Over the past two years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th and 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework…
Par Ward Anseeuw, Liz Alden Wily, Lorenzo Cotula, et Michael Taylor
Ce rapport, réalisé par des expert fonciers renommés, est le résultat d’un projet de recherche de trois ans qui a rassemblé quarante membres et partenaires de l’ILC pour examiner les caractéristiques, moteurs, impacts et…
UN-Habitat and GIZ have developed the Metropolitan Capacity Assessment Methodology (MetroCAM) as a joint contribution to implement urban sustainable development agendas and bring them to the metropolitan scale. It complements the Unpacking Metropolitan Governance series.
With this…
This document presents a set of guiding principles that promote to responsible contract farming operations. It is intended to serve as guidance for farmers and buyers engaged in contractual relationships, in order to promote good business practices and maintain an atmosphere of trust and respect…
Governance of Tenure Voluntary Guidelines video The Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food Security Directives volontaires sur la gouvernance foncière Les Directives volontaires pour une gouvernance responsable des régimes…
Land is a scarce resource increasingly affected by the competition of mutually exclusive uses. Fertile land in rural areas becomes scarcer due to population growth, pollution, erosion and desertification, effects of climate change, urbanization etc. On the remaining land, local, national and…
This chapter, on community forestry development in Cambodia and RECOFTC's role, is part of a larger publication <em>Forests for People</em>, put together by the UN Forum on Forests for the International Year of Forests, 2011. On February 9, DESA’s UN Forum on Forests…
This page is meant to provide a quick overview of major reference to women's land rights in existing international instruments, as well as paragraphs related to women - or more broadly gender - in the <a href="…
In view of the 2012 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s thematic focus on rural women’s empowerment, the gender team at the Development Centre has launched an issues paper, “<a href="https://oecd.org/…
The Land Watch Asia campaign seeks to enhance access to and control of land through policy dialogue, capacity building, information sharing, and networking. Seven national campaign updates highlight the major interventions and achievements of the various campaigns from 2010 to 2011 in…
The Guidelines on the Tenure of Land Fisheries and Forests are a first step, but much more is needed to ensure people’s rights to land and natural resources - Joint statement of civil society organizations which have actively participated in the process of developing these Guidelines