Towards "good" native land governance: an evaluation in Sarawak, Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Choon, Tan Liat, Liang, Toh Ming, Seng, Looi kam, Vern, Tan Wee, Ujang, Muhamad Uznir, Chin, Thoo Ai, Azri, Nor Suhaibah, Kathitasapathy, Shanmugapathy A. L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarship at Western 2023
• Subjects: TH434-437 Quantity surveying
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/105083/1/TanLiatChoon2023_TowardsGoodNativeLandGovernance.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/105083/; http://dx.doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2023.14.1.13873

Sarawak is the largest state in Malaysia, where two-thirds of the population are Indigenous. This study aims to evaluate, through the lens of good governance principles, the current practice of the Sarawak State’s formal land governance of lands associated with Native Customary Rights (hereafter kno...