Final Report Support Sound Land Use Planning in Suriname
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FINAL REPORT SUPPORT SOUND LAND USE PLANNING IN SURINAME Prepared for The Ministry of Ruimtelijke Ordening, Grond- en Bosbeheer Funded by: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) March 2015 ii Acknowledgements The authors are thankful to all District Commissioners and their representatives, Government officials, representatives of private organizations and individuals for the valuable information, time and insights they have contributed. A special thanks to the Ministry of RGB and WWF Guianas for their information and logistical support for the development of this report. This report was made possible with financial support from WWF-NL, WWF-Belgium and the Dutch Embassy in Paramaribo through WWF Guianas in Suriname. Views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the consultants and persons interviewed and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of RGB and WWF Guianas. Therefore, they should not, unless otherwise mentioned, be attributed to the ministry or WWF. Nancy del Prado, Henk Lutchman and Christine Toppin- Allahar Paramaribo, Suriname March 2015 I Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................ I Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. II List of Figures ................................................................................................................................. IV List of Tables ................................................................................................................................... V List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................... VI Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ IX 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 SCOPE OF WORK ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.5 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT .......................................................................................................... 4 2 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF LUP IN SURINAME .................................................................. 5 2.1 POLICY FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.1 Land use planning legislation ................................................................................................... 6 2.2.2 Land management legislation ................................................................................................... 9 2.2.3 Gaps and challenges ............................................................................................................... 10 2.2.4 Points for improvement ........................................................................................................... 11 2.2.5 Other relevant initiatives of the Government .......................................................................... 12 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 13 2.3.2 Gaps and Challenges .............................................................................................................. 18 2.4 CAPABILITIES OF EXISTING LUP INSTITUTIONS ......................................................................... 19 2.5 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRACTICES ............................................................................................ 19 2.6 STATUS OF LUP IN SURINAME .................................................................................................... 20 2.6.1 Context analysis ...................................................................................................................... 20 2.6.2 Land Use Planning-related initiatives .................................................................................... 25 2.7 DATA SOURCES, DATA AND INFORMATION FOR SLUP ............................................................... 30 2.7.1 Data sources, data and their properties ................................................................................. 30 2.7.2 Data delivery mechanisms ...................................................................................................... 32 2.7.3 Data and Research Priorities: Information base for SLUP .................................................... 33 2.8 STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIONS, SWOT ANALYSIS RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS .................. 34 2.8.1 Stakeholder consultations ....................................................................................................... 34 3 SPATIAL CONTEXT FOR SOUND LAND USE PLANNING IN SURINAME ....................... 39 3.1 SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF SURINAME: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ............................................... 39 3.2 NATURAL SPATIAL STRUCTURE: MAIN PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS .......................................... 42 3.3 SOCIAL-SPATIAL STRUCTURE: MAIN PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS .............................................. 48 3.3.1 Spatial-economic structure and land use planning ................................................................. 53 II 3.3.2 National objectives and major economic activities ................................................................ 54 3.4 THE INTERIOR: A BROAD CONTEXT ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 56 3.4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 56 3.5 SETTLEMENT PATTERN, LAND USE DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSES THAT LIMIT LAND USE PLANNING. .............................................................................................................................................. 57 3.6 POSSIBLE, MACRO LEVEL SOUND LAND USE PLANNING APPROACH FOR THE INTERIOR ........... 59 4 INSTITUTIONAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND (SOUND) LAND USE PLANNING FRAMEWORK OF RGB ......................................................................................................................... 60 4.1 INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................... 60 4.2 ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES TO FACILITATE SLUP IMPLEMENTATION 66 4.3 STRENGTHENING THE SLUP-SUPPORT STRUCTURE .................................................................... 69 4.3.1 Composing a District Typology .............................................................................................. 69 4.3.2 Composing a Regional Typology ............................................................................................ 71 4.4 SOUND LAND USE PLANNING PRACTICE .................................................................................... 71 4.4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 71 4.4.2 Actual Sound Land Use Planning Practice ............................................................................. 72 4.4.3 Past Sound Land Use Planning Practice ................................................................................ 74 5 TOWARDS A SHARED VISION FOR SOUND LAND USE PLANNING IN SURINAME ... 79 5.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 79 5.2 A FIRST APPROXIMATION ............................................................................................................ 81 5.2.1 Towards a shared Vision of a national level Spatial Main Structure (SPMS) ........................ 81 5.2.2 A conceptually sound systems approach ................................................................................. 82 5.3 ADOPTING A PRAGMATIC PROCEDURAL APPROACH TO SLUP PRACTICE: FROM MACRO TO MICRO LEVEL. .......................................................................................................................................... 83 5.4 PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF LAND USE PLANNING ........................................................................ 86 5.4.1 Possibilities and limitations to a conventional macro level approach ................................... 86 5.4.2 Identify vulnerable areas and prioritize key-districts for quick Action Planning: a strategic interventionist approach to sound land use planning practice ........................................................... 87 6 LESSONS LEARNED IN COMPARABLE