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BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Rights to uncultivated land and social change

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Number:

178354

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Project Period:

2007 - 2012

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The goal of the project is to describe and analyse issues of rights relating to uncultivated land in rural areas in Norway, including coastal areas, in the light of current social and economic changes and development needs in these areas. The main emphasi s is on different types of rights and organisation of rights, and the relationship between private rights in land and public regulation, in particular land use planning regulation. The project is concerned with developments that challenge traditional prop erty law, prompting new thinking and necessitating both critical analytical and constructive research. The project will comprise three elements constituting a unified whole: - Development of theory regarding rights in and regulation of real property - Ma nagement of uncultivated land: rights, duties, planning and allocation (Post doc/PhD project). - Studies of limited topics related to the management of land resources in rural and coastal areas. The project will seek to expand the traditional property law perspective by conducting research across theborderline between private law and public law. The project will be carried out jointly by researchers in the Natural Resources Group. They will collaborate with the law staff of the Norwegian University of Lif e Sciences (UMB), and the law faculties in Bergen and Tromsø, and develop contact and cooperation with other research institutions, and with relevant organisations and authorities through seminars, etc. Three international partners will be involved from t he outset, and the goal is to develop broader cooperation with international researchers and research institutions.

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BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram