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Chapter 10:
Integrated Approach To The Planning And Management Of Land Resources
5. (d) To create mechanisms to facilitate the active involvement and participation of all concerned, particularly communities and people at the local level, in decision-making on land use and management, by not later than 1996. [Chapter 10, Para 5 (d)]

Promoting public participation [Chapter 10]

10. Governments at the appropriate level, in collaboration with national organizations and with the support of regional and international organizations, should establish innovative procedures, programmes, projects and services that facilitate and encourage the active participation of those affected in the decision-making and implementation process, especially of groups that have, hitherto, often been excluded, such as women, youth, indigenous people and their communities and other local communities. [Chapter 10, Para 10]

11. (c) Provide the appropriate technical information necessary for informed decision-making on land use and management in an accessible form to all sectors of the population, especially to local communities and women; [Chapter 10, Para 11 (c)]




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