The Myanmar LTP legal toolbox collects historical land governance briefs, policy development materials, training resources, and international guidance. Its contents cover customary tenure, agricultural land use, forests, stakeholder participation, and land policy reform.
LEGAL TOOLBOX CONTENTS
1.0 POLICY BRIEFS AND REPORTS
- 1.1: Burma Land Governance Issues Brief
- 1.2: Freedom to Farm: Agricultural Land Use, Crop Selection, Fallowing, and Recommended Changes to the Farmland Law to Strengthen Land Tenure Security
- 1.2.B: Burmese version
- 1.3: Forest Law Tenure Opportunities Analysis and Reference Guide
- 1.4: Shifting Cultivation Policy Brief
- 1.5: Donor Coordination Brief
- 1.6: Customary Land Tenure in Burma
- 1.7: REPORT Community Land and Resource Tenure Recognition: Review of Country Experiences
- 1.8: BRIEF Community Land and Natural Resource Tenure Recognition: Review of Country Experiences
- 1.8.B: Burmese version
- 1.9: Land Stakeholder Analysis: Governance Structures and Actors in Myanmar
- 1.10: Glossary of Land Terms – English and Burmese versions
2.0 NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY DEVELOPMENT
- 2.1: Creation and Operation of Issue Specific Working Groups for Effective Development of a National Land Use Management Policy
- 2.2: Progress on Developing a National Land Use Policy in Burma (April 2014)
- 2.3: Land Policy Reforms in Burma (October 2014)
- 2.4: Connecting Public Voices with Government Ears (January 2015)
- 2.5: Creating Opportunities for Constructive Dialogue Between the Government of Burma and Civil Society Stakeholders (April 2015)
- 2.6: Developing the National Land Use Policy in Myanmar: The Importance of Inclusive Public Consultation and Close Coordination
3.0 TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE MATERIALS
- 3.1: Land Governance Lecture Slides
- 3.2: POSTER: Land Use Types in Myanmar and Responsible Institutions – Burmese version
4.0 INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE
- 4.1: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food Security – Burmese version
Using the Myanmar LTP legal toolbox
Start with the original toolkit table of contents to identify the relevant document. The collection is organized into policy briefs and reports, national land use policy development, training and educational materials, and international best practice. Download links for the individual source files appear under Further Reading.
The Burma Land Tenure Project page provides related project context. The Voluntary Guidelines on tenure governance offer a route to the international policy material referenced by the toolbox.
Read this collection as a record of the policy discussions and program work described in its source documents. Several listed materials concern developments in 2014 and 2015. Their original titles, dates, and attribution are retained for research into that historical context.