Morocco's Collective Lands
Morocco's Collecive lands are comprised of 15 million hectares on which live more than 4,000 communities that combine traditionally more than 2.5 million collectivists.85% of it is reserved for pasturage and the rest for agriculture. They are located in 55 provinces.
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The rights to use the land have been granted to local communities over many years and is divided among the persons entitled by the Assembly of Delegates (naïbs) in accordance with customs and guidelines of the guardianship.The naïbs agreement is required for any decision on the heritage of their communities and clearance legal of the transactions.the Directorate of Rural Affairs (ARD) provides the Trusteeship for these traditional communities on behalf of the Minister of Interior.
The Executive Rural Affairs Department of the Interior has developed a charter of devolution for the management of the affairs of ethnic communities and land soulaliyates which will be implemented as from 2013, according to the regionalisation and neighbourhood policies,according to MAP.
The lands area valuable resource for future projects such as the Green Plan and urban communities also compete or the collective land. The law relating to collective lands is contained in a Royal Decree of 1919.In an interview with the MAP, the Minister noted that the direction Rural Affairs has also set up for this purpose, a Strategic Action Plan 2013-2015 and the launch of an electronic site of ethnic communities and soulaliyate land.
The Strategy Action Plan includes the legal clearance of collective land, conflict management and enhancement of role of delegates the communal lands.
The business daily L'Economiste points out certain facts which it says require a solution notably the varying local customs which makes a coherent strategy difficult,the fact that women in some areas are prohibited from any form of inheritance or income distribution of collective land. It also points out that although a website : www.terrescollectives.ma. has been provided many ruralwomen cannot read. l'Economiste
also highlights what its says is a problem of Naibs (delegates) forming lobbies to resist change.
The development of the Collective Lands will be an important test for the devolution and regionalsation plans.
The Executive Rural Affairs Department of the Interior has developed a charter of devolution for the management of the affairs of ethnic communities and land soulaliyates which will be implemented as from 2013, according to the regionalisation and neighbourhood policies,according to MAP.
The lands area valuable resource for future projects such as the Green Plan and urban communities also compete or the collective land. The law relating to collective lands is contained in a Royal Decree of 1919.In an interview with the MAP, the Minister noted that the direction Rural Affairs has also set up for this purpose, a Strategic Action Plan 2013-2015 and the launch of an electronic site of ethnic communities and soulaliyate land.
The Strategy Action Plan includes the legal clearance of collective land, conflict management and enhancement of role of delegates the communal lands.
The business daily L'Economiste points out certain facts which it says require a solution notably the varying local customs which makes a coherent strategy difficult,the fact that women in some areas are prohibited from any form of inheritance or income distribution of collective land. It also points out that although a website : www.terrescollectives.ma. has been provided many ruralwomen cannot read. l'Economiste
also highlights what its says is a problem of Naibs (delegates) forming lobbies to resist change.
The development of the Collective Lands will be an important test for the devolution and regionalsation plans.
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