except special cases.

Benefit sharing

Based on the actual demands of community members.

Based on the national and provincial legal framework on benefit-sharing of forest products.

Use right

Community members apply the use right based on the principle that first come, first served.

The right of collecting forest products and other benefits is allocated to forest owners.

Control right

Given to community leader and protectors, or community members have joint responsibility.

The government have the utmost right. Forest owners are partially given the right as indicated by law.

Transfer right

Only within the community, not with outsiders.

Depending on specific forest types, and ownership, forest owners can use their allocated forest and forestland use right as collateral, to lease, inherit, and transfer.

The leader as stipulated by customary law.

Forest protection system

Patrol and Take action

The leader as stipulated by customary law.

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