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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2018
    Serbia, Nepal, Morocco, Guatemala, Philippines, Uganda, Albania, Oman, Peru, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Cambodia, Congo, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, China, Mexico, Kenya

    Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” recognizes the fundamental role of women in achieving poverty reduction, food security and nutrition.

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    Institutional & promotional materials
    May, 2018
    Tanzania, Liberia, Nepal, Mauritania, Uganda, Mali, Chile, Guatemala, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Guinea, Malawi, Colombia, Mongolia

    Aumentar el uso de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia entre las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y de Base – Guatemala es una hoja que ofrece información sobre el proyecto "Aumentar el uso de la DVGT entre las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y de Base", una visión general de la gobernanza de los recursos naturales en el país e información sobre las actividades realizadas en el país en colaboración con las OSC locales y las organizaciones de base.

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    Institutional & promotional materials
    November, 2018
    Angola, Serbia, Benin, Laos, Burundi, Guatemala, Nepal, Zambia, Somalia, Uganda, Albania, Madagascar, China, Myanmar, India, Senegal, Malawi, Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia

    El 11 de mayo de 2017 se celebró el quinto aniversario de la aprobación de las Directrices voluntarias sobre la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra, la pesca y los bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional (en adelante, Directrices voluntarias) por el Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (CSA).Las Directrices voluntarias ya no son unas simples palabras en un documento; sus principios y procesos están inspirando a personas en países de todo el mundo para tomar medidas y cambiar la forma en que se hacen las cosas.En este folleto se comparten ejemplos de esa

  4. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    May, 2018
    Tanzania, Liberia, Nepal, Mauritania, Uganda, Mali, Chile, Guatemala, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Guinea, Malawi, Ecuador, Colombia, Mongolia

    Aumentar el uso de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia entre las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y de Base – Colombia es una hoja que ofrece información sobre el proyecto "Aumentar el uso de la DVGT entre las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y de Base", una visión general de la gobernanza de los recursos naturales en el país e información sobre las actividades realizadas en el país en colaboración con las OSC locales y las organizaciones de base.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2018
    Uganda, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, South Africa, Senegal, Togo, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Jordan, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Micronesia

    Access to safe water and sanitation and sound management of freshwater ecosystems are at the core of sustainable development. This is the aim of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which includes approaches to water management such as environmental flow requirements, international cooperation, capacity building and stakeholder participation.


  6. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    May, 2018
    Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Nepal, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands

    Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations – Malawi is a country factsheet that provides information on the project “Increase the use of the VGGT among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations”, a general overview of governance of natural resources in the country, and information on activities undertaken in the country in collaboration with local CSOs and grassroots organizations.

  7. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    June, 2018
    Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Nepal, Belgium, Netherlands

    Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations – Mongolia is a country factsheet that provides information on the project “Increase the use of the VGGT among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations”, a general overview of governance of natural resources in the country, and information on activities undertaken in the country in collaboration with local CSOs and grassroots organizations.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2018
    Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda, Lesotho, South Africa, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Guatemala, Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland

    The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) promotes 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. The guidelines were officially endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 11 May 2012. 2. The Guidelines serve as a reference and set of principles and internationally accepted norms or practices for the responsible governance of tenure.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2018
    Nepal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Nicaragua, Uganda, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Suriname, Sierra Leone, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Paraguay, Colombia, Belize, Greece

    إن القوانين الوطنية حيوية لحوكمة الحيازة للجميع، وخاصة بالنسبة للشرائح الأكثر ضعفا في المجتمع. يستعرض هذا الدليل الفني الأبعاد القانونية للخطوط التوجيهية الطوعية بشأن الحوكمة المسؤولة لحيازة الأراضي، ومصايد الأسماك والغابات في سياق الأمن الغذائي الوطني وأوجه الترابط بالقانون الدولي الملزم. ويوفّر المشورة للمهنيين القانونيين الذين يعملون مع المؤسسات الحكومية، أو المجتمع المدني أو القطاع الخاص على تقييم التشريعات الوطنية، ودعم الإصلاح القانوني وتحسين التنفيذ وكذلك على تسوية المنازعات.

  10. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    March, 2018
    Bangladesh, Nigeria, Peru, Ghana, Ethiopia, Niger, Malawi, Honduras, Uganda, Tanzania, Ecuador, Cambodia, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Burundi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, Haiti, Mexico, Vietnam

    For rural women and men, land is often the most important household asset for supporting agricultural production and providing food security and nutrition. Evidence shows that secure land tenure is strongly associated with higher levels of investment and productivity in agriculture – and therefore with higher incomes and greater economic wellbeing. Secure land rights for women are often correlated with better outcomes for them and their families, including greater bargaining power at household and community levels, better child nutrition and lower levels of gender-based violence.

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