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  1. Library Resource
    Lessons from the European Union Land Governance Programme

    Lessons from the European Union Land Governance Programme

    Reports & Research
    July, 2023
    Global

    The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) and the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa (F&G) are important international and continental instruments for improving the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests for improved food security and nutrition. They are useful for dealing with the many tenure challenges confronting developing countries and set the standards and frameworks for improvement.

  2. Library Resource
    Overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Azerbaijan
    Reports & Research
    February, 2020
    Azerbaijan

    Overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Azerbaijan derives from the project on the state of forests in the Caucasus and Central Asia and presents the forest resources and the forest sector of Azerbaijan, including trends in, and pressures on forests. The overview describes policies and institutions of forest sector in Azerbaijan and major challenges the sector faces as well as policy responses in place or planned.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2020
    Togo

    Ce guide en images sur les Directives Volontaires pour une gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers et le Code Foncier et Domanial du Togo est un outil de renforcement des capacités des formateurs nationaux pour améliorer la gouvernance foncière au niveau des villages du Togo.

     

     

  4. Library Resource
    FAO
    Reports & Research
    January, 2021
    Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Colombia

    Cette publication de la série « Success Stories » présente les bonnes pratiques en matière foncière en Colombie à travers l'application des VGGT par certains projets de la FAO entre 2014 et 2021, notamment dans le cadre de l'amélioration de la gouvernance et de la réduction des conflits dans les aires protégées, du renforcement des communautés en termes de leurs droits fonciers, et la restauration des droits territoriaux des communautés autochtones et/ou afro-descendantes.

  5. Library Resource
    FAO
    Reports & Research
    January, 2020
    Africa, Senegal

    The guide will serve as documentation of the lessons learnt from the experiences of making use of the VGGT and in Senegal. As stakeholders from countries, such as Guinea, Mali and Mauritania seek inspiration from Senegal to improve governance of tenure in their own country context, this document will be an important source of inspiration. The document will also be a reference for different Donors and Partners interested in tenure governance in Senegal.


     

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    Discussion Paper in the context of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

    Reports & Research
    October, 2014
    Philippines

    This discussion paper on the “VGGT and National Policies on the Governance of Tenure”3

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    been commissioned by the Asian NGO Coalition (ANGOC) as a member of the Philippine

    Development Forum – Working Group on Sustainable Rural Development (PDF-SRD).4 This

    paper examines national policies as embodied in the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the

    major land and natural resource laws passed by the Philippine legislature. This research is

  7. Library Resource
    Los pueblos indígenas y tribales y la gobernanza de los bosques
    Reports & Research
    March, 2021
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    El propósito de este informe es dejar en claro la importancia y urgencia para la acción climática de proteger a los bosques de los territorios indígenas y tribales y a las comunidades que los cuidan. Con base en la experiencia reciente, se propone un conjunto de inversiones y políticas para ser adoptadas por los financiadores climáticos y decisores gubernamentales, en coordinación con los pueblos indígenas y tribales.

  8. Library Resource
    Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples

    An opportunity for climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Reports & Research
    March, 2021
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    This report highlights the importance and urgency for climate action initiatives of protecting the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories1 and the communities that look after them. Based on recent experience, it proposes a package of investments and policies for climate funders and government decision-makers to adopt, in coordination with the indigenous and tribal peoples.

  9. Library Resource
    Unpacking water tenure for improved food security and sustainable development
    Reports & Research
    December, 2020
    Global

    Increasing understanding of the role that secure water resources tenure plays in ensuring sustainable livelihoods, just resource governance, environmental protection, and sustainable economic development has led FAO to re-kindle the debate that had begun in 2012, when the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) were adopted by FAO, and that had culminated in 2016 with the publication of the FAO seminal study "Exploring the concept of water tenure".

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