This is a fact sheet presenting the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
This is a fact sheet presenting the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
This publication is intended to assist with reading the Guidelines by highlighting some of the main points of paragraphs. However, it is not a substitute for the Guidelines.
Good governance is worldwide recognized as an important precondition for resolution of the most of troublesome problems of humanity; its role is tremendous in eradication of poverty and promotion of development. This study aims to provide a reflection of policies, status and trends of governance in the region of Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The emphasis is made on governance in land and natural resources tenure and administration
Voluntary guidelines are human-rights based documents that provide a framework and reference point for national and international policies. They need to be derived from international agreements and credible examples of good practice if they are to command wide support. This paper is based on 56 authoritative international documents from which 14 principles about land and natural resources tenure have been derived.
This discussion paper has been prepared by FAO’s Land Tenure and Management Unit to seek views and comments on voluntary guidelines on responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources.
Este documento busca hacer énfasis en el derecho a la alimentación como un objetivo
primordial del conjunto de políticas públicas sobre desarrollo económico y social. Lograr
dicho objetivo depende de una gobernanza responsable de la tierra y demás recursos
naturales. La importancia de la tierra radica en que para muchas culturas representa el
vínculo directo con su propia identidad y la fuente principal de producción alimentaria en
sus distintas formas.
The present document emphasizes the right to food as a primary objective of the set of
public policies concerned with economic and social development. Achieving this
objective depends on responsible governance of land and other natural resources. The
importance of land lies in the fact that it often represents a direct link with cultural
identity, while serving as the primary source of food production and sustenance.
The present study – looking at the land governance situation in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – has been prepared to provide a base for discussion for the regional consultation meetings on the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.
Caribbean countries in general have key issues affecting land and natural resources tenure.
These issues include; insecure and informal tenure, illegal occupation, use and degradation of
environmentally sensitive and other unsuitable land, bureaucratic and lengthy land
administration procedures, inequity in access and distribution of land, and land conflicts
exacerbated by overburdened legal systems and inadequate land information systems.
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
supporting research, consultation and literature review on gender and governance of tenure. It
contextualises and defines gender for the VG, discusses what governance of tenure means
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