FAOLEX Database

In addition to searching directly in its main database, FAOLEX presents thematic databases that provide more focused and user-friendly access to specific subject matter. 

AgroecologyLex is a specialized database on different legal frameworks, policies and programmes concerning agroecology in different countries.

AMR-LEX disseminates laws, regulations and policies relevant to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use (AMU) within the context of agri-food systems.

AQUALEX provides free access to national and international legal instruments regarding water. In addition, for selected countries and transboundary waters, legal profiles summarizing the water regulatory framework are also available.

An information system that provides national catalogues and comprehensive search capabilities of legislation and policies relevant to the implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

This section of FAOLEX provides an overview of national legal and policy frameworks, providing links to the Constitution, sectoral policies and primary legislation related to food and agriculture.

Family Farming Lex is a database of regional and national laws, regulations and policies related to family farming, including agroecology, forest farming, indigenous peoples, mountain farming, pastoralism and small-scale fisheries.

The Fishlex database provides in-depth country profiles on the Coastal State Requirements for Foreign Fishing. This database also allows searches on maritime limits, to identify those countries that may have delimited maritime zones of a particular size.

Gender-Lex is a cross-cutting thematic database of FAOLEX, providing free access to national and international legal and policy instruments on gender equality and women's empowerment.

A database that classifies and provides access to legislation on pastoralism.

Database of port state measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

SoiLEX is a global database that aims to facilitate access to information on existing legal instruments on soil protection and prevention of soil degradation.

A legal and policy database on small-scale fisheries that contributes to the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication.

This database provides a platform where what is constitutionally committed to on the right to adequate food at the national level can be found. For each FAO Member Nation, you will find quotes of relevant articles on the right to adequate food as well as the ratification status of some key international instruments. The search can either be performed by Member Nation or by constitutional recognition.

The TimberLex database provides free and easy access to a set of comprehensive country-specific legal information - including legislation, policies and international commitments - on forest management, timber production and trade. Country profiles of major timber-trading countries are structured around a set of Guiding Legal Elements (GLEs) for timber legality developed by FAO and encompassing critical stages of the timber value chain.