All too often, notions such as “reserve agricultural land,” or “idle land,” are manipulated out of existence, sometimes being used to designate land on which many livelihoods depend, and that is subject to long-standing customary rights. The requirement that evictions take place only for a valid “public purpose,” with fair compensation, and following consultation of those affected, is honored more in the breach than in the observance.
但与此同时，这些举动所造成的风险也是相当大的。那些作为许多人生活来源或者传统上长期占有的“农业保留地”或“空置土地”通常都会被夷平。而所谓居民搬迁必须要服务于正当的“公共目的”，提供合理补偿，并对搬迁后的后续影响作出评估的规定却往往只是嘴上说说而已。