A land exchange or land swap is the exchange of land between two parties, typically a private owner and a government. These parties may include farmers, estate owners, nature organizations, and governments. Land swaps may also take place between two sovereign nations for practical, geographical or economic reasons.
The exchange of land is undertaken for a variety of reasons, among them the conversion or
rehabilitation of a parcel of land to nature. For example, after the Netherlands designated the Dutch National Ecological Network,
provincial governments in the country established programs offering financial and organizational assistance for the acquisition of agricultural land and its restoration to more natural habitats.
Examples
Bangladesh
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India–Bangladesh enclaves
India
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India–Bangladesh enclaves
United Kingdom
*The township of
Boycott
A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict som ...
(in the parish of
Stowe
Stowe may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Stowe, Buckinghamshire, a civil parish and former village
**Stowe House
**Stowe School
*Stowe, Cornwall, in Kilkhampton parish
* Stowe, Herefordshire, in the List of places in Herefordshire
* Stowe, Linco ...
), transferred to
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
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*The parish of
Swineshead was an exclave of the county surrounded by
Bedfordshire, 1278 acres (517 ha). In 1896, the parish was transferred to
Bedfordshire in exchange for the parish of
Tilbrook.
[Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908 Vol. 4 p. 4]
United States
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United States–Mexico Rio Grande Border Finalization
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Anglo-American Convention of 1818
The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves, also known as the London Convention, Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Convention of 1818, or simply the Treaty of 1818, is an international treaty signed in 1818 betw ...
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