GGE 2501: Dylan Staveley-Watson

Task Blog Entry 3 Land Tenure System in South Africa Based on the information provided by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization there are different types of categories of land tenure in South Africa. The government has reviewed and launched program’s that involve different communities within the country related to land tenure. In the early 1990’s the government of South Africa underwent a major land reform program. This program revolved around: land restitution; land redistribution and; land tenure reform. Today the country is based upon large scale commercial farming and state land where customary land tenure is still prominent. This includes different arrangements between the owners of the land. Some arrangements include common property, used for grazing of herds, or household farming lots delegated by the local community. In South Africa the governments main focus is to fairly distribute land and provide enhanced land rights to all South African citizens. Thus, allowing c...

Reflective Blog 1 Looking back on the first few weeks of the course and thinking about the different topics discussed in class, many interesting topics come to mind. I’ve enjoyed the class discussions on the history of land use and land tenure. Learning about ancient civilizations and empires that ruled mass majorities of Europe is extremely important when trying to improve or develop new tenure systems in modern culture. By being able to understand how historic cultures ruled and viewed land use gives us the knowledge and power to implement and discard of either new or old land tenure practices. I particularly find it interesting how some empires/civilizations model their own tenure systems after previous systems. These systems especially the roman empire were the pillars of many different tenure systems and some practices are still being used in modern society.                         ...

Question 1: Give one example of a valid deductive argument, and one example of a invalid deductive argument. Valid Deductive Argument: is a true premise, is a true conclusion. If A=B, and B=C, then A=C Ex. Dylan is a man (Premise) All men are mortal (Premise) Dylan is mortal (Conclusion) Invalid Deductive Argument: is a premise that offers support for a conclusion but the conclusion is not the only answer that was possible. Ex. Dylan is Canadian (Premise) Most Canadians like maple syrup (Premise) Dylan likes maple syrup (Conclusion) Question 2: Choose one logical fallacy from the list on this website here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listof_fallacies -         Create one example of the fallacy and explain why it is a fallacy. Straw Man Fallacy: A fallacy is an argument based on erroneous reasoning. Straw Man fallacy is when a person distorts the view or beliefs of someone else and is in turn not actuall...

Task Blog Entry 1 •What is one real-world or hypothetical example of where values of land come into conflict? •State was this conflict of values resolved, or how it could be resolved in the future. When considering the topic of land and why land holds different value it is important to realize that the land may have different values to different groups of people. It depends on what parameters are associated with that particular piece of land. The land may hold value for different reasons such as; economically because of the raw resource’s the land posses, its cultural use, locations for military advantages and even as an Ecological conservation in order to preserve wildlife. All land is seen as a commodity and therefore will hold some type of value. Since land is realized as a valuable asset and an investment for property owners, conflict may arise when two adjacent land owners do not agree on the boundary where their lands meet. The argument of property boundaries has be...