The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has coordinated the preparation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Land Tenure and Access Rights to Land, Fisheries and Forests, approved by 96 countries on March 14, 2012. The Guidelines’ purpose is to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests.
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UN Voluntary Guidelines for Land Tenure and Access Rights to Land, Fisheries and Forests
March 24th, 2012
FAO and TI: Corruption undermining land access and development
December 12th, 2011
FAO and Transparency International, December 12, 2011
Transparency and accountability help to ensure that land resources benefit everyone.
Unprecedented pressures on land have been created as new areas are cultivated, taken over by expanding urban centres or abandoned due to degradation, climate change and conflict, according to a working paper jointly prepared by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and global corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI).
UN expert calls for guidelines to protect vulnerable people against land grabs
October 6th, 2011
The Guardian, October 6, 2011
Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, calls for consensus before talks this month on land governance, as commercial pressures mount. Governments should be wary of speculation and concentration of ownership when land rights are transferred to investors to “develop” farmland, a UN expert has warned before key UN negotiations on land governance. ”We must escape the mental cage that sees large-scale investments as the only way to develop agriculture and to ensure stability of supply for buyers,” said the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter amid concern among civil society groups about land grabs.
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