Land Tenure Struggles in Honiara
By Charles Kadamana The urban State land in Solomon Islands is under a great deal of pressure not because of increasing informal settlers but because of its Land Tenure System. In Solomon Islands about 83 percent of the lands are customary owned. Customary owned lands owned by tribal groups, clans and families. Only 17 percent of the lands are state owned lands. Joseph Foukona a Law Lecturer at USP in Emalus Campus who carried out a case study on Urban Land Tenure in Solomon Islands said access to urban…
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