Clear village demarcation, zoning and registration of individual and
communal land now facilitate the allocation of land for investment and
help to avoid conflicts over land. As a result only state land is conceded
to investors in areas where the local population has expressed their
consent to the establishment of plantations. This is done by a new form
of land use planning that includes the clarification of land ownership.
According to recent legislation, land use planning and zoning are even
a precondition for land registration and titling in rural areas of Laos.
Each village area is classified into various land use zones by the villagers
themselves with assistance by technicians. The proposed tenure system
of the various land use zones is then distinguished into individual, collective/
communal or state land.