Land-use regulations - a comment
The following observations, made by an FAO field staff member, could apply
to almost any developing country:
• "There are a lot of regulations here - for example, forest conservation,
fisheries - that are flouted with the connivance of the officials who are
supposed to enforce them. Regulations have to be publicly accepted if they
are to work. There aren't enough policemen to go around imposing unwanted
regulations in rural areas."
• "Land-use planning is as much a matter of public education as of land-use
zoning and regulation.