Three Questions with Lands Minister Regenvanu
Minister of Lands Ralph Regenvanu discusses new land law amendments and Vanuatu politics
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In spite of their good intentions, Vanuatu’s land reform laws are flawed: the new Customary Land Management Act, which has drawn the most criticism, is touted as a law that supports kastom, yet it contains a number of provisions that are inconsistent with that assertion.
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