On 2 December 2021, FAO’s Development Law Service (LEGN), FAO Chile and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), as part of the UN system in Chile, held a webinar...

The waters of the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) are home to numerous aquatic species that are listed in the CITES Appendices, and which support livelihoods and economic opportunities for communities...

On 13 October 2021, the FAO Development Law Service, in collaboration with Université Laval, WHO, UNICEF, IDLO and UN Nutrition, held a successful Side Event at the 49th Session of...

  In this issue: World Food Day Lecture – Transformative Change: the law as a driver of better agri-food systems Transforming agri-food systems Enhancing the impact and accessibility of legal knowledgeToo many cooks spoil..

La publicación, que se realizó con apoyo de la Cooperación Española y en el ámbito de la Iniciativa para Ampliar la Escala de la Agroecología, fue otorgada a la comisión...

  In this issue: Law as an indispensable tool to achieving SDG 16 on Indigenous Peoples' collective rights to land, territories, and other natural resources An online “Legal-Hub” to inform participatory law reform...

Land is central to the livelihood, culture and identity of millions of people across the world. But the relationships between geographical spaces, law, and society are complex and continue to...

The Development Law Service is pleased to announce the publication of the preliminary version of Transforming agri-food systems: Legislative interventions for improved nutrition and sustainability: Preliminary version for public consultation...

07-10 June 2021: A virtual training workshop to review and validate the Aquaculture Legal Assessment and Revision Tool (ALART) was successfully delivered by the Development Law Service (LEGN) with the...

LEGN provided a series of well-received presentations on the topic of legislation as an effective tool in the fight against AMR at a recent African Regional training event on AMR...

On 27 April 2021, the FAO Development Law Service, represented by Manuela Cuvi, Legal Officer for the Latin American and Caribbean region, participated in the second session of this initiative...

In February and April 2021, the fourth and fifth online regional workshops on the use of A diagnostic tool for implementing an ecosystem approach to fisheries through policy and legal...

19-21 April 2021: LEGN delivered a regional workshop for selected countries in Asia to review and validate the Aquaculture Legal Assessment and Revision Tool (ALART). This tool sets out a...

12-15 April 2021: the second virtual regional training workshop on the use of the Legislative Guide and the Policy and Legal Diagnostic Tool for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries was held as...

A new LEGN publication describes the key aspects of food fraud and discusses a set of measures that food safety authorities can take in order to curtail this long-standing problematic...

February 2021: an ‘ecosystem approach to fisheries’ (EAF) is about balancing diverse societal objectives, the knowledge and uncertainties about human and natural systems and their interactions and applying an integrated,...

08-11 February 2021: the first virtual regional training workshop on the use of the Legislative Guide and the Legal Diagnostic Tool for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries was held as part of...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently published a new report on ‘International instruments on the use of...

The latest FAO statistics show us that around 14 percent of food produced globally is lost and this can occur anywhere between the post-harvest stage and up until the retail...

In this issue: AMR-lex – Legislation relevant for antimicrobial resistance AQUALEX- a versatile database for rules and policies affecting the water sector. FISHLEX: a database providing easy access to national fishing requir