KNU land policy (English Version)

mediation. If adversely affected by an adjustment, the affected
peoples shall receive fair and just compensation from the KNU
Authorities.
3.5.7 No communal land or any portion thereof shall be used at any
time in any way in any development project or in any investment
initiative without the FPIC of the peoples or village communities
who could be affected.
Article 3.6 KNU Authorities-Managed Public Purpose
Land
3.6.1 Periodic land: Lands that are now or hereafter designated by
KAD, in cooperation with the Central Land Committee and with
the FPIC of customary authorities or Village Land Committee,
as in or near waterways that periodically form based on water
flow or rain. Periodic land has crucial social, hydrological and
ecological functions that must serve the general public welfare,
as determined by the Central Land Committee with the FPIC of
customary authorities or Village Land Committees. Only under
clear conditions of the strictest nature, to be determined by the
Central Land Committee, may usufruct rights and responsibilities
to Periodic Land be allocated to qualified people or
communities.
3.6.2 Reserve land: Lands that are now or hereafter designated by
the Karen Forest Department (“KFD”) as “Reserved Forest”,
“Unreserved Forest”, “Wildlife Protected Areas”, “National Park
Areas”, together with buffer zones adjacent to such Reserve
Land. Reserve land has crucial social, hydrological and ecological
functions that must serve the general public welfare, as
determined by the Central Land Committee with the FPIC of
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