This is promotional material for an e-learning course that will help you gain a clear understanding of why it is important to take into account gender and social issues when dealing with land tenure, and what actions must be adopted so that women and men from different social groups can equally participate in and benefit from land tenure governance processes.

Land Tenure Working Paper 9. Based on international authoritative documents, this paper draws 14 principles to be taken into account when developing Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources. The paper sees Voluntary Guidelines as human-rights based documents that provide a framework and a point of reference for national and international policies.

Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 3. Ce document fournit une réflexion sur les politiques, le statut et les tendances de gouvernance existant en Europe de l’est et dans la Communauté des Etats Indépendants (CEI). Cette étude évalue l’état de gouvernance dans la région ainsi que la capacité de différents pays à contribuer à l’élaboration des directives volontaires de la FAO sur la gouvernance responsable de la tenure des terres et des autres ressources naturelles. PDF Disponible en anglais seulement

Land Tenure Working Paper 8. This paper articulates the views and demands of marginalised groups regarding the tenure of land and other natural resources. It points out the importance of adopting human rights framework when developing Voluntary Guidelines. Such framework means addressing the unequal relationships of power and corruption within and behind prevailing land tenure structures. It makes the governance of tenure of land and other natural resources more accountable, transparent, democratic and participatory.

FAO and its development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, the private sector, civil society, academia, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure. By setting out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practice and associated technical guidance, the Voluntary Guidelines will provide a framework and point of reference that stakeholders can use when developing their own policies and actions.

Documento de trabajo sobre tenencia de la tierra 10. El presente documento de debate ha sido elaborado por la Unidad de Gestión y Tenencia de la Tierra de la FAO con el fin de obtener opiniones y comentarios acerca de las Directrices Voluntarias para la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra y los recursos naturales. Una gobernanza frágil en la tenencia resulta en la pérdida de vida y de medios de subsistencia y disuade las inversiones, el crecimiento económico y el uso sostenible de los recursos naturales.

Esta guía sobre Arrendamiento de tierras agrícolas está diseñada para ofrecer información sobre los mecanismos de arrendamiento y hacerlo en un formato que pueda ser utilizado por las organizaciones de base que trabajan con pequeños agricultores y otros miembros de las comunidades rurales. Los mecanismos de arrendamiento equitativos y seguros que compaginan los intereses del arrendatario y los del propietario de la tierra pueden favorecer el acceso a la tierra de cultivo, mejorar la producción agrícola y facilitar el acceso a los alimentos.

FAO Notes sur les régimes fonciers 2

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and other development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure. By setting out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices, the Voluntary Guidelines will provide a framework and point of reference that stakeholders can use when developing their own policies and actions.

Land Tenure Working Paper 1. This document analyzes the implications for land tenure and land policy of biofuels. It examines the current and likely future impacts of the increasing spread of biofuels on access to land in producer countries, particularly for poorer rural people. It aims to pave the way for future empirical research on the links between the spread of biofuels and access to land, through developing a conceptual framework for such research and through taking stock of data available in the literature.

Land Tenure Working Paper 18. Presents the main themes that characterize the governance in land tenure and analyses the aspects related to the evolution of agricultural policy issues in various Central American countries. It also offers some examples and lessons learned from new models of land administration and land access mechanisms that Central American governments and International Cooperation have fostered over the past fifteen years in the Region. Available in Spanish