If Buktika falls behind on a visit or an accepted payment, the Landowner can pause their own obligations, without penalty.
A protection that runs both ways between Buktika and the Landowner.
If Buktika fails to make a visit or an accepted payment on time, the Landowner has the right to pause their own obligations on the affected land, without penalty, until Buktika performs. It applies across both the Sielsgrond Programme and the Restoration Programme.
Symmetric Landowner protection is not a right to terminate the agreement, and it is not a claim for damages — it is a right to pause, penalty-free, until Buktika performs. It does not itself resolve a dispute about whether a visit or payment was actually late.
One of the two programmes this protection applies to.
One of the two programmes this protection applies to.
Symmetric Landowner protection is a term Buktika's D1 Part 1 legal document defines directly, within its core definitions.
This page is a plain-language public explanation. D1 Part 1 remains the sole authoritative source for this protection's legal meaning.