In taking a comprehensive approach to issues of tenure, the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) offer an opportunity to promote systemic governance reform and respect for land and resource rights, while clarifying the different roles of States, businesses and social actors. The VGGT do not directly cover mineral resources but they clarify that States may wish to consider the governance of mineral resources in their efforts to implement the VGGT.

Land and labour rights can intersect in multiple ways. Investments in large-scale plantations often entail trade-offs between job creation and compressions of land rights. Also, labour relations can involve tenure dimensions, for example where estate managers sublet plots for workers to complement wages with food production for their family or local markets.

"Participatory law-making” is the process by which citizens actively contribute to policy advocacy and law-drafting. Citizen participation in law-making can improve the quality and legitimacy of policies and laws by ensuring that they reflect and protect the authentic interests of the national citizenry. In the field of land rights, participatory law-making can help ensure the recognition and protection of legitimate tenure rights.

Land degradation neutrality (LDN) has been defined by the Parties to the Convention as: A state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems. The present report is an overview of the status of land degradation neutrality (LDN) in the region including a national overview for the 17 programme countries.

This is the PDF version of an online data story about the impacts of the VGGT, published by Land Portal on 4 October 2022.

The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.

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.

Le présent rapport porte sur la vulnérabilité climatique et environnementale des systèmes agro-pastoraux dans le centre ouest du Tchad. Ce rapport répond à l'engagement du FIDA d'assurer la résilience climatique des bénéficiaires des investissements du FIDA. Dans le cadre de son nouveau cycle d'investissement (FIDA10), la question de la vulnérabilité des populations rurales face au changement climatique doit être au coeur des nouvelles actions protées dans les années à venir.

This manual aims to provide practical guidance to Government staff at central and local level in promoting,facilitating and regulating responsible land-based investments and is meant to be used along with the Introductory Guide for Communities, Governments and Investors. It has been written for all three RGIL countries,hoping that it will also be useful for other countries.

This manual aims to provide practical guidance for investors in incorporating responsible land-based investment principles into investor policies and practices and is meant to be used along with the Introductory Guide for Communities, Governments and Investors. It has been written for all three RGIL countries, hoping that it will also be useful for other countries.

Réalisé conjointement par les secrétariats de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et de la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification (CNULCD), avec la contribution de multiples parties prenantes, ce guide technique traite de l’intégration des Directives volontaires pour une gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers applicables aux terres, aux pêches et aux forêts dans le contexte de la sécurité alimentaire nationale (DV) dans la mise en oeuvre de la CNULCD et de la neutralité de la dégradation des terres (NDT), ouvrant ain

本技术指南由联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）与《联合国防治荒漠化公约》共同编写，并吸纳了若干利益攸关方的意见和建议，旨在将《国家粮食安全范围内土地、渔业和森林权属负责任治理自愿准则》（《权属自愿准则》）纳入《公约》的执行和土地退化零增长目标，为荒漠化、土地退化和干旱应对工作开启了新的篇章。

本指南简要介绍了《权属自愿准则》（国际认可的负责任权属治理框架）在设计和实施土地退化零增长举措背景下的实际应用。指南提供了多个灵活途径，支持政策和决策制定者及利益攸关方通过着眼于应对土地退化的各类国家规划、法律框架、战略及行动计划，就普遍遇到的土地权属挑战采取因地制宜的响应措施。