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The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]

Native customary rights to land issues are normally controversial. Tensions exist when the State, in pursuit of development, and the natives both claim, among others, ownership of the land. Ngidang (2005) identifies colonial legacy as one of the issues. Perera (2009) argues method of development, wh...

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Main Authors: Jussem, John, Madi, Nero, Atan, Patrick
Format: Research Reports
Language:English
Published: 2012
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HT Communities. Classes. Races
Races. Including race as a social group and race relations in general
Research
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43786/1/43786.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.437862021-03-26T04:23:00Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43786/ The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.] Jussem, John Madi, Nero Atan, Patrick HT Communities. Classes. Races Races. Including race as a social group and race relations in general Research Native customary rights to land issues are normally controversial. Tensions exist when the State, in pursuit of development, and the natives both claim, among others, ownership of the land. Ngidang (2005) identifies colonial legacy as one of the issues. Perera (2009) argues method of development, while Bulan (2009) elucidates human rights violations. In various parts of Sarawak, some of the tensions manifest themselves in Court cases filed by the natives against either the State government and commercial logging or palm oil companies. In essence, Ngidang, Perera and Bulan argue that present land tenure system is not working. Not all the natives in Sarawak share and experience the state of heightened tension between the development stakeholders. In Singai, Bau district, the Singai natives are able to maintain their natives customary rights to land in the face of development. The study covers the area of Singai in Bau, Sarawak. 2012-09 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43786/1/43786.pdf Jussem, John and Madi, Nero and Atan, Patrick (2012) The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]. [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
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topic HT Communities. Classes. Races
Races. Including race as a social group and race relations in general
Research
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Races. Including race as a social group and race relations in general
Research
Jussem, John
Madi, Nero
Atan, Patrick
The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]
description Native customary rights to land issues are normally controversial. Tensions exist when the State, in pursuit of development, and the natives both claim, among others, ownership of the land. Ngidang (2005) identifies colonial legacy as one of the issues. Perera (2009) argues method of development, while Bulan (2009) elucidates human rights violations. In various parts of Sarawak, some of the tensions manifest themselves in Court cases filed by the natives against either the State government and commercial logging or palm oil companies. In essence, Ngidang, Perera and Bulan argue that present land tenure system is not working. Not all the natives in Sarawak share and experience the state of heightened tension between the development stakeholders. In Singai, Bau district, the Singai natives are able to maintain their natives customary rights to land in the face of development. The study covers the area of Singai in Bau, Sarawak.
format Research Reports
author Jussem, John
Madi, Nero
Atan, Patrick
author_facet Jussem, John
Madi, Nero
Atan, Patrick
author_sort Jussem, John
title The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]
title_short The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]
title_full The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]
title_fullStr The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed The experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in Singai / John Jussem ... [et al.]
title_sort experiences of bidayuh in the development of native customary rights land in singai / john jussem ... [et al.]
publishDate 2012
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