One Action Plan of Albanian Government: How to Finalize the Transfer of Forest and Pasture in all Communes of the Country in Half of Next Year Read document
This short paper discusses the steps the Albanian government has taken to transfer pasture and forest rights to more than 300 communities. This action would transfer the resource management into the hands of local community-based association for a variety of purposes. The association would exercise wide discretion over the use of natural resources through these enhanced property rights
Draft Report on the National Seminar: Improvement of the Legal Framework for Sustainable Management of Communal Forests and Pastures in Albania
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This report is the result of a two-day workshop on the legal framework related to the management of community forests and pastures under the ownership and use of Local Government Units. The report highlights how the legal frameworks supporting the transfer of communal rights are unclear and inadequate for assuring rights to communal forests and pastures.