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Natural Resources Management and Environment Department

Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of national food security. Natural Resources Management and Environment Department FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. PRESENTED BY: Anni Arial.

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  1. Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of national food security Natural Resources Management and Environment Department FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS PRESENTED BY: Anni Arial Cotonou, 5 October 2012

  2. ACCESS TO LAND, FISHERIES AND FORESTS TENURE SECURITY FOOD SECURITY

  3. THE CHALLENGE Increasing demand for land, fisheries and forests Decreasing supply of land, fisheries and forests Insecurity of Tenure Increasing competition for land, fisheries and forests Lack of financial and human capacity in the administration and management of resources Resource degradation, hunger, poverty… Inefficient / unadapted approaches and technologies in the administration and management of resources Bureaucratic and political corruption in the administration and management of resources

  4. WHAT ARE THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ? • Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security • ... set out principles • ... provide a benchmark • …contribute to the improvement and development of policy, legal and organizational frameworks • ... are voluntary • ... do not replace laws or treaties

  5. CONTENTS OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • Part 1: Preliminary • Sets the direction: • Objectives. • Nature and scope. • Part 2: General Matters • Provides overall guidance: • Guiding principles. • Tenure rights. • Policy, legal and organizational frameworks. • Delivery of services.

  6. CONTENTS OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • Part 3: Legal recognition and allocation of tenure rights • Safeguards. • Public lands, fisheries and forests. • Indigenous peoples and others with customary tenure. • Informal tenure. • Part 4: Transfers and other changes to tenure rights • Markets. • Investments. • Readjustments. • Restitution. • Redistributive reforms. • Expropriation.

  7. CONTENTS OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • Part 5: Administration of tenure • Records of tenure rights. • Valuation. • Taxation. • Regulated spatial planning. • Resolution of disputes. • Transboundary matters.

  8. CONTENTS OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • Part 6: Responses to climate change and emergencies • Climate change. • Natural disasters. • Conflicts. Part 7: Promotion, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

  9. INVESTMENTS and VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • Voluntary Guidelines… • acknowledge the role of responsible public and private investments • recognize the share of smallholder producers and their organizations • encourage safeguard of legitimate tenure rights, transparency of transactions, compensation, partnerships, prior independent assessments, monitoring and control of implementation • put forward principles of consultation , participation and FPIC • apply to States, investors and service providers The Guidelines look at the investments from the TENURE point of view

  10. INVESTMENTS and VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • Three distinct processes are ongoing • Voluntary Guidelines • PRAI (FAO, WB, IFAD, UNCTAD) • rai (CFS) • In addition studies and technical guides are being prepared. • FAO responds to requests coming from member countries. • The Voluntary Guidelines… • Are consistent and complementary with PRAI and rai. • Concentrate on aspects of governance of tenure in the context of investments

  11. GENDER and VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • The Voluntary Guidelines • highlight the centrality of gender equality to responsible governance of tenure • integrate gender as a cross-cutting element • Why gender? • Tenure rights of women are often less secure, more limited, or mediated through others. • What benefits from responsible governance of tenure? • raise the status, influence, and socio-economic well-being of women within households and communities. • improve farm productivity, household welfare and access to institutions, information and services

  12. BUILDING ON THE CONSENSUS • The next steps - helping others to: • Adopt practices according to their priorities; • Adapt practices according to their circumstances. • Working ON…. • Awareness raising • Capacity development • Strengthening of partnerships • Support to countries • Monitoring and evaluation • Working WITH…. • States • Government agencies • Civil society • Private sector • Academia • IGO and IFIs Promote practical integrated work between multiple actors, sectors and disciplines

  13. BUILDING ON THE CONSENSUS The Guidelines are a tool for actors in countries. • States: Development, implementation and enforcement of policy and law. Administration of tenure. • Courts and Government agencies: Delivery of equal services to all • People and communities: Know and protect their rights • Civil society: Advocacy, awareness raising, legal assistance and capacity development • Investors: Safeguards, do no harm, participation • Professionals: Follow standards of conduct for ethical behavior, service delivery • Academia: Education of professionals, teaching, research

  14. MORE INFORMATION DOWNLOAD THE VGs www.fao.org/nr/tenure SUBSCRIBE TO VG NEWSLETTER VG-tenure@fao.org

  15. Natural Resources Management and Environment Department FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS THANK YOU!

  16. Natural Resources Management and Environment Department FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  17. DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES 2000 onwards Consultation Africa: South, East, West Research, networking 2009 - 2010 Negotiations Drafting 2011: January - June

  18. DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES 2011 - 2012July, October, March Negotiations 11 May 2012 Endorsement

  19. DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES • Milestone achievement • Globally relevant, appropriate and accepted text • Dialogue between global, regional and national actors • Awareness raising, capacity development, advocacy • Networks and partnerships The Guidelines are now a point of reference

  20. BUILDING ON THE CONSENSUS • Awareness raising • Assist people to learn more about and use the VGs • Dissemination (printed copies and Internet) • Promotion (awareness raising meetings) • Two meetings will take place in Africa • Capacity development • Prepare additional tools and aids • Technical Guides: Fisheries, Forestry, Gender, IP/FPIC, Investment • E-learning tools • Mainstream VGs in academia

  21. BUILDING ON THE CONSENSUS • Strengthening of partnerships • Strengthen and develop collaboration on improved tenure governance at global, regional and local levels • Strong, open and transparent partnerships • Seek synergy with global and regional initiatives (LPI) • Support to countries • Respond to requests for assistance • Monitoring and evaluation • Monitor and evaluate implementation and impacts of the VGs

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