DECISION MAKERS MEETING ON GOOD ADMINISTRATION OF LAND

1. DECISION MAKERS MEETING ON GOOD ADMINISTRATION OF LAND 7 - 8 December 2006 Windhoek, Namibia

2. The Botswana Land Policy: emerging trends. Presented by Ngaka Monagen Director of Lands Gaborone, Botswana

3. Background • Land Tenure • The economy • Land use conflicts

4. Policy Milestones/Issues • Tribal Land Act – 1968 • Established the Landboards • Tribal Grazing Land Policy – 1975 • Commercialisation of livestock farming specifically for beef production • National Land Tenure Policy – 1985 • Recommended fine tunning of state & customary land tenures • Wildlife Conservation Policy – 1986 • Sustainable dev’t of commercial wildlife industry

5. Milestones contin’d • National Conservation Policy – 1990 • Promoted conservation of Nat. Res. Integration of env issues in dev’t plng • State Land Allocation policy – 1990 • Land allocation transparency • Tourism Policy – 1990 • Designation of areas for commercial tourist activities • National Policy on Agricultural Development – 1991 • Fenced ranches

6. Milestones contin’d • National Housing Policy – 2000 • Housing Facilitation • National Master Plan for Arable Agriculture and Diary Development • Designation of production zones & protection of agricultural land • National Policy for Rural development • Rural poverty & economc development

7. Policy Principles • Protection and promotion of Land rights • Transparency in land distribution • Best use of land • Land database system

8. Emerging Trends • Illicit land dealings • Equlitable land distribution • Land use conficts • Transfer of land rights

9. Land Allocation • To be fair, equitable and transparent • Therefore introduced first come first serve system • Otherwise tendering system

10. Residential Land • Maintain waiting list • Allocate free customary grant • Limit one plot to each individual • Meet additional requiremens from the market

11. Non-residential land • Willingness to pay used to measure commitment (Business) • Disposal by competitive bidding • Land reserved for investors • Requirement for local participation

12. Land rights • Concern mainly on certain groups; • Women as • Citizens of Botswana • Widows • Borrowers • Youth • Age of majority • Ability to develop

13. Ethnic groups • Mostly Hunter and gatherers (nomadic way of life) • Economic exploitation • Rights to land • Crowded out by other communties

14. Housing needs of target groups Affordability Sustainability Poverty aleviation Other vunerable groups

15. Land management • Process of managing use and development of land resources in a sustainable way • Promote productive use of land • conflicts

16. Landuse Planning • Guide and control development • Preparation of management plans • Need for more Planning

17. Agriculture • Main sources of Livelihood • Loss of arable land • Crowding of other uses by commercial ranching • Recent interventions • Guidelines for intergrated farming

18. Wildlife • About 38% of total land • The CBNRM philosophy • Public education • guidelines

19. Communal Land • Free for all • Degradation • Policy interventions

20. Land information System • Management tool • SLIMS • TLIMS • Intergration

21. THE END – THANK U