<em>The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture</em> (SOLAW) analyses a variety of options for overcoming constraints and improving resource management in these areas of heightened risk. In each location, a mix of changes in institutional and…

The most comprehensive study of large land acquisitions in developing countries to date — published online on by the International Land Coalition (ILC) — has found more evidence of harm than benefits. The report strongly urges models of investment that do not involve large-scale land…

[From the <a href="https://www.fimi-iiwf.org/es/noticia.php?idnoticia=418">Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas</a>] Today, December 10 — International Human Rights Day, we want to…

I am sharing this extremely important report from Margaret Sekaggya, the <a href="https://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/defenders/index.htm">Special Rapporteur of the situation of human…

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) encouraged FAO at its VII Session to promote the recognition of indigenous peoples’ territorial rights.
 
In response, a first draft document <em>A Territorial Development Vision oriented to Indigenous Peoples: A…

<a href="http://landportal.info/dataoecd/9/34/47335126.pdf">Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment</a> (pdf, 1.5MB) published in March 2011, presents statistics on aid from…

The present paper is written as part of the overall Voluntary Guidelines consultation and development process and is a contribution to the subsequent preparation of the Gender Technical Guide. It contextualises and defines gender for the Voluntary Guidelines, discusses what governance of tenure…

A new issue of the FAO Land Tenure Journal is now published in both hardcopy and in electronic formats. The 1/2011 issue features five continents and subcontinents exploring common challenges including tenure governance, the legal recognition of customary tenures, land scarcity and…

This brief produced for the <strong>Dialogue Initiative on Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and their Alternatives</strong> provides an overview of the <strong>Committee on World Food Security </strong>(CFS), the most inclusive international and intergovernmental platform to…

This brief produced for the Dialogue Initiative on Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and their Alternatives provides an overview of the  Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and Other Natural Resources.

Since 2005, the FAO has been working on the governance of…

FAO and its partners have been preparing draft voluntary guidelines to provide practical guidance on responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests as a means of alleviating hunger and poverty, enhancing the environment, supporting national and local economic development, and…

The present paper is written as part of the overall VG consultation and development process

and is a contribution to the subsequent preparation of the Gender Technical Guide. The

present paper is based both on the outcomes of the VG consultation process to date and on

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