Many tropical countries have recently implemented similar forest policies including large-scale afforestation programmes and the devolution of land-use rights.
Draft proposals for the devolution of Tamil lands were coolly received by two Tamil parties in parliament this week.
the devolution of stamp duty land tax. the devolution of landfill tax. the power to create new taxes.
But the Welsh secretary said it was important to get the package right, and UK ministers were still considering submissions to a consultation on the devolution of stamp duty land tax.
In it she says: "I believe the package of reforms we discussed - including the full devolution of stamp duty land tax and of landfill tax, borrowing to fund capital investment and subject to a referendum, devolved powers for income tax - would be widely welcomed in Wales".
Stronger compulsory purchase powers to bring forward more brownfield land and devolution of planning powers, including powers over land, to the mayors of London and Manchester.
Over the last decade, important land and forest governance reforms have taken place in many tropical countries, including the devolution of ownership rights over land and forests, decentralization that created mechanisms for forest dwellers to participate in decision making in lowest tiers of governments.
A UK government source said: "The government has responded to industry concerns about proposed devolution of SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) by consulting further.
In Europe, laws forbidding the partitioning of land and decreeing its devolution upon the youngest or eldest son served as a means of preserving not only the size of the property so affected but also the power and prestige of the aristocracy, which traditionally rested on land ownership.
The real political gap today is for a firmly anti-Conservative party that is pragmatic on the economy, believing in "the market where possible and the state where necessary" and is internationalist, committed to worker co-operatives in industry, civil liberties, devolution, taxing land values, the promotion of local communities and electoral reform.
