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“Under the PNC, there was no land tenure. Although the areas were identified, there was no land demarcation of the territories so people couldn’t have a title where they could defend their lands, and that’s why coastlanders and miners and forestry people encroached on Amerindian lands,” President Jagdeo said.
The Amerindian Act of 2006 has enshrined the right of indigenous people to their land and obligates government to respond to any request for land demarcation within a stipulated time period.
