LAND AND ITS DEFINITION

Land is a word whose meaning has remained elusive to this day and varies according to each individual, according to his way of life. While it is lifeblood and sacred for some, it is an economic opportunity for development for others, but the emotional attachment one has to the land is the one which remains in life and even after that. Lands, territories and resorces have particular cultural and spiritual significance and value for indigenous people who live there, they are the very basis for the continued existence of their societies in every part of the world. The United Nations Ad Hoc group of Experts on Cadastral Surveying and Land Information states that "Land is defined as an area of the surface of the earth together with the water, soil, rocks, minerals and hydrocarbons beneath or upon it and the air above it. It embraces all things which are related to a fixed area or point of the surface of the each, including the areas covered by water, including the sea".