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The Law empowers the Governor to make grants and dispositions of certain lands in the Colony and to validate grants and dispositions made of certain lands (preamble). No valid title shall be acquired in any vacant or unoccupied lands in the Colony not being privately owned or in any Government owned lands, except under a grant or disposition made by the Governor under the provisions of section 2 (sect. 3). (4 sections)

This Information Brief provides concise and practical information on a crucial governance issue in view of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT). It offers a right to food perspective on the gender equitable governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests.In light of the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), this Information Brief aims to provide concise and practical elements for a responsible governance of tenure.

This report discusses new knowledge on anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) activities made available through the new FAOSTAT Emission database. The database is available globally, with country detail, for all agriculture, forestry and land sub-categories available in FAOSTAT and in the Forest Resources Assessment (FRA).

The present publication is the sequel to the book “Dinámicas del mercado de la tierra en América Latina
yel Caribe: concentración y extranjerización”, published by the Regional Office of FAO in June 2012. The
publication included national case studies on the dynamics of land concentration over the past five years in
seventeen countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The studies had been commissioned by FAO.
The current publication analyses the main trends in land market dynamics as well as the processes of land

In recent years, Zambia has witnessed increased interest from private investors in acquiring land for

agriculture. As elsewhere, large-scale land acquisitions are often accompanied with promises of capital

investments to build infrastructure, bring new technologies and know-how, create employment, and

improve market access, among other benefits. But agricultural investments create risks as well as

opportunities, for instance in relation to loss of land for family farmers. While much debate on ‘land

In recent years, Ghana has witnessed increased interest from private companies in developing agricultural

investments. This trend is common to many lower/middle income countries. It has translated in a surge in

large-scale land acquisitions in many lower/middle income countries, including Ghana, but also in

agribusiness ventures that source produce from local farmers.

While much debate on agricultural investments has discussed risks and opportunities for host governments

This report originally prepared in 2002 and revised in 2012 covers three topics. The main body of the report consists of an overview of the existing legal and institutional frameworks relevant to agricultural land use in countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that were studied. The overview is based primarily on the six country reports prepared in 2002 by the National Legal Consultants for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St.

Gender equality is one of the ten core principles of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. This guide aims to assist in its implementation through the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure. The guide focuses on equity and on how land tenure can be governed in ways that address the different needs and priorities of women and men.

Land Tenure Working Paper 22. This study is intended to contribute to the effective implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines by exploring ways of monitoring the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests and providing a civil society perspective on monitoring in the context of the Guidelines. It also identifies various gaps in monitoring activities by institutions in the context of tenure of land, fisheries and forests.

This report presents the key findings on forest land use and land-use change between 1990 and 2005 from FAO’s 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey.

It is the first report of its kind to present systematic estimates of global forest land use and change.

The share of agriculture in the GDP declined from 16 percent in the 1990s to almost 14 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, those employed in agriculture as a percent of total labor force is declining since 1960 to 2006. Despite losing labor and share of the GDP, agriculture is, and will continue to be, among the major economic activities in Egypt, and a generator for economic growth. The balance between agriculture and other productive sectors of the economy require proper spatial and land use planning. Land tenure is central to this planning exercise.