This study provides an introduction to the right to food and human rights principles in international law, explores the relationship between international fisheries instruments and the right to food and seeks to identify components that are considered important for the implementation of the right to food in fisheries legislation.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2009Fiji, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Germany, Sri Lanka, Norway, Iceland, Namibia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, India, Maldives, Gabon, Papua New Guinea
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMarch, 2016Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Nepal, Azerbaijan, Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa
This guide explores the legal dimensions of responsible governance of tenure. It supports the application of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure for Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security at the national level. The guide addresses the legal value of the Guidelines covering the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests by explaining the concept of legitimacy and reviewing the different stages of legislative processes, from legal assessment and law-making through implementation of legislation to settlement of disputes.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1948France, Switzerland, United States of America, Finland, China, Netherlands, Australia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Canada
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Egypt, Switzerland, Lithuania, Croatia, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Finland, Thailand, New Zealand, Kenya, Tajikistan, Albania, Italy, Botswana, Cambodia, Georgia, Romania, Ghana, Europe, Asia
The articles in this issue supplement the recent publication "Good governance in land tenure and administration" (Land Tenure Studies No. 9), which provides practical advice for land professionals on improving governance in a land administration system or other land tenure arrangement.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1948France, Switzerland, United States of America, Fiji, China, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Guinea, Republic of Korea, Finland, Pakistan, Japan, Myanmar, Netherlands, India, Brazil, Canada
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014France, Switzerland, United States of America, Mali, Samoa, Burkina Faso, Germany, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Namibia, Finland, Panama, Jordan, Malaysia, Italy, Russia, Romania, Brazil
This paper describes the perspective of stakeholders on the development of the Voluntary Guidelines on tenure. These Guidelines represent the greatest extent of “common ground” on governance of tenure that has been found to date in a global forum. This consensus was developed through intergovernmental negotiations with the participation of civil society, the private sector and research and academic institutes. This paper draws on interviews to identify how people engaged in the process and the dynamics that were created between the parties.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004United States of America, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Iceland, Gabon, Pakistan, Kenya, Japan, South Africa, Hungary, Italy, Tanzania, Suriname, Kuwait, Uganda, Brazil, Canada
This publication explores various aspects of the interface between water rights and land tenure. It is intended to synthetize and assess current learning on this topic, to define salient issues and to propose fruitful approaches for further investigation.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1953Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, United States of America, Philippines, Japan, Mexico
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2010Africa, Libya, Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Panama, Brazil, Jordan, Romania, United Kingdom, Germany, Samoa
The Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Regional Assessment meeting was organized by a task force consisting of FAO, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, African Land Policy Initiative, the United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme officials in Ethiopia.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Argentina, Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia
This guide has been developed in response to concerns regarding large-scale land acquisitions and the need to increase investment in agriculture. The guide supports application of the <a href="www.fao.org/3/a-i2801e.pdf"><i> Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure for Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security</i></a> at the national level by providing technical guidance on how to safeguard tenure rights in the context of agricultural investments, including in land.
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