Report:Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the CFS VGGT

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food Security (CFS VGGT) promote secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests as a means of eradicating hunger and poverty, supporting sustainable development, and enhancing the environment.

10 years after the adoption of these guidelines, it is important to increase the visibility of the CFS VGGT and to recognize the achievements that were accomplished with regard to the responsible governance of tenure. It is also important to reflect critically on the challenges and obstacles that were encountered in relation to the implementation of the guidelines. Renewed efforts to address challenges such as pervasive land tenure inequality, food insecurity of large segments of rural households and increasing land degradation and deforestation, are urgently needed, in order to secure access to land and other natural resources, especially for vulnerable and marginalized communities.

The 10th Anniversary of the CFS VGGT was a great opportunity to recommit to their guiding principles and to strengthen funding and political support. It is more important now than ever before to achieve inclusive, equitable and secure tenure rights and to pave the path for a rural transformation that leaves no one behind.