The Legal Office regularly publishes legal studies in the Legislative Studies series, as well as occasional papers. Legislative Studies may be requested from local sales agents or directly from FAO, Distribution and Sales, 00100 Rome, Italy.

The FAO Legal Papers Online series presents, on a periodic basis, articles and reports on comparative and international law topics relating to food policy, agriculture, rural development, biodiversity, environment and natural resource management.

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NEW
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Forest fires and the law - A guide for national drafters based on the Fire Management Voluntary Guidelines is the title of the latest Legislative Study by Elisa Morgera and Maria Teresa Cirelli for the Development Law Service.
The study identifies the elements of a coherent national legal framework, identifies emerging trens, singles out best practices and innovative legal solutions - ultimately providing key recommendations supportive of a holistic approach to fire management. Available in print from our Publications and Sales unit, soon online.

Recent trends in the law and policy of bioenergy production, promotion and use, development of an analytical tool to assess national Biosecurity legislation, designing national pesticide legislation and international trade rules and the agriculture sector are the current legal issues addressed in four (2007) legislative studies now available in print.